Born in Valencia in 1930 and recently deceased, Juan Genovés lived through the horrors of the Civil War during his childhood, an experience which marked him forever. His commitment with the anti-Francoist resistance led him to join postwar collective

Concerned about the role of the artist in society and about the need to renew Spanish art, Juan Genovés (Valencia, 1930) has always been strongly engaged in politics. In words of critic Martin Coomer: “Influenced by modern cinema and photography, and

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Twenty five years after Franco’s death, democratic Spain remembers its recent past as incorporated in works of arts and emblematic buildings.