20th Century Spanish

Tellaeche gave up his early adventurous life as a sailor to take up painting alongside Eduardo Chicharro, who encouraged him to travel to Paris, where he completed his training at the Julien and Colarossi academies.

After his stay in Paris, he settled in Lequeitio (Basque Country), devoting himself entirely to painting. His talent was publicly recognised for the first time in 1910, at the 6^th Modern Art Exhibition in Bilbao. He exhibited his works in major shows in Spain and abroad, including the 1919 Bilbao Painting and Sculpture International Exhibition or the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he went into exile to Paris, where he took part in the 1937 International Exposition. Some years later, in 1952, he moved to Lima, where he lived until his death, working as curator of Peru’s National Art Heritage.

Tellaeche’s works are currently in the collections of major Spanish museums and public and private collections, including, among others: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, Museo de San Telmo in San Sebastian, the Banco Guipuzcoano collection in San Sebastian and the BBVA Collection.