Enrique Senis-Oliver

Enrique Senis-Oliver was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1935. While pursuing his studies at university, he could not ignore his interest in painting and enrolled himself in the San Fernando School of Bellas Artes to study anatomy. In 1957, realizing that his major, civil engineering, granted very few possibilities for him to express his artistic creativity, Senis-Oliver began to dedicate himself exclusively to art.

By 1960, Senis-Oliver had completed eight exhibitions, several in France, others in Switzerland, Belgium. Germany, Greece and Panama. In the list of his many European successes are the portraits of some of the most influential families on that coninent. In 1961, Senis- Oliver moved to New York and established himself as an artist of the neo-realistic style and was exhibiting in some of the city's finest galleries. It was during this time that the Harkness Foundation commissioned him to design and execute murals for the Harkness Theater for dance in the prestigious Lincoln Center, a monumental project that took a year and a half to complete.

In 1982, Senis-Oliver changed his residence to Los Angeles. The artistic Community of Southern California quickly became aware of his presence and he was invited by Mayor Tom Bradley to exhibit in the Bridge Gallery of Los Angeles City Hall.

In the numerous portaits by Senis-Oliver included are his Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Aristotlle Onassis and other members of his family, Greek Prime Minister Karamalis, Armodio Arias, husband of Lady Margot Fonteyn of Panama, Rebekah Harkness, of the Harkness Foundation, Prince Mishal Bin Saud of Saudi Arabia, Basha Rudin, Fiorenza Courtright, to name only a few.

The paintings of Enrique Senis-Oliver can be fournd in several museums in the United States and Europe and in private collections all over the world.

Today Senis-Oliver lives and works in Valencia, Spain, his native city. In 1993, the Valencia City Hall and the city's museum organized a comprehensive exhibition of his paintings and published a book on his work which sold out immediately.