AWARDS AND HONOURS:

 

1949          Provincial Painting Awards from Educación y Descanso, Ciudad Real

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1950          Special Award (Artistic Drawing) from the School of Arts and Crafts, Madrid

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1950–51    Prize for Drawing from the Antique and of Drapery, Academy of Fine Arts                                of San Fernando, Madrid

                  Drawing Prize, Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

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1951–52    Prize for Life Drawing, First Course at the Academy of Fine Arts of San                                    Fernando, Madrid

                  Carmen del Río’s Painting Award at the Academy of Fine Arts of San                                        Fernando, Madrid

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1952–53    Estado’s Award for Colouring and Composition, First Course at the                                          Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

                  Carmen del Río’s Painting Award at the Academy of Fine Arts of San                                        Fernando, Madrid

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1953–54    Madrigal’s Award for Colouring and Composition, Second Course at the                                  Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

                  Bursary Award El Paular for the Course of Landscape at the Academy of                                Fine Arts of San  Fernando, Madrid

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1955          Travel Grant to Italy from the Ministry of Education (III National Competition                              for Plastic Artists), Spain

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1957          Jaén County Council Award from the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Spain

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1958          Molino de Plata Award from the Regional Exhibition of Valdepeñas, Spain             

                  Still Life Award from the Fundación Rodríguez Acosta, Granada, which                                    consisted in a travel bursary that he used to visit Greece                       

                  Travel bursary from the Ministry of Education, Spain, which he used to travel to                      Rome

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1959          Molino de Plata Award from the Regional Exhibition of Valdepeñas, Spain

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1961          Scholarship from the Fundación Juan March, Spain

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1965          National Architecture Prize, Spain,  shared with the Architect Heliodoro Dols                            given it was a joint work

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1974          Prize of the City of Darmstadt, Germany

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1983          Pablo Iglesias Award, Madrid

                  

                  Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Spain

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1985          Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Spain

                  

                  Golden ABC, Madrid

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1986          Gold Medal of Castilla La Mancha, Spain

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1990          Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid, Spain

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1992          Tomás Francisco Prieto Award from the Mint House, Madrid

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1993          Fellow of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

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2003          Prize of Plastic Arts and Architecture of El Mundo and the Community of                                  Castilla La Mancha

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2004          Medal of Honour from the Menéndez Pelayo International University, Santader                        City of Alcala de Henares Award for the Arts, Spain

                  Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

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2006          Velázquez Prize for Plastic Arts, Ministry of Culture, Spain

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2009          Penagos Drawing Prize of the Mapfre Foundation, Madrid

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2010          Gold Medal of the City Council of Madrid

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2011          Doctor Honoris Causa Degree by the University of Navarra

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2012          Prince of Viana Award of Culture, Navarra                    

                  International Medal of Arts of the Community of Madrid

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2013          Honorary Member of the University Faculty of Arts, University of Alcalá,                                  Madrid

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2014          Doctor Honoris Causa Degree by the University of Murcia                 

                  2014 Rosa d’Oro della Milanesiana Award, Milan, Italy

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2015          Medal of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Seville                                                      2015 Fuera de Serie Arts Award, Expansión, Spain                   

                  Raíces de Europa Award, Spain

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2017          Gold Medal of the Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona, Spain                   

                  Honorary Academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos,                                Valencia                 

                  Averroes Gold Award City of Córdoba 2017 to the Arts, Spain

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2018          Doctor Honoris Causa Degree by the Universidad Complutense, Madrid

                  Medal of Honor by the University Carlos III, Madrid                 

                  Honour Member of the Association of Architecture of Madrid (COAM)

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2019          Fundación de Fomento Europeo Prize, Barcelona

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2020          Award Florencio Galindo de las Letras, Ávila

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2021          Honour Member of the Institución Gran Duque de Ávila, Diputación de Ávila

 

2022          XVI Sport Cultura Barcelona Awards, Fundación RBA, Barcelona

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[July, 2022]