Benjamín Palencia (7 July 1894 − 16 January 1980) was a Spanish painter and

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. Most notably he became known as co-founder of the School of Vallecas, together with the sculptor

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. The quintessence of the large body of his work is perhaps the poetry of the Castilian landscape as defined by the

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Artist's profile on artnet.com
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