PRIZES AND AWARDS

My greatest reward; even though I am a citizen of the world, having been everywhere and having friends worldwide, is to know that I was born in El Puerto de Santa María and, in my lifetime, have had a street there named after me”.

1922    Medal at the National Fine Arts exhibition, Madrid

1936    Prize at the Venice Biennale

1943    Nominated to the Academy of Fine Arts in Málaga

1948   First prize. “Don Quixote” at the Hispano-American Exhibition

1958    International Prize (gold medal) Sacred Art in Rome

1966    Gold Medal of the Autumn Salon in Madrid – Jesús Aramburu Prize

1967    Nominated Favoured Son of El Puerto de Santa María

1968    First prize at the Autumn Salon in Madrid

1969    Extraordinary Princess Sofía Prize, Autumn Salon in Madrid

1970    Nominated Academician and Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Palma de Mallorca

            Gold medal at the Grand Prix International de Paris Exhibition. Nominated as “Grand Officier de l’Ordre de PAHC”.

            Member of the Lutèce International Academy of Fine Arts

1975    Nominated Academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary in Seville