1957
November 8
Peris Carbonell was born in Valencia (Spain)
In his childhood he already felt an irrepressible desire for drawing and painting.
« La Caravana »(Caravan) is one of the first pictuires painted by PerisCarbonell,when
he was 12

1972
July :
Matriculated in a drawing and painting school, more precisely in in the drawing class
based on plaster antique models.
1973
Met Maria Celda,he would marry in 1980.

1975
July
Finished his secondary studies.
September
Matriculated in the school of arts and trades in Valencia,in order to study for the the
entrance examination to the High Fine Art San Carlos Institute , in Valencia.
.
1976
June
He passed the entrance examination to Fine Arts.The examination consisted in a 100
by 81 cm charcoal sketch with a statue as a model.
September
Sat for the drawing free examination in the first year ;passed the examination,but in the
course ,he attended only the classes in which he was the most interested.

1977
He is authorised to copy works in the San Pio V Museum of fine Arts, in Valencia.

1978
November
Was drafted in the national forces till April 25 1980.

1979
From 1979 to 1981 took part in painting competitions and obtained seven first prizes,
on of those in sculpture.During this,he painted charcoal portraits which though
following the influence of the academy,already parted with the representational
art.They are more studied and more self-conscious.

1980
Follows the study of the human being,insisting on the external features of the face,but
begins to deepen an insight of the character like the painter who introduces himself in
the thought of the model.He used « collage » and China ink on paper.
On November 8, he married Maria,in the El Puig Royal Monastery.

1981
In the beginning of the year,he finds himself in the full sway of expressionism.He
paints the chuchyard series.
October
He painted spiritual portraits for one community of Capuchin monks.In these pictures
symbolism appears,through the drawing which mingles with an abstract thought .There
comes out the light which belongs to the absolute perception of clarity after death.In
looking for the spiritual essence in purity,the whole physical aspect of the subject
disappears and lets out his soul described through lines,colours,and shapes,which all
have their own meaning. He creates the following collections :spiritual portraits,a
twelve work collection and P .Francisco de Orihuela, an eight painting collection.
December
Birth of his daughter ,Maria.

1987
January
Travels to Egypt.The painting realized in Cairo,enriches his vision thanks to the new
impression of light and colour.He paints works with great schematism on Khan El
Khalily.
March
Travels to England,and paints in London.
April
He studies and paints in Paris.
July-August
Paints landscapes in Aragon.
October
He travels to London to study painting in the museums.
November
He puts the final touch to the work « El Via Crucis »(The Way of the Cross) for the
ST Antony From Padua Parish,in Valencia,a collection of 14 oil canvasses,73cm by
60cm
He finishes the following collections : « El Descendimiento »(The Descent from the
Cross »,a set of 12 oilcanvasses73by 60cm ; »In the Golgota »,a set of 45 oil
paintings,charcoal,sepia,and sanguine on paper,71by50 cm.

1988
January
The first book dealing with his work is published,with the title « Peris
Carbonell,works 1976-87 »,offering a presentation and a bibliography in four
languages.the book is presented in Madrid to the International Art Critic Association
which recognizes Peris Carbonell as the representative of the contemporary Mystic
expressionism in Spain.
February
Exhibition in Montpellier( France) at the Reno Gallery.
March
Exhibition at the Subastas Gallery in Valencia.
May
Paints in Paris.
June
Exhibition at the Velasquez Gallery in Benidorm(Valencia)
July-August
Paints landscapes in Aragon(Spain)
September
Travels to England and realizes paintings in London.
November
Exhibition during the International Festival of modern art in Valencia.
December
Travels to England to get an exhibition ready in London.
During this year,he ends the collection of 40 oil canvasses 73 by 60cm,dealing with
the Passion of Christ,for the Archbishop’s Palace in Valencia and an other collection of
33 oilcanvasses’The Holy faith’73 by 60 cm.

