Fernando Peña Defilló ( Santo Domingo, 1926 – Jarabacoa, 18 May 2016)El pintor Fernando Peña Defilló pidió que no lo velaran y que lo cremaran
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Biography

Peña Defilló was born in 1926 in Santo Domingo into a white family of Spanish ancestry (by his father, he had colonial Canarian heritage, and by his mother, Catalan descent). His father, Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle (1902–1954), was a lawyer, historian and diplomat who served as President of the

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(1942–1943) and as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1943–1946); his mother was Carmelita Defilló Sanz, a cousin of Catalan musician Pau Casals Defilló. He studied at the

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from 1949 to 1951, where he received education from

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, and Celeste Woss y Gil. He settled in Europe after graduating, first in Spain, where he joined Spanish informalism. From 1957 to 1963 he constantly moved from different European nations until his return to Santo Domingo. In 2015 the Fernando Peña Defilló Museum ( es, Museo Fernando Peña Defilló) was inaugurated in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City to spread his legacy.

Family tree

Awards and condecorations

*''Premio Esso'' (1964) *''Premio de pintura'' of the ''Concurso Eduardo León Jimenes'' (1967) *''Premio Gulf & Western'' (1974) *''Premio de pintura'' by ''Casa de España'' (1976) *''Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas'' (2010).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pena Defillo, Fernando 1926 births 2016 deaths Art Informel and Tachisme painters Dominican Republic people of Canarian descent Dominican Republic people of Catalan descent People from Santo Domingo White Dominicans 20th-century Dominican Republic painters