José Manuel Broto is a Spanish painter from Aragon who is considered one of the most significant figures of contemporary Spanish painting. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zaragoza and exhibited his work for the first time in 1968, showing a style in line with constructivism.

In 1972, he moved to Barcelona and founded the group Trama. However, after the dissolution of the group, Broto moved into a language close to abstract expressionism, incorporating a landscape of primitive nature into his work. He showed these new works in his first solo exhibition in Paris, held in 1984 at the Adrien Maeght gallery. Since 1985, he has lived and worked in Paris. Settled in Paris, he soon overcame the so-called "abstract impres...