Benjamin Palencia Pérez Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1894 - d. 1980

Benjamín Palencia (7 July 1894 - 16 January 1980) was a Spanish painter and draftsman from Barrax, Albacete. Most notably he became known as co-founder of the School of Vallecas, together with the sculptor Alberto Sánchez Pérez.[1] The quintessence of the large body of his work is perhaps the poetry of the Castilian landscape as defined by the Generation of '98.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Flower...
              Oct. 30, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Flower...

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Flowers. 1965 Ink on paper Signed and dated 1965 Measurements 50 x 34.5 cm Certificate signed by the Benjamín Palencia Archive.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Sailor...
              Oct. 30, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Sailor...

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              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Sailor on land. 1927 Graphite and colored pencil on paper Stamped signature Measurements 32 x 21 cm Certificate signed by the Benjamín Palencia Archive

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Surrea...
              Oct. 30, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Surrea...

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              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Surrealist character. 1930 Ink on paper Signed and dated 1930 Measurements 21.5 x 28.5 cm Work included in the Benjamín Palencia Archive

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA; Perro con perdiz…
              Oct. 29, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA; Perro con perdiz…

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              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Perro con perdiz

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            • Benjamin Palencia. Countryside scene
              Oct. 22, 2024

              Benjamin Palencia. Countryside scene

              Est: -

              Tempera on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled on the back. Includes a certificate of provenance from the Galería Cervantes, Santander. Exhibitions: - Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa BBK exhibition hall, 1998.

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            • Benjamin Palencia. Children's Games
              Oct. 22, 2024

              Benjamin Palencia. Children's Games

              Est: -

              Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Cervantes Art Gallery, Santander label on the back.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1942. Watercolor on paper. Piece catalogued with the collaboration of Ramón Palencia. With label of the South Gallery on the back
              Oct. 15, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1942. Watercolor on paper. Piece catalogued with the collaboration of Ramón Palencia. With label of the South Gallery on the back

              Est: €1,800 - €2,000

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1942. Watercolor on paper. Piece catalogued with the collaboration of Ramón Palencia. With label of the South Gallery on the back. Provenance: Gallery Leandro Navarro of Madrid. Measurements: 35 x 27 cm, 60 x 53 cm (frame). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape characteristic of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Museum of the Prado, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Real Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others. Piece catalogued with the collaboration of Ramón Palencia. With label of the Galería Sur on the back. Provenance: Leandro Navarro Gallery in Madrid.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Choir", 174. Ink on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
              Oct. 15, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Choir", 174. Ink on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.

              Est: €1,000 - €1,200

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Choir", 174. Ink on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 35.5 x 50 cm; 50 x 64 cm (passe-partout). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others. Attached is a certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Marineros de Pasajes", c. 1970. Marker pen on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed in the lower right corner.
              Oct. 15, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Marineros de Pasajes", c. 1970. Marker pen on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed in the lower right corner.

              Est: €1,000 - €1,200

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Marineros de Pasajes", c. 1970. Marker pen on paper. Attached certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 37 x 54 cm; 51 x 68 cm (passe-partout). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others. Attached is a certificate issued by the Benjamín Palencia archive.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vase with lilies"
              Sep. 25, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vase with lilies"

              Est: €450 - €600

              Chinese ink on paper Signed in the lower right part. Rusty paper Measurements: 28 x 19 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) “Rainy Day”, 1971
              Sep. 25, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) “Rainy Day”, 1971

              Est: €450 - €600

              Marker on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: Frame: 22 x 16 cm

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Seagulls. 1970
              Sep. 17, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Seagulls. 1970

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Seagulls. 1970 Ink on paper Signed and dated 1970 Measurements 23.5 x 34 cm Work included in the Benjamín Palencia Archive.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Fiesta". 1948. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has slight lack of polychromy in the frame.
              Sep. 12, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Fiesta". 1948. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has slight lack of polychromy in the frame.

