Francisco Ciccio Poblet was born in 1932 in New York.
His father was originally from Spain and his mother was from Sicily, they met in New York, where Francisco and sister Olga were born.
At the age of 11, he sold his first painting which was a landscape, he also participated in an art competition, and being the youngest contestant, he won the first prize.
When Francisco was 14 years old, his father introduced him to his friend Salvador Dali at a Spanish conference, Salvador was so impressed by Francisco’s talent, that Salvador agreed to be Francisco’s private mentor and first teacher, began using oils, then to acrylic, pen and ink and other media.
The detail and style of his paintings to date reveal that Salvador was very influential in every aspect of Francisco’s surrealist and imaginative style.
Each painting has a story with deep meaning, which when he points out these details, is even more surprising and you can feel the true passion that goes into his work. I have never been more deeply moved by an artist’s work in my life, "Working with Dali was very inspiring, I was struck by the style of his work that has been called surrealism".
He then attended the Cooper Union Art School, the New York Art Students' League, then the School of Visual Arts, where he would hone his skills in advanced color and mechanical separation, and develop outstanding works of art. Francisco also attended Columbia University.
Presto sarebbe stato impiegato dalla Western Publishing dove ha dipinto copertine di fumetti Gold Key per giganti come Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Hannah Barbera e Marvel Comics e Little Golden Books. Era il direttore artistico del giornale Grit a Williamsport, PA, ha dipinto l'opera d'arte per la copertina dell'album di Tiny Tim, "Juanita Banana", la sua storia di lavoro è infinita, troppo numerosi da menzionare.
