Child Lying Down. Resin Figure by Joan Ripollés. Unique Piece

Child Lying Down: resin figure by Joan Ripollés, unique and signed by the artist. It is delivered with the artist's certificate. This is an exclusive and original work of art though there are other similar figures, the one which we can see in the photographs bears a distinctive polychrome which makes it unique. The sculpture is a reclining figure seen from the artists personal point of view. It depicts a reclining boy which shows different childlike positions in a sole figure. The body is a big head with two small legs and three arms: the head has a smiling face at the back and two profiles at the front, each one with a particular expression. The figure is divided in well-delimited sections in different colors. The chromatic array is powerful and shows vibrant colors: pink, yellow, cyan, green The pink leg bears the artists signature, Ripolles. The glossy finish and powerful colors make a great match with the joyful expression and the dynamic feel of this amazing work of art, an acute and beautiful metaphor of the joy of childhood. This " child lying down", a unique and exclusive resin figure by Joan Ripollés, will stand out for its originality in the most special corner of a home. Dimensions: Width: 12.2 in / 31 cm. Depth: 6.7 in / 17 cm. Juan Garcia Ripollés Biography Juan Garcia Ripollés, also known as Ripo or Beato Ripo, is a Spanish artist born in Alzira (Valencia) in 1932. His work includes paintings, engravings and sculptures. Ripolles had a though childhood and had to work as a scrap dealer and industrial painter, but his passion for art made him attend evening classes in the School of Arts and Crafts of Castellon, the city where he spent his childhood and adolescence. In 1954 he moved to Paris where he strived to reach his maximum goal: becoming a painter. Four years later he exposed his paintings in the famous Drouand David art gallery, where masters such as Picasso or Chagall had hung their paintings before. In the 1960s he returns to Spain and lives in different places: Seville, Cordoba, Chipiona and Cercedilla (Madrid). In 2010 he goes back to Castellon de la Plana and now he lives and works there. Juan Garcia Ripollés has been awarded the Gold Flagship of Alzira and the Valencia Award to the Arts. His works are spread all over the world in galleries, collections, museums and public spaces.