              Est: €6,000 - €8,000

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Fiesta". 1948. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has slight lack of polychromy in the frame. Measurements: 45 x 60 cm; 73 x 87 cm (frame). This painting belongs to the most avant-garde period of Benjamin Palencia's production. With a vibrant palette of "fauve" colours and a linear schematism that almost reaches the point of symbolic reduction, he succeeds in conveying the contagious energy of a festive atmosphere. Using a deliberately naïve language, he reinvents costumbrismo in a modern key. Founder of the Vallecas School together with sculptor Alberto Sánchez, Benjamin Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape characteristic of the Generation of '98. At the age of fifteen Palencia left his native town and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, as he always rejected the official teachings of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1925 he took part in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travelled to Paris for the first time. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honour at the National Exhibition, although he gave it up in order to facilitate its award to José Gutiérrez Solana.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Composition", 1949. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. There are slight flaws in the frame.
              Sep. 12, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Composition", 1949. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. There are slight flaws in the frame.

              Est: €3,000 - €3,500

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Composition", 1949. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. There are slight flaws in the frame. Measurements: 33 x 47 cm; 50 x 63 cm (frame). Benjamin Palencia worked in traditional genres with an avant-garde language, as can be seen in this still life from the 1940s. Founder of the Vallecas School together with sculptor Alberto Sánchez, Benjamin Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape characteristic of the Generation of '98. At the age of fifteen Palencia left his native town and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, as he always rejected the official teachings of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1925 he took part in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travelled to Paris for the first time. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honour at the National Exhibition, although he gave it up in order to facilitate its award to José Gutiérrez Solana.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1948. Watercolour on paper. Signed, titled and dated in the lower right corner. It presents slight faults in the frame.
              Sep. 12, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1948. Watercolour on paper. Signed, titled and dated in the lower right corner. It presents slight faults in the frame.

              Est: €4,000 - €4,500

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Vallecas", 1948. Watercolour on paper. Signed, titled and dated in the lower right corner. It presents slight faults in the frame. Measurements: 38 x 60 cm; 66 x 88 cm (frame). In this magnificent celebratory scene, the communion with nature and the hedonism of the bodies is expressed in a manner similar to Matisse's famous dance. It belongs to Benjamin Palencia's most avant-garde period, when he formed the vibrant group of Surrealists around the village that gives this painting its title. Founder of the Vallecas School together with sculptor Alberto Sánchez, Benjamin Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape characteristic of the Generation of '98. At the age of fifteen Palencia left his native town and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, as he always rejected the official teachings of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1925 he took part in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travelled to Paris for the first time. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honour at the National Exhibition, although he gave it up in order to facilitate its award to José Gutiérrez Solana.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Clown. 1948. Ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Artwork verified by Ramón Palencia
              Sep. 12, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Clown. 1948. Ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Artwork verified by Ramón Palencia

              Est: €1,500 - €1,800

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Clown. 1948. Ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia Measurements: 44 x 28 cm. Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. When he was only fifteen years old, Palencia left his native town and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, as he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he took part in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travelled to Paris for the first time. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he later applied to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand and ashes. It was during this Parisian stay that Palencia's work took on a surrealist tone, evidenced by an increasingly greater expressive freedom that reached its peak in his mature period. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927) and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia gradually abandoned still lifes in favour of Castilian landscapes. This personal landscape aesthetic reached its culmination in the Vallecas School and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early 1930s, when the Civil War broke out Palencia remained in Madrid and, like his fellow artists of his generation, underwent a period of profound crisis. When the war ended, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned cubist influences in search of an art with a strong chromatic impact. Focusing on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia returned to the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work would include images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; once fully consolidated, in 1943 he won the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to take part in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honour at the National Exhibition, although he gave it up in order to facilitate its award to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade onwards he exhibited his work in art centres and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid and the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to take part in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in Buenos Aires in 1947.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta Gallery. Certificate attached
              Sep. 12, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta Gallery. Certificate attached

              Est: €1,000 - €1,200

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta Gallery. Certificate attached Measurements: 34 x 25 cm,; 65 x 56 cm. Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (SPAIN, 1894-1980)
              Aug. 25, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (SPAIN, 1894-1980)

              Est: $10,000 - $20,000

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (SPAIN, 1894-1980) Rolling Valley Farm Fields, mixed media on paper, signed lower left and dated '67, gold painted cove frame, matted under glass, OS: 26" x 30", SS: 17" x 21".

