Andrés Cillero

Painter, sculptor and drawing professor born in Valencia on October 29, 1934.
He studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia in 1949.
In 1956 he obtained a scholarship from the Provincial Council of Valencia and traveled to Italy and Morocco. He furthered his studies in Paris and was artistic director of the FLASHMEN magazine and contributor to the newspaper El País.
Selected several times to represent Spanish art abroad.
He participated in the São Paulo Biennial, Alexandria Biennial, Krakow Biennial, "Spanish Selection of Modern Art" (Toulouse Museum), International Engraving Exhibition in Yugoslavia, International Graphik Frenchen in Germany, Norwegian International Print Biennale in Norway, "Spanish Selection of Painting" at the Royal Museum of Brussels and at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, "New Names of Spanish Art", "Spanish Painting of the 20th Century" at the Taiwan Museum.
He was president of the March Salon of Valencia.
Throughout his life he achieved countless awards, including the National Painting Prize of Madrid (1976).
He has been considered the introducer of Pop art in Spain, but his work is a clear example of constant and personal evolution.
Dedicated to teaching at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid, he died in December 1993.
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos appointed him, posthumously, as corresponding academician by virtue of his "extraordinary teaching and artistic merits".