Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran was a

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

born in Plencia/Plentzia in 1893 and who died in

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

on January 2, 1965 (both in

Biscay Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...

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). He studied his art in

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and

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. Mainly known by his

mural A mural is any piece of Graphic arts, graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage. Word mural in art The word ''mural'' ...

paintings,

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s and scenes of local customs of the places he dwelled in. He was president of the ''Asociación de Artistas Vascos'' (Basque Artists' Association) between 1926 and 1929. His murals can still be seen at St Joseph's Church in

Baracaldo Barakaldo (; ) is a municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country in Spain. Located on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is part of Greater Bilbao, has a population at 100,881. Barakaldo has an industrial riv ...

, at the Good Shepherd's in Lutxana-Barakaldo and in St Marina's of Bilbao. The

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (Spanish: ''Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao'', Basque language, Basque: ''Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa'') is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the c ...

and Vitoria Fine Arts Museum of

Vitoria Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória ( ...

also host works by Jenaro de Urrutia. Banistas Jenaro Urrutia

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1893 births 1965 deaths Basque painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Spanish landscape painters Spanish muralists {{Spain-painter-stub