He was also the father of painter [[Josep Benlliure i Ortiz]], known as Peppino, who was born in Rome in 1884. In late 1919 the pensioners he surrendered a tribute to Rome with an exhibition of 45 paintings in Madrid in their halls of Theatre Royal. When he returns to the [[Valencia]] he is appointed as honorary president of the Circle of Fine Arts in Vaslentia (Cercle de Belles Arts), and made to director of the [[Museu de Belles Arts de València]], a position he hold until 1924. He receives the Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy and the Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honor by the French government. |
He was also the father of painter [[Josep Benlliure i Ortiz]], known as Peppino, who was born in Rome in 1884. In late 1919 the pensioners he surrendered a tribute to Rome with an exhibition of 45 paintings in Madrid in their halls of Theatre Royal. When he returns to the [[Valencia]] he is appointed as honorary president of the Circle of Fine Arts in Vaslentia (Cercle de Belles Arts), and made to director of the [[Museu de Belles Arts de València]], a position he hold until 1924. He receives the Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy and the Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honor by the French government. |