José Arrue

After early studies in Bilbao, he subsequently continued his training in Barcelona, Paris and Milan.

He also designed bullfighting posters, did advertising work, and published cartoons in newspapers such as El Sol and El Liberal, and the Buenos Aires newspaper La Razón; an exhibition of his paintings was staged in Buenos Aires in 1928, later travelling to Montevideo, Uruguay.

During the Spanish Civil War, Arrue drew comics describing events from the perspective of the Basque Government.

[2] After the collapse of the Republican Army of the North, and the fall of Santander on September 1, 1937, Arrue was arrested in the city.

Arrue's work is noted for its concrete realism, clear lines and composition, and its focus on Basque subjects, particularly the landscape of the Basque country, its religious festivals, romerias and social rituals, and the lives of its peasantry.