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Luis Torras Martinez

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Luis Torras Martinez
Luis Torras Martinez
Birth: 29 December 1912
Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Death: 14 January 2024
Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Age: 111 years, 16 days
Country: SpainESP
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Luis Torras Martinez [Spanish: Luis Torras Martínez] (29 December 1912 – 14 January 2024) was a Spanish painter and supercentenarian who was the oldest known living active painter in the world, the oldest known living man in Spain and the oldest known living person in Galicia. His age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He was also the third-oldest living man in Europe at the time of his death, behind John Tinniswood and Georges Thomas.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Luis Torras Martinez was born in Vigo, Galicia, Spain on 29 December 1912. He studied business at the College of the Marist Brothers. Later, he worked in his family candle shop business. In 1935, at the age of 23, he moved to Madrid to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, Torras Martinez moved to Vigo on the occasion of school holidays to serve in the army into the army and as a result of the fighting, wounded on the northern front by two bullets, one of them close to the brain, which would make him permanently deaf.

He married Maria Jesus Incera in 1946. The couple had one son: Luis.

Later Life[]

Later, he finished his studies and obtained the title of Professor of Drawing, a profession he would exercise, first in Madrid and later, from 1954 in Vigo, at the School of Arts and Crafts on Garcia Barbon Street.

He won second prize in the regional exhibition held in Vigo in 1960. At the 1962 National Gallery of Fine Arts, he was awarded the third medal.

He became the oldest known living person in Galicia, following the death of 110-year-old Maria Carmen Nouche Porro on 23 August 2022. He became the oldest known living man in Spain, following the death of 110-year-old Antonio Alvarado Largo on 28 September 2022.

In December 2022, he celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. At the age of 110, he still actively painted and was able to walk completely unaided. His wife Maria Jesus Incera died in June 2023 at the age of 100.

He was also the world's oldest living (male) known for reasons other than longevity.

Luis Torras Martinez died in Vigo, Galicia, Spain on 14 January 2024 at the age of 111 years, 16 days. Following his death, then-110-year-old Mateo Balbuena Iglesias became the oldest known living man in Spain.

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Spain's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Mateo Miras Torregrosa • Unknown • Aurelio Diaz • A. L. M. • Galo Leoz Ortin • Josep Armengol Jover • Pablo Roy • Gregorio Merino Calvo • Antonio Urrea Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Joan Riudavets Moll • Jose Milena Munoz • Jose Maria Somohano Calvo • Miguel Rubio Gonzalez • Atilano Rivas Iglesias • Francisco Fernandez Pellicer • Miguel Suarez • Benito Vilda • Francisco Fernandez • Bienvenido Cilveti Urquia • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Jesus Mosteo Perez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Antonio Alvarado Largo • Luis Torras Martinez • Mateo Balbuena Iglesias • Luis Carrasco-Munoz Perez de la Isla • Jesus Redondo Bermejo

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