José Manuel Broto Gimeno

José Manuel Broto Gimeno (born 1949 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish painter.

He studied at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Zaragoza (School of Arts and Crafts in Zaragoza), and in 1972 he went to live in Barcelona, and in 1985 transferred his residence to Paris. After ten years in Paris where he met other Spanish artists such as Miquel Barceló, Miguel Angel Campano and José María Sicilia, he moved to Mallorca. He has showcased his works all across Spain. He has been awarded with the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas de España (National Prize of Plastic Arts of Spain) in 1995, the Premio ARCO de la Asociación de Críticos (ARC Award Critics Association Award) in 1997 and the Premio Aragón Goya de Grabado in 2003.