Francisco Gutiérrez Cossío, known as Pancho Cossío (Pinar del Río, Cuba, 1894 – Alicante, Spain, 1970), was a Spanish painter and a leading figure of the Generation of '27. His career developed mainly between Paris and Spain. In the French capital, he came into contact with Cubism and the avant-garde movements, influences that he integrated into a highly personal style, far from rigid affiliations. Upon returning to Spain, he consolidated a figurative style of painting characterized by an intimate and poetic atmosphere. His most celebrated works are his "bodegones" (still lifes), compositions of everyday objects imbued with an almost metaphysical sensibility, in which the pictorial matter and light play a central role. He also created notable portraits and landscapes, especially of his beloved Cantabria. His work received significant recognition, including the First Medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1962. Cossío is considered one of the artists who most skillfully blended the modernity of the avant-garde with a deep-rooted Spanish pictorial tradition, creating a unique and unmistakable visual language.