Falero was born in
Granada and originally pursued a career in the
Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents' disappointment. He travelled on foot to
Paris, where he studied art, chemistry and mechanical engineering. The experiments which he had to conduct in the latter two were dangerous, leading him to decide to focus on painting alone. He was a student of
Gabriel Ferrier. After Paris, he studied in London, where he eventually settled. His wife was Italian and had a connection with
Atina in the
Province of Frosinone. In 1896, the year of his death, Maud Harvey sued Falero for
paternity. The suit alleged that Falero seduced Harvey in 1894, when she was 15, first serving as his housemaid, and then model. When he discovered she was pregnant, he dismissed her. She won the case and was awarded five shillings per week in support of their child. In 1937, following the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War, an Italian
War Cross of Military Valor was awarded to Riccardo Falero of Atina, Frosinone, referencing Maria Cristina Spinelli, suggesting that Falero had a son posthumously. ==Gallery==