Julian Padron Manent – From Catalonia to Havana
Julian Padron Manent was born on 26 May 1885 in Catalonia, Spain, the son of Andres and Gertrudis Padron. He was 26 years old at the time of the Titanic disaster and worked as a chauffeur.
Padron Manent had been visiting Barcelona before travelling on to his home in Plaza del Valor, Havana, Cuba. He boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg on 10 April 1912 as a second class passenger, holding ticket number SC/PARIS 2146 (£13 17s 3d).
On the night of the sinking, Padron Manent survived together with fellow Spanish passenger Emilio Pallas, and the two men are believed to have been rescued in Lifeboat 9. Padron Manent disembarked the rescue ship Carpathia in New York on 18 April 1912.
He went on to marry fellow Titanic survivor Florentina Duran y More; the couple had no children. Florentina died in 1959, and Julian Padron Manent died on 6 October 1968 at the age of 83. Both are buried together in an elaborate mausoleum at Colón Cemetery in Havana, Cuba.
This artwork is dedicated to Julian Padron Manent: a young Catalan chauffeur whose voyage from Spain to a new life in Cuba was interrupted, but not ended, by the Titanic disaster. The abstract blue composition evokes the sea, movement and depth, while the shimmering details suggest both fragility and endurance. It is not only a tribute to a survivor, but also a fragment of a much larger commemorative project honouring every passenger and crew member connected to the Titanic.
References and Sources
Death certificate, 1968
White Star Line ticket lists
U.S. immigration manifests, RMS Carpathia
Enrique Alcaraz, „Los diez del Titanic“ (2012)
Link and cite this biography
Encyclopedia Titanica (2026) Julian Padron Manent (accessed 19th September 2026); URL: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/julian-padron-manent.html