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            • Benjamin Palencia. Women resting
              Jul. 23, 2024

              Benjamin Palencia. Women resting

              Est: -

              Ink and pencil drawing on paper. Signed and dated (1921) in the lower right corner. Work registered in the Benjamín Palencia Archive. Registration No.: D001/21.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vase with flowers"
              Jul. 23, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vase with flowers"

              Est: €4,200 - €5,600

              Oil on canvas glued to cardboard Signed and dated in the lower right corner Measurements: 41 x 33 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.
              Jul. 11, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.

              Est: €12,000 - €14,000

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia. Measurements: 31 x 45 cm; 60 x 75 cm (frame). In the forties, Benjamín Palencia's painting reaches full maturity when he knows how to subtract himself from cubist dogmas to return to a figuration of his own culture. He captures then the roughness of the peasant life during the postwar period, Castilian villages, corners that transmit an uncluttered and rough halo, although impregnated with feeling. Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of '98. When he was only fifteen years old, Palencia left his hometown and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 F...
              Jul. 02, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 F...

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Figure. 1930 Gouache on paper Signed Measurements 47 x 32 cm Work included in the Benjamín Palencia Archive

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 P...
              Jul. 02, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 P...

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Port. 1949 Oil on cardboard Signed and dated 1949 Measurements 46 x 66.5 cm Work included in the Benjamín Palencia Archive. ORIGIN (label on back) Guillermo de Osma Gallery, Madrid Private collection

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 S...
              Jul. 02, 2024

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              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Surroundings of Villafranca. 1966 Markers on paper Signed and dated 1966 Measurements 33 x 48 cm Work included in the Benjamín Palencia Archive.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vicente", 1963
              Jun. 24, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Vicente", 1963

              Est: €750 - €1,000

              Ink on paper Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Work registered in the Palencia Archive. Measurements: 27.5 x 21.5 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Landscape", 1966
              Jun. 24, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Landscape", 1966

              Est: €31,500 - €42,000

              Oil on canvas Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Work included in the Palencia Archive with registration number 006/66. Measurements: 65 x 81 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Still life of the carafe", 1952
              Jun. 24, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Still life of the carafe", 1952

              Est: €14,250 - €19,000

              Oil on canvas Signed and dated in the upper left corner. Attached is a certificate of authenticity from the Palencia Archive with number 008/52 dated March 18, 2021. Measurements: 53 x 63 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "The era", c.1970-75
              Jun. 24, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "The era", c.1970-75

              Est: €9,000 - €12,000

              Oil on canvas Certificate of authenticity from the Benjamin Palencia Archive is attached with number 004/C70 Measurements: 39 x 55.5 cm

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery.
              Jun. 11, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery.

              Est: €1,000 - €1,200

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery. Measurements: 34 x 25 cm,; 65 x 56 cm. Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "At the Philharmonic", 1923. Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery.
              Jun. 11, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "At the Philharmonic", 1923. Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery.

              Est: €350 - €450

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "At the Philharmonic", 1923. Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Ignacio Lassaletta gallery. Measurements: 12 x 9 cm; 29 x 26 cm (frame). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape characteristic of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Museum of the Prado, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Real Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others.

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            • PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)
              May. 28, 2024

              PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)

              Est: -

              Screen printing on Guarro paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered (P/A - Artist's Proof) in the lower left corner.

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            • PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)
              May. 28, 2024

              PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)

              Est: -

              Lithograph on paper. Signed on the right side. Numbered (17/195) in the lower left corner.

