Sancho and the Don is not one of Baldomero Romero Ressendi’s more important works, but it is a genuine Baldomero Romero Ressendi nonetheless. And that makes the wizard happy. This painting is currently in his conference room but we’re searching for a place to hang it in the tower.

Romero died just a year after the wizard and the princess graduated high school, 38 years ago.

I think the wizard likes him because Romero was clearly a member of the albino monkey tribe. He was recognized as a great talent during his years of training at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, but was continually criticized by his teachers because he often strayed from the traditions and conventions of classical painting.

At the age of 24 (1946) he acquired a reputation as an outrageous painter as some of his works were considered obscene by the religious authorities of that time. But Romero also had protectors and friends who held him in high regard.

Sancho and the Don was painted during one of those many times when Romero’s mood led him to wander into expressionism.

The video below contains a wide sampling of his work.
Can you detect the paintings that got him in trouble with the guardians of the status quo?