Javier Winthuysen Losada was an outstanding Spanish artist whose career developed in two main areas: landscape painting and garden design, disciplines that he cultivated in parallel throughout his life. Coming from a family of Flemish roots settled in Cadiz since the 17th century, his artistic training began in his native city, Seville, where he frequented the workshops of José Arpa and Gonzalo Bilbao. He soon became part of the local intellectual circles, joining the Ateneo and founding the Escuela Libre de Bellas Artes together with other young artists. In this initial stage, he focused his attention on Andalusian landscapes and local gardens. Later, after the Civil War, his pictorial work evolved towards an aesthetic marked ...