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            • PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)
              May. 28, 2024

              PALENCIA, BENJAMÍN (1900 - 1980)

              Est: -

              Lithograph on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered (VI/XXXV) in the lower left corner.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Mixed media on paper. Certificate of authenticity issued by the Benjamín Palencia Archive can be issued at the buyer's expense
              May. 23, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Mixed media on paper. Certificate of authenticity issued by the Benjamín Palencia Archive can be issued at the buyer's expense

              Est: €3,000 - €4,000

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1948. Mixed media on paper. Certificate of authenticity issued by the Benjamín Palencia Archive can be issued at the buyer's expense. It has slight damage. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has museum glass. Measurements: 50 x 70 cm; 71 x 91 cm (frame). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, when the Civil War broke out Palencia remained in Madrid, suffering a period of deep crisis like his generation mates. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounced it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana. Slightly damaged. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has museum glass.

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            • BEJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Presents handwritten texts by the artist.
              May. 23, 2024

              BEJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Presents handwritten texts by the artist.

              Est: €1,800 - €2,000

              BEJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Presents handwritten texts by the artist. Certificate of authenticity issued by the Benjamín Palencia Archive can be issued at the buyer's expense. It has damages in the frame. Signed in the lower right area. Measurements: 31 x 47,5 cm; 53,5 x 71 cm (frame). Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of 98. With only fifteen years Palencia leaves his native town and settles in Madrid to develop his formation through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, when the Civil War broke out Palencia remained in Madrid, suffering a period of deep crisis like his generation mates. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he was awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounced it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana. A certificate of authenticity issued by the Benjamín Palencia Archive can be issued at the buyer's expense.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1967. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
              May. 23, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1967. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.

              Est: €1,500 - €2,000

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). Untitled, 1967. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measures: 44 x 36 cm; 70 x 61 cm (frame).

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Fishermen", 1972
              May. 22, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Fishermen", 1972

              Est: €1,350 - €1,800

              Markers on paper Signed and dated in the upper left corner Work included in the Palencia Archive with number DO 17/72 Measurements: 24 x 33 cm

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Metaphysical Scarecrow", 1932
              May. 22, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Metaphysical Scarecrow", 1932

              Est: €9,000 - €12,000

              Ink on paper Signed and dated in the upper left corner Inventoried in the Benjamín Palencia archive with number D023/32Exhibitions and bibliography: Exhibitions and bibliography: -Altex Gallery, Madrid, 1984 -Tavira Gallery, Bilbao, 1984 -“The Vallecas School”, Alberto Sánchez Cultural Center, Madrid, 1985 (Included in the exhibition catalogue) -“The Vallecas School and the new vision of landscape”, Centro Cultural Villa de Madrid, 1990 (Included in the exhibition catalogue) -"Spanish painters of the 20th century in Paris", Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria, 2000 (Included in the exhibition catalogue) Measurements: 40 x 57cm

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Pase taurino
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Pase taurino

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Pase taurino. 1939 Acuarela, tinta y aguada sobre papel Firmado y fechado 1934 Firmado y fechado 1939 Firmado y dedicado Medidas 28,5 x 19,5 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Pase taurino
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Pase taurino

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Pase taurino. 1939 Acuarela y tinta sobre papel Firmado Firmado y dedicado Medidas 28,5 x 19 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Cesto de brevas
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Cesto de brevas

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Cesto de brevas. 1972 Tinta sobre papel Firmada y fechada 1972 Medidas 31 x 44 cm Obra incluida en Archivo Benjamín Palencia

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Niños
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Niños

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Niños. 1946 Gouache sobre papel Firmado y fechado 1946 Medidas 21 x 31 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Serafín a los 73 años
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Serafín a los 73 años

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Serafín a los 73 años. 1959 Tinta sobre papel Firmado, titulado y fechado 1959 Medidas 31 x 21 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Iglesia de San Pedro (Villa de Vallecas)
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - Iglesia de San Pedro (Villa de Vallecas)

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 Iglesia de San Pedro (Villa de Vallecas). c. 1920 Óleo sobre lienzo Firmado Medidas 52 x 36 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia.