1989
February
Goes to London to supervise the project and the corrections of the book being
written about his works.
March
Exhibition in the Alpine Gallery in London.
April
He travels to Paris to see the retrospective exhibition on Gauguin at the Grand Palais.
He takes advantage of his stay to paint.
June
Publication of the book written in London by Quintallina on the work and
biographical details of Peris Carbonell.(128 pages and 182 pictures)
July
Paints landscapes in Aragon(Spain).In these works he lays emphasis on the
colours,and through this process he forces the shapes to be more expressive.
August
He travels to the Netherlands.He paints the flat expanses and the long and narrow
houses in Amsterdam with faint and dark colours.
September
From Amsterdam he goes to Paris.Makes sketches of the Seine river and expresses
the atmosphere of the Paris streets and cafés in the afternoon.
October
Exhibition in the San Vicente Gallery in Valencia.
November
His works are exhibited in London,in the Spanish Institute,to the representatives
of the Spanish culture,residing in the British Capital.
Exhibition in the International Festival of Modern Art,in Valencia.
During this year he paints the collection « La Veronica »,31oil canvasses,73by 60cmù.

1990
February
In the Archbishop’s Palace in Valencia,the 40 piece of art collection,representing
The Christ’s passion,is exhibited.
April
On April 2 1990, the artist and his family go to Rome to be received by Pope John-
Paul II in an audience set on April 4.Peris Carbonell presented the Pope with a
73by60 cm painting of the Christ’s face in his pasion.In the interview for the EFE
Agency of the Vatican after the meeting ,the artist made the following comment :
« It was a very moving event.To be here,and to see the Holy Father inspires
respect »Peris Carbonell said to the EFE Agency,and he recalled that he had been
working in mystic painting for eleven years
« The Pope stepped back,looked at the painting and was impressed »asserted Peris
Carbonell who presented the Holy Father with the work of art in a semi-private
audience ,preceding the public one,taking place every Wednesday.

« Then he took both my hands and told me in perfect Spanish « I bless the work of
art and you, as an artist and as a human being » went on Peris Carbonell who had
explained to the Pope his commitment to mystic works of art and the process of
conception in the oilcanvass offered the Vatican.
Peris Carbonell explained to the EFE journalist that he had taken nothing into account
to paint the canvass and that it was,for four or five yerars, the result of the study of
the Holy Face and the expression of an internal feeling.
The Spanish painter underlined the fact that he had painted different oil canvasses
about the theme of holy faces and that among them he selected the most suitable to
the Holy Father.
The painter from Valencia asserted that his commitment to mystic painting began
with the creation of spiritual portraits of saints,like St Peter Nolasco,in 1981.I studied
his life and after,like a music composer I create painting »,he said.
Many works of Peris Carbonell are on Exhibition in churches in Valencia,whereas in
the Archbishop’s Palace,there are forty oil canvasses painted in 1987and 1988.
May
Exhibition in the Tretze Gallery,in Castellon
June
Exhibition at the Serrano Gallery in Madrid.
July
Exhibition at the Modern Art Gallery in Palma de Mallorca.
Stays in France.Paints works in Sète and Arles.
September
Travels to Paris
October
Travels to Italy.Paints in Venice
On October 21st,the Town councillor in charge of culture of Sète and the curator
of the National Paul Valery Museum confirm to Peris Carbonell that an exhibition of
his works will take place in the Tarbouriech Room of the said museum in July
and August1992.
November
Exhibition at the Reno Gallery in Montpellier.
December
Travels to England.realizes paintings of Big Ben and the Thames in London.

1991
January
Travels to Italy.Paints an oil canvass on Venice,a city which consequently enthralls
him because of his interest in light ,water the structures and the particular atmosphere
typical of this town.
March
Display of his works at the Treze Gallery,in Castellon.

