Artist

Ulpiano Checa

1860–1916 · born in Colmenar de Oreja · died in Dax

Ulpiano Checa was a Spanish painter born in Colmenar de Oreja in 1860. He moved to Paris, where he became famous for dynamic pictures of chariots, horses and battles, and later lived in France. He died in an automobile accident in Dax, France, in 1916.