Genaro Lahuerta López (Valencia, February 8, 1905-ibid, February 10, 19851) Spanish painter, prominent portraitist who was part of the pictorial group Los Ibérico He began his studies at the Valencia School of Arts and Crafts and in 1919 he enrolled at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in the same city.

After finishing his studies, he began to work as an illustrator for some magazines of the time and to teach painting classes.

In 1928 he made the first exhibition of him at the Sala Blava in Valencia and the following year at the Sala Parés in Barcelona.

In 1932, at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, he won the Third Medal for a portrait of the writer Max Aub.

Thanks to a scholarship that was awarded to him in 1932, he traveled to various European countries looking for subjects for his paintings.

In 1943 he obtained the Second Medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. Five years later he would get the First Medal in the same exhibition.

In 1953 the General Directorate of African Plazas awarded him a scholarship to paint the Spanish Sahara.

 From December 1954 to January 1955 he held an exhibition at the Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia2 In 1963 he participated in the exhibition entitled 8 international painters, held at the Estil Gallery in Valencia from June to September of that year3 Throughout his life, he was an academic at the Real Academia de San Carlos de Valencia, San Jorge de Barcelona, ​​Santa Isabel de Hungary de Sevilla and San Fernando de Madrid.

In addition to numerous distinctions, the Paris Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal and in Spain the Ministry of Education and Science awarded him the Medal of Merit for Fine Arts.

In 1987, two years after his death, the Valencia Provincial Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition of his work to him.

In Valencia he has a street named after him.

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