Career
In 1950, he received a scholarship to study art, history, aesthetics, and literature in Madrid at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Cañas participated at the First Latin American Biennial, Spain (1951). In the Fourth Biennial of the Engraving, Japan (1964).
In the Sutton Galery, EUA (1979), amongst other important exhibitions at the worldwide level
In 2012, he received national price of culture, Premio Nacional de Cultura of El Salvador.
