Francisco Echauz

FRANCISCO ECHAUZ, (Madrid, 1927 - 2011).
Untitled, 1982.
Silkscreen on paper. Copy 17/275.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 60 x 47 cm.
Spanish draughtsman and engraver. He was Vocal of the Royal Patronage of the Museum of the Prado, named in 1970. He began his formation in the Superior School of Fine Arts of San Fernando between 1944 and 1950. He furthered his studies at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas and at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas. In 1955 he obtained a pension for the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, and remained in Italy until 1959. He worked as a professor at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, winning the chair of Drawing from Life. In 1963 he was appointed secretary of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he remained until 1966. In 1978 he became a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he later became dean. As an artist, his work as an illustrator of bullfighting posters stands out. Throughout his artistic career he received numerous awards: in 1951 he was awarded the National Painting Prize, and in 1953 he won the National Engraving Prize and the first medal for engraving at the National Exhibition for Plaza de Oriente. In 1957 he was awarded the gold medal of the Association of Engraving Artists. In 1970 he won the grand prize at the VIII Biennial of Art of Alexandria and the following year he was awarded the National Prize for Painting.