April
Publication of the book,a monography written in London by
M.Quitillana,entitled « Knowing Peris Carbonell »(120 pages and 129 colour
pictures).
May
Display at the Chrysmart Gallery in Arles(France).His work begins to be known at
the international level.The French art critics consider that Peris Carbonell’s work in
line with the great Spanish painters
June
The book is officially presented in the El Ensanche Gallery in Valencia,by the
internationally known art critic Rafael Pons.
Exhibition in the El Ensanche Gallery .
At the end of the month,the author,M.Quitillana presnts the book in London.
July-August.
He settles down in a small flat in Sète(France),where he paints his remarkable
seascapes reaching the full impact in the expression,while keeping vivid the effect of
spontaneousness of perception.He also realizes painting about the same theme in
Collioure(France).
October
He goes to Frontignan(France) to coordinate an exhibition of sacred art with the
National delegate of the French Bishop Congress,François Bauvier Donnat.
November
The painting,the ‘Corniche Beach’,realized in Sète(France) in1990 is published in a
book,in homage to Georges Brassens,written by Maurice Bousquet.

1992

January
Travels to Italy.Paints canvasses in Venice.
March
Exhibition in St Gely du Fesc.(France)
April
The Via Crucis(The Way of the Cross) is officially displayed ;it was painted for the
Church of the Capuchin Order in Valencia ; a 14 oil on canvass set ;73by60cm.he
begins the collection of 20 semi-circular panels,200by100cm,on the life of St Francis
of Assisi,for the cloister of the XVI th Convent of Magdalena,in Masamagrell
(Valencia).
June
For the Royal Monastery at El Puig,he finshes an oil on canvas,270 by 165cm.The
Painting represents the transfer of the Virgin from El Puig to Valencia.
July-August
A 1976-1992 retrospective exhibition at the French National Museum,in the
Tarbouriech hall.5700 people went to see the exhibition according to the numbers
given by the Museum Administration.

Exhibition of Sacred Art in the Peyrade Church(France).The whole collection
is acquired by the French collector Pierre Ferrier.
In July he opens the two exhibitions quoted above ,and goes to Switzerland,where he
paints in Desentis,Audermat and Disla.
During August he paints in Palma de Mallorca(Balearic Islands).
September
The Paul Valery National Museum buys some paintingsfor its collections.
October-November-December.
Paintings are displayed and exhibited in Paris,Arles,Montpellier,Sète and Lyons.

1993

January
In the cloister of the Magdalena Convent,in Mesamagrell(Valencia)10 semi-circular
panels,200by100 cm,oil on canvas,about the life of St Francis of Assisi are
unveiled.
February
Goes to France to display the ‘Via Crucis’(the Way of the Cross) in the Grande
Motte Church.A14 oil canvascollection,73 by60 cm.
March
He puts a final touch to the second work,an oil on canvas 270 by 165 cm,for the El
Puig Royal Monastery,painted inside Valencia Cathedral.The work represents the
Veneration of the Virgin in the Valencia Cathedral.For the time being,the two works
are on permanent display behind the altar in the Monastery.It is the property of the
P.P.Mercedarios(Friars of Mercy)
April
The Room committed to Peris Carbonell is opened in the Monastery at El Puig
which countains a Via Crucis(the Way of the Cross),a 14 oil on canvas collection,73
by 60 cm, and a painting,180 by 130 cm representing the Olivar Convent.
May
Travels to Italy and paints in Venice.
On May 21,he is knighted ‘knight of the Royal Order de Santa Maria del Puig’.
June
During this month he goes to Rome,twice,to find documents on the lives of
St Francis of Assisi and St Clare.
July –August
He stays in Assisi(Italy) where he begins the 100 work collection on the lives of St
Francis and St Clare for,the Franciscan Museum in Rome.
On August 8 in France,2nd exhibition of his sacred paintings,in the La Peyrade
Church..The whole displayed collection is bought by the French collector,Pierre
Ferrier.
September
Back to his study of El Puig(Valencia) where he pursues his work on the
collection begun in Assisi.


