• Was a Spanish painter.
• His father was the painter Pedro del Pozo (died 1785), who was appointed Director of the Real Escuela de Tres Nobles Artes in 1775.
• His original studies were at that institution and, ten years later.
• In 1789, Alessandro Malaspina asked Francisco de Bruna, a member of the Council of Castile, to find a young painter would could accompany him on the expedition.
• De Bruna had been a friend of José's father, so he recommended him.
• The expedition's first stop was at Montevideo, where the artists produced drawings of the plant and animal species.
• He produced numerous drawings of landscapes and people in Patagonia.
• By 1790, they had reached the port of Talcahuano, then went on to Concepción, Valparaíso and Santiago.
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He was dismissed from the expedition before it left Callao.
• The new Viceroy of Peru, Francisco Gil de Taboada, was an acquaintance of his, so he decided to stay in Lima rather than return to Spain.
• He founded an art school and devoted himself to painting portraits of prominent people, as well as creating some religious works.
• He died there, sometime around 1821, but certainly before 1830.
