Benjamín Palencia Pérez (Barrax, Albacete, July 7, 1894-Madrid, January 16, 1980) was a Spanish painter and illustrator, founder of the Vallecas School.
He was born on July 7, 1894 in Barrax – a municipality located next to the capital of Albacete – in the bosom of a humble family, the ninth of eleven siblings.