Illustrations of St Francis by Josep Segrelles

Segrelles was born and died in the Valencian village of Albaida, and his house has been turned into a museum. Born into a family of painters, he studied fine arts in Valencia and Barcelona, where he began a lifelong professional career as a painter and illustrator. In total, his works are thought to amount to more than five thousand items. His specialties were water color for illustrations, and oil for his paintings. His illustrations for the Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi were extremely popular.