José Luis Fuentetaja began working in advertising at the age of thirteen, while attending the Vallecas School of Arts and Crafts. A year later he traveled to Geneva, where he made direct contact with painting and decided to dedicate himself exclusively to it. Upon his return to Spain he entered Fine Arts, and in 1966 he visited Sitges for the first time, where he would return every year and later take up residence.

In these years he began to sell his paintings at the Rastro in Madrid and later in Sitges, on the street. Also at this time he began his travels through Europe, painting views of Paris, London and Amsterdam. During these bohemian years he settled in Gran Canaria for five years. In 1969 he became friends with Sidney N...