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            • BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - En el río
              May. 21, 2024

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA - En el río

              Est: -

              BENJAMÍN PALENCIA Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 En el río. 1948 Óleo y gouache sobre papel Firmado y fechado 1948 Medidas 34 x 49 cm Obra incluida en el Archivo Benjamín Palencia.

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            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.
              Apr. 23, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.

              Est: €12,000 - €14,000

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Era" 40's. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work verified by Ramón Palencia. Measurements: 31 x 45 cm; 60 x 75 cm (frame). In the forties, Benjamín Palencia's painting reaches full maturity when he knows how to subtract himself from cubist dogmas to return to a figuration of his own culture. He captures then the roughness of the peasant life during the postwar period, Castilian villages, corners that transmit an uncluttered and rough halo, although impregnated with feeling. Founder of the School of Vallecas together with Alberto Sánchez, sculptor, Benjamín Palencia was one of the most important heirs of the poetics of the Castilian landscape typical of the Generation of '98. When he was only fifteen years old, Palencia left his hometown and settled in Madrid to develop his training through his frequent visits to the Prado Museum, since he always rejected the official teachings of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1925 he participates in the Exhibition of Iberian Artists held at the Retiro Palace in Madrid, and in 1926 he travels for the first time to Paris. There he met Picasso, Gargallo and Miró and came into contact with the collage technique, which he would later apply to his work, incorporating new materials such as sand or ashes. It will be from this Parisian stay when Palencia's work acquires a surrealist tone, evidenced in an increasingly greater expressive freedom that will reach its fullness in his period of maturity. On his return to Madrid he founded the Vallecas School (1927), and made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). Palencia will gradually abandon still lifes to take up again the Castilian landscape, capturing it through a magnificent synthesis between tradition and avant-garde. This personal aesthetic of the landscape will reach its culmination in the School of Vallecas and, after a brilliant surrealist incursion in the early thirties, at the outbreak of the Civil War Palencia remains in Madrid, suffering like his peers of his generation a period of deep crisis. After the war, between 1939 and 1940 his painting took a radical turn; he abandoned the cubist and abstract influences and even the surrealist aspects, in search of an art of strong chromatic impact, linked to Fauvism. Focused on his work as a landscape painter, in 1942 Palencia takes up again the experience of the Vallecas School together with the young painters Álvar Delgado, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Gregorio del Olmo, Enrique Núñez Casteló and Francisco San José. His work will gather images of the Castilian countryside and its peasants and animals; his painting becomes a testimony of the rough, the coarse and the rural, of the subtle expressiveness of the Castilian sobriety. Already fully consolidated, in 1943 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and in 1944 he was selected to participate in the Salón de los Once de Eugenio D'Ors in Madrid. The following year he is awarded the medal of honor at the National Exhibition, although he renounces it to facilitate its concession to José Gutiérrez Solana, who died a few days before the jury's decision. From this decade on, his exhibitions in art centers and galleries such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid or the Estilo gallery, and in 1946 he was once again selected for the Salón de los Once. He also began to participate in international exhibitions, such as those of Spanish Contemporary Art held in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Madrid (1951) and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1951), the Venice Biennial (1956), the Princess of Paravinci's Palace in Rome (1965), etc. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and in 1978 he joined the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Benjamín Palencia is currently represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others. Work verified by Ramón Palencia.

              Setdart Auction House
            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Untitled", 1967
              Apr. 09, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Untitled", 1967

              Est: €1,050 - €1,400

              Inks on paper Signed, dedicated and dated at the bottom Provenance: -Theo Gallery, Madrid -Private collection, Madrid Measurements: 21 x 15 cm

              Ansorena
            • BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Untitled", 1967
              Apr. 09, 2024

              BENJAMIN PALENCIA Barrax (Albacete) (1894) / Madrid (1980) "Untitled", 1967

              Est: €1,050 - €1,400

              Ink on paper Dedicated, signed and dated at the bottom Provenance: -Theo Gallery, Madrid -Private collection, Madrid Measurements: 21 x 14, 5cm

              Ansorena
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