What is Manuel Ortega (painter)?
'''Manuel Ortega Pérez de Monforte''' (9 July 1921 &ndash; 14 April 2014) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] painter, muralist, [[Sculpture|sculptor]], designer, portrait painter, and engraver. He was born in [[Madrid]]. Ortega created more than 200 murals and created [[stained glass]] in many [[cathedrals]], [[seminaries]],[[palaces]], hotels and developments from Spain. He won the international competition for the windows of the [[Cathedral of Almudena]] in Madrid in 1998. Ortega died in Madrid from [[Death by natural causes|natural causes]], aged 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/cultura/arte/20140414/abci-muere-pintor-manuel-ortega-201404140840.html|title=Muere el pintor Manuel Ortega a los 92 años|publisher=ABC.es|accessdate=27 April 2014}} {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega, Manuel}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish painters]] [[Category:People from Madrid]]