Jorge José Castillo Casalderrey (born June 16, 1933) is a Spanish

Spain

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-born painter and sculptor.

For most of his childhood, he and his family lived in Argentina

Argentina

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. Since 1962, he has maintained residences in both Barcelona

Barcelona

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 and New York City

New York City

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.

Castillo greatly admired Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...

, and that influence shows in his painting

Painting

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s, etching

Etching

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s, and lithographs.

His steel sculpture

Sculpture

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 Homage to the Cyclist stands in the Plaça de Sants in Barcelona.