[1] He was born in Albacete (February 7, 1947), in a humble family, the first of the two children of Valentín Martínez Flores, master builder and former political prisoner after the Spanish Civil War, and Julia Fraile Montalbán, factory worker and self-sacrificing housewife.

During his childhood he combines studies with several jobs, amongst others as an employee in the mythical Casino Primitivo of the city, laboural and vital experiences that helped him to forge a very critical and mature view of the environment from a very early age.

Being Painting his true vocation, he decides to undertake several travels abroad in order to improve his technique and to learn new methods.

He studied Altarpiece and Polychromy in the Massana School of Barcelona, Ceramic (Barcelona Arts and Crafts School), as well as Engraving and Lithography, not only in the Catalan metropolis, but also in Paris (Atelier Hayter) and Toronto (North Toronto Collegiate), where he also made his living creating stained glass artworks.

In the same way, his intellectual concerns and his extensive self-taught formation extended to multitude of subjects, will lead him to create a work in endless transformation.

), and was already awarded in its beginnings by the Güell Painting Foundation ( Barcelona, 1974 ) and finalist in the 7th Cleveland International Drawing Biennial in the United Kingdom.

The figurative world of Luis Fraile is complex, full of intentions that evolve over time, discovering new ideas.

In the rigid, hieratic and almost sacred figures of this painter there is frequently a man-woman dialogue; an energy and quarrel of the sexes; a magma open to the eye and the mind.