Jose Hernandez Quero was born in Molinos Street No.82, Granada on November 27, 1930. He was the seventh of the nine children family of Rafael Hernández Barredo.and Dolores Quero Ballesteros, both natives of Granada.

As a child he attended the Ave María School. At this time the tragic death of a boy of his age, blown up to pieces in the way home from school by a bomb from a plane during the civil war, left a lasting impression on him.

After leaving primary school, he obtained the High School degree (Bachillerato) at evening classes and learned typing in the Plaza de Cuchilleros.

When he was 15 years old, advised by his mother, whose support would be a constant in the painter's career, he went...