1994
April
Publication of the 4th book about the painter,issued by the Archbishopric of
Valencia,written by Fernando Colomer,with the title’the Christ’s Passion’
according to Peris Carbonell.(128 pages and 105 colour pictures.)
July-August
During these two months,he stays in Paris,where he paints works.
in La Peyrade(France) the 3rd exhibition of Sacred Paintings is opened.
He takes Part in the 3rd Festival of Art in Santander.
September
He realizes works in Ribadesella’Asturias
Exhibition of his works at the 5th Salon de Peinture de Vendargues(France)
The work of art about the lives of St Francis and Santa Clare of Assisi is on
permanent display in the Franciscan Museum in Rome.A collection of 100 works,97
of them 73 by 60 cm,and the 3others 180 by 130 cm.
At the end of the month he goes to Paris and Rome.
October
On October 4,in Assisi(Italy) publicationof the book’Francis and Clare-An
Evangelic adventure,sognata in Sienne’,written by Alexander Pronzato
with commentaries by Father Francis Iglesias,and illustrated with the one hundred
works realized about the lives of St Francis and St Clare from Assisi,belonging to the
Franciscan Museum in Rome.Published in Italian ,290 pages,and 100 colour pictures.
Exhibition in the Place Beauvau Gallery in Paris.
December
Publication of the book’The Messiah in the Golgota’ written by Jeronimo Beltran
and illustrated with the collections of the Messiah(45 oil canvasses,73 by 60 cm and
73 by 54cm) and of Golgota(45 charcoal,sepia and sanguine on paper works,71by 51
cm) Works realized in 1986 and 1987.(160 pages and 156 colour pictures).

1995
January
Exhibition in the Agora4 Gallery,in Castellon.
Travels to France where he realizes works.
February
He finishes the 20 semi-circular panels-200 by 100 cm,begun in April 1992 for the
Cloister of the Magdalena Convent,XVI th century in Masamagrell(Valencia).
March-April
Travels to Rome,Assisi,and Perugia.Publication of the book, « Peris Carbonell.The
forty expressions of Christ in the Flagellation, »written by the internationally known
art critic,Raphael Pons.(136 pages and 148 colour pictures ).
May
Travels to Paris,Cademario(Switzerland) and Rome.
July-August
Spends two months in Venice to paint.


September
Exhibition in the Fine Art Boheme Gallery.
October-November
Exhibition in the Palace of Congress in La Grande Motte(France),for the 1995 First
Autumn Salon of Paintings.
December
Begins the works for the project « un Vengelo for I Poveri »,Perugia(Italy)

1996
January
Travels to Cademaria(Switzerland) and Rome.
March
He ends up the collection on the ‘Life of Jesus’,begun in 1992,a set of 103
works,73by60cm,oil canvasses.
May
Goes to Milan to realize the 103 reproductions of the set’The Life of Jesus’,for the
Italian edition of a book.
July-August
Spends two months in Moraira(Alicante),where he paints some works.
September
Finishes the collection of 40 paintings on the life of St Francis of Assisi,for the
collector Jose Fabra from Valencia ;(Spain)
October
Exhibition in the San Isidro Exhibition Hall in Castellon with the patronage of the
‘Caja Rural’ in Castellon.
November
Exhibition in the Agora 4 Gallery in Castellon.Publication of the book,Peris
Carbonell :’Come I am St Francis of Assisi’written by Jeronimo Beltran.176 pages
with 76 colour pictures.
December
Publication of the Italian version of the book’The Christ’s Life’ written by Alessandro
Prouzato,and illustrated with 103 works made by Peris Carbonell ;publisher Gribaudi . Milan (Italy)(240 pages and103 colour pictures.)
On December 14 the book is issued in Milan.Travels to Venice,Trevise,and Milan.

1997
January

Travels to Paris.
February
Publication of a book about Peris Carbonell’s works belonging to the private
collection E.Tomas.R.Elipe.(Castellon.Spain).Excerpts of the intrenational art critic
Rafael Pons(92 pages and 22 colour pictures)

Mars
Exhibition at the Pizarro Gallery in Valencia.
April
A panorama exhibition1977-1997,sponsored by the Town Council of Teruel.
July-August
Spends two months in Bronchales(Teruel),where he paints works on landscapes
in Aragon,still-lives with flowers and fruit.
September
Begins the set of 200 works on the Old Testament.
November
Publication of the book-« Peris Carbonell1986-1996 »- written, by Jeronimo
Beltran (416 pages and 479 colour pictures.)
Exhibition in the CC22 Gallery ,Madird.

