George Owen Wynne Apperley belonged to an aristocratic Welsh family, which allowed him a comfortable economic situation. From an early age he was attracted to painting and, opposing his family, he enrolled at the Herkomer Academy. His training was broadened by his trip to Italy, where he was captivated by the Mediterranean light and produced works on genre and landscape themes.

After marrying secretly in 1907, he moved with his wife to Lugano (Switzerland), then returned to London. In 1914 he traveled to Spain, and settled permanently in Madrid two years later, to go a year later to Granada, where he settled, where he met local painters such as Francisco Soria Aedo and Lopez Mezquita.

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