Background
A native of San Roque, Cádiz, his father was a potter, who influenced him from quite a young age with clay figures.
A native of San Roque, Cádiz, his father was a potter, who influenced him from quite a young age with clay figures.
In 1931, he studied sculpture at the School of Arts and Crafts of Linea de la Concepcion, and in 1934 received drawing lessons with a teacher and poet from San Roque, José Domingo de Mena.
He was famed for his Christian figures, especially Jesus and the Virgin Mary. In 1944 he moved to Seville, enrolling in the School of Applied Arts. In this city he became known in art circles, making his first exhibition in 1949.
In 1955 he moved to Madrid as a master sculptor of the Talleres Arte de Granada, later opening his own workshop in the capital.
In 1978 he returned to Seville, working in the studio of Guzmán Bejarano. He died in Seville in 1982.
There is a museum dedicated to his work in his home town and his local parish church features his Most Holy Christ of the Happy Death.
