His three-year older brother, Antonio Ortiz-Echagüe, wanted to be a painter, even though in the family of the father and the mother there had been no known artists but several militaries.
Sein drei Jahre älterer Bruder Antonio wollte unbedingt Maler werden, obwohl es in den Familien des Vaters und der Mutter zwar mehrere Militärs, aber keine bekannten Künstler gab.