(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 1926 – Madrid, Spain, 1972)
Self-taught. Enormous interest in archaeology. Co-founder of the “El Paso” Group. He was present in the most important group exhibitions in Europe and America. Works in the Museums of Modern Art in New York, of Contemporary Art in Madrid, of Modern Art in Rome, of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, of Abstract Art in Cuenca, Institut für Modern Kunst in Israel, etc. He was awarded the Critics’ Prize at the Third International Young Artists Exhibition.
“In the core of Madrid, the renewal of the national painting of the “El Paso” Group, in which Manolo Millares brings the dramatism of bulging, torn or strained canvases, stained with pathetic violence”. (A. Cirici Pellicer).