Laxeiro

Laxeiro

By naiaraanavicky

  • Birth and place of birth

    Birth and place of birth
    José Otero Abeledo, Laxeiro, was born in Donramiro, Lalín (a town that belongs to Pontevedra, Galicia).

  • Family

    Family
    He moved with his parents (María Josefa Abeledo and José Otero Fernández) to Botos, Vilamaior (a village very close of Lalín). He began to draw, motivated by the teachings of Teresa López, his teacher.

  • Childhood

    Childhood
    He emigrates to Cuba with his family. In Cuba he attends drawing classes and works as an assistant to Manuel Roig, choreographer of the Teatro Martín.

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence
    After working as a designer of artistic stained glass, he returned to Lalí, sick with tuberculosis. He decided to dedicate himself to painting professionally. That same year he oppened a barber shop in Lalín and began to be known as El pintor barbero, as he tirelessly drew clients and all kinds of popular characters.

  • Studies

    Studies
    He was awarded a scholarship by the Lalín CIty Council to travel to Madrid to study Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. A year later he managed to extend his stay in Madrid thanks to a scholarship from the Provincial Council of Pontevedra.