1998
January
Begins the 22 work set(oil paintings,73 by60 cm) to illustrate the guide of the
Holy Land ;(Jerusalem.)
February
Travels to Rome,Assisi,and Lugano(Switzerland)
March
Begins the ‘Via Crucis’(The Way of the Cross) for the Our Lady of Hope
Parish(Teruel) ;14 works 100by81 cm,oil canvass.
May

The two oil canvass lunettes made for the Totana Church(Murcia)-295by134 cm,
are inaugurated.
June
Spends some time in London where he paints some works.
July
Stays in Paris where he paints .
August
Spends some time in Galicia(Spain) where he paints some works.

1999

He begins the great Altar for the Our Lady of Hope Parish (Teruel) :an oil
canvass,dimensions :height 770cm width 840 cm.
March
A new theme in his work :bullfighting.
June
Spends some time in Sète(France) where he paints.
August
Travels to Norway and paints some works in Oslo.
September
Stays in Collioure and Sète,where he paints.

October
Stained glass-window for Our Lady of Hope Parish(Teruel).Dimensions
: Height 200 cm ,width1100 cm.
Exhibition at the CC22 Gallery,in Madrid.

2000

January
Stained glass-windows for Our Lady of The Good Hope
Chapel(Teruel).Dimensions :height 73cm,width 843 cm.
April
Publication of the book :’Sacred Art,Peris Carbonell,’ about the works painted
For Our Lady of Hope Parish,(Teruel).Text by Jeronimo Beltran.182 pages and
165 colour pictures ;
June
Spends some time in Sète where he paints works.
August
Goes to Paris and paints works.
September
Stays in Sète where he paints
October
Stays in Venice where he realizes some paintings.
December
Takes part in the 5th anniversary of the CC22 Gallery.
2001
January
Publication of a book about drawings and water-colours made by Peris Carbonell
between 1998 and 2000 in Oslo,Paris ,Galicia,Venice and London.Text by
Jeronim Beltran.180 pages and 85 colour pictures.
March
He ends the stained glass-windows for the Convent of the Capuchin Fathers in
Alicante about the life of Friar Pascual Baylon.Dimensions :Height 200 ,width
1400 cm.
July
Panorama exhibition sponsored by the Mayor of La Grande Motte(France).
5th Art Festival in Marbella.(Spain).
August
10th Art Festival in Santander.
He finishes the series on Madrid.
September
Publication of the book : ‘Peris Carbonell’s Madrid’ written by Antonio Martinez
Cerezo.160 pages with 40 colour pictures.
October
Exhibition at the CC22 Gallery in Madrid.

November
Publication of the book’The Thames in the picturial works of Peris
Carbonell’.Written by Jeronimo Beltran.176 pages with 51 pictures.

2002

January
He finishes up the stained glass-windows for the cupola in the Olympia Hotel de
Alboraya(Valencia).Dimensions of the glass-windows :530 square meters.
February
Exhibition in the French Paul Valery National Museum,from February 15 to
March 31.
May
Publication of the book’The Pictorial Universe of Peris Carbonell.’Written by
Jeronimo Beltran.160 pages with 34 colour pictures.Private collection of Peris
Carbonell.
July
Spends some time in Sète,Collioure,and Cadaquès where he paints.
August
He finishes up the 12 work series on the life of Tob
November
Publication of four books :Peris Carbonell’s Sacred Art, entitled :
1st The Solitude of Christ on the Cross
2nd The Sacred Descent
3rd This is the End of Everything.
4th Keeping company to the Virgin In Sorrow.
Written by Jeronimo Beltran .Each book presents a series of 33 pictures.

2003

March
Takes part in the Festival of Contemporary Art in Estoril(Portugal).
June
Publication of the book ‘Through Cross to Light,Seascapes,landscapes,

bullfighting, still-lives..Written by Antonio Cagigos and Jeronimo Beltran.
328 pages with 116 colour pictures .
July-August
Exhibition in the Diocesan Museum in the Seu D’Urgell.