Enrique Padial
(Granada 1938 – 2014)
Andalusian expressionist painter, appointed as honorary citizen of Granada.
He moved to Madrid to study Aeronautical Engineering. Once finished, he returned to Granada, and decided to devote himself full time to painting, in a self-taught manner. Critics made him famous, with national exhibitions (such as the “Goya” hall in Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid, 1981; “La General” of Granada presented by art critic Campoy in 1998…) as well as European ones: Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Cannes, Viena, etc.