Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I a ia e mema ana i te rōpū Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, i pau i a ia te pakanga e hanga ana i ngā pepa whakatairanga me ngā pikitia whakairo. I te wā o te whakapaenga o Madrid
, i awhina ia ki te whakaora i nga mahi mai i te Museo del Prado, ka neke ki Valencia, i noho ai ia i te 1937. I reira, i taea e ia te tiki atu i tetahi atu tohungatanga i Orihuela. I roa tenei mo te wa poto i mua i tana neke ki Barcelona, i reira i haere tonu ai ia i ana mahi whakatairanga o mua me te whakaako i te whakairoiro i te Whare Mahi.