Martínez de León
Bull-fighters pack published by Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria (Spain) with artwork by Andrés Martínez de León, 1951.
Bull-fighters pack published by Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria (Spain) in 1951, with artwork by the bullfight painter Andrés Martínez de León, who was born in Seville in 1895. The artist died in 1978. See the Booklet►
Above: Bull-fighters pack published by Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria (Spain) with artwork by Andrés Martínez de León, 1951. . The tax stamp on the four of clubs (shown below) was used over the period 1939-1956. Images courtesy Matt Probert.
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By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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