Birth Name: | Alfonso Ponce de León y Cabello |
Birth Date: | 1906 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Málaga, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Death Cause: | Execution by firing squad |
Education: | Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando |
Movement: | Magical realism |
Party: | Falange Española de las JONS |
Alfonso Ponce de León y Cabello (10 September 1906 – 29 September 1936) was a Spanish painter and propagandist. He was the son of jurist . He was also associated with Federico García Lorca's theater group, La Barraca as a scene painter.[1] In 2001 the Reina Sofía curated a retrospective exhibition of his work.[2] [3] He was married to fellow painter .[4] A member of Falange (helming the organization's propaganda apparatus)[5] since circa 1935,[6] he was arrested and executed by Republican paramilitaries in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.[7] His most famous work, Autorretrato (accidente) is housed in the Reina Sofia's permanent collection.