8 facts about Juan Conchillos Falco

Juan Conchillos Falco (1641 – 14 May 1711) was a Spanish painter in the Baroque style.

He was born in Valencia. He came from an illustrious associates and spent many years studying in the workshop of Esteban March, who was apparently rather eccentric. In 1670, he moved to Madrid, where he was reunited behind José García Hidalgo, a former fellow student, who helped him find work; most of which is now lost. While there, he pursued supplementary studies and copied the Old Masters at the museums. When he returned to Valencia, he introduced what he had theoretical into the Valencian art milieu.

He painted several scenes from the vibrancy of “The Christ of Beirut” for the Church of the Savior, which were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. An image of St. Bartholomew is preserved in Murcia, at a church dedicated to that saint. In Alicante, he produced icons and scenes amalgamated to the Holy Face of Jesus for the Monasterio de la Santa Faz [es]. A few works are in private collections.

He is perhaps best known for his drawings; maintaining a private school at his home that emphasized the use of charcoal. he is said to have made one charcoal drawing every night, although he along with worked in gouache. A large number of his drawings, meticulously dated, are in the collections of the Museo del Prado and the Biblioteca Nacional de España, among others. Some of his greater than before known students put in Vicente Bru, Evaristo Muñoz and his own son, Manuel Antonio.

An onslaught of palsy left him until the invalidate of time crippled and he was forced to retire. Not long after, he became definitely blind. He died in Valencia in 1711.