José Cózar Viedmawas born in Baeza on June 6, 1.944.
His academic training, with an innate predisposition to drawing initially, pincel to the brush in his youth and to the spatula later, always pursued aesthetics and today it can be said that he is a master in the land of artists, Valencia, city in which he resides since 1955, although his stay in Baeza is very frequent during the year.
The Baezano painter obtained his first official recognition at the age of 19 with the First Prize of the XIX National Exhibition of Linares and, since then, the awards, recognitions and tributes have taken place during his long artistic career. The number of works carried out is incalculable, reaching up to 200 paintings per year in their stage of maturity.
Su pintura es tan trepidante como espontánea, tan sincera como penetrante, sus obras pueden ser contempladas en museos, diputaciones, ayuntamientos o universidades como son la Excelentísima Diputación de Barcelona, Museo Histórico municipal de Valencia, Museo municipal de Segorbe, Museo Etnográfico de Jávea, Ayuntamientos de Jaén, Villajoyosa y Baeza….
Some books published on his work are "La vida y obra de Cózar", by Manuel Real Alarcón, "Cózar" by Marien Rovalo and "One Hundred Years Later... El fauvismo en la pintura de Cózar" by Lorenzo Berenguer and Beatriz Vázquez.
As we have mentioned before, there are numerous distinctions that mark his professional life, among which it is worth mentioning the Art Cheer of the Baezana Cultural Association, Big Brother of the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Veracruz de Baeza.
Entre sus premios caben destacar:
1,963: First prize of the XIX National Exhibition of Linares. First prize for fast painting in Zaragoza. 1.965: First National Prize "Sierra de Cazorla". First National Prize XI Exhibition of Jaén. 1.967: Special prize "Ansiba", Malaga. First National Medal XII Amposta Contest. Prize "Goerlich-Miquel", Valencia First National Prize, Jaén. 1.968: "Pino de plata", Certamen de Cazorla. Accésit Excma. Diputación de Castellón. 1.969: First Prize, Extraordinary Prize and "Pino de Plata", Cazorla Contest. Prize "Region Area of the Strait", XVIII Autumn Exhibition, Seville. 1.971: Olivo de Oro, Cazorla-71. 1.977: Golden Shield of his native city. Second prize Villa de Chiva. 1.978: Special Mention III Pego-78 National Contest. Special Mention Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia. First prize XI National Painting Contest Club-63, Jaén. 1.991: Silver Badge of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. 1.993: First prize III Painting Contest "Esperanzas" of Valencia. 1.999: National Competition Award, Castellar-99. Finalist XI National Contest of Outdoor Painting, Madrid. Finalist XXIX Autumn Salon of the Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia. Special Mention I National Contest of Alcaudete. Prize I Biennial of the Magazine Dimens Arts of Valencia.
Provincial Museum of Jaén, Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, Municipal Historical Museum of Valencia, Hon. Diputación de Barcelona, Ilmo. Ayto. de Villajoyosa, Municipal Museum of Segorbe, Excmo. Ayto. de Baeza, Excmo. Ayto. de Jaén, Ethnographic Museum of Jávea.
The Baezano painter, with residence in Valencia since 1955, obtained his first official recognition at the age of 19 with the First Prize of the XIX National Exhibition of Linares and, since then, the awards, recognitions and tributes have followed in the course of his long artistic career.
His work is exhibited a dozen times a year throughout the Spanish geography
