20^th Century Spanish

José Iranzo Almonacid, better known as Anzo, studied at the San Carlos School of Arts and Crafts in Valencia and the School of Architecture of Barcelona, which he left before graduating. Anzo’s first experiences in art were in the field of printmaking with the Valencia-based Estampa Popular group and the magazine Suma y Sigue. After joining the group in the late 1960s, encouraged by his friend Juan Antonio Aguirre, his work became known in Madrid and was included in various major group exhibitions.

His art practice can be divided into several phases: the first ranged from figuration to Informalismo in the late 1950s, and from there to a cooler style influenced by as is patent in his Aislamientos from the 1970s. Well into the 1980s, he began to focus on sculpture and started creating works that were part of what has been termed as Lyrical Geometry.

He was awarded with countless distinctions, including the Generalitat de Valencia Visual Arts Prize which he received in 2003.