Antonio Mingote was a Spanish artist born in 1919 in Sitges, Barcelona who worked as an actor, writer, musician, and painter. He is renowned for his humorous drawings of everyday Spanish life called Mingote's Panels, as well as writing many books and contributing artwork to the ABC newspaper from 1953 until his death in 2012. Mingote fought in the Spanish Civil War at age 17 and created chronicles of places through his drawings that captured people across Spain.

1. Antonio Mingote
Antonio Mingote was an artist from Barcelona. He was born in
the village of Sitges on 17th
January 1919. He died in 2012.
He was a Spanish actor, writer and musician. He started in the
comedy at the theatre. He wrote a lot of books and painted the
pictures of Mingote’s Panels. He has a prize with his name in his
honour. At the age of 17 he fought in the Civil War.
He drew pictures of people all over Spain. Mingote’s Panels show
a chronology of Ribadesella. During his lifetime, he made a lot of
art works. On 19th
June 1953 he began to cooperate with the
ABC newspaper that lasted till his death.