In studying the work and life of Salvador Caballero, only one influential predecessor in his history can be cited. This is his uncle, Vincent del Olmo, a serious painter with much nostalgia and curriculum in his vitae. In reality, Caballero is one of many self-taught painters who have written numerous brilliant pages in the history of painting. Especially on the Mediterranean shores in which the imagination, and personal genius has always reigned over the typical rationalism of other Central European cultures.

Many of the modern day painters that are admired were poor students in schools; some did not even set foot in a class in which pictorial disciplines were taught. Therefore, we could easily deduce that some artists have painting...