Gorgeous Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Joan Ripollés. Signed and Numbered.

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Gorgeous Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Joan Ripollés. Signed and Numbered.

Gorgeous patinated bronze sculpture by Joan Ripolles, signed and numbered and with certificate of authenticity. This amazing work shows clearly the style of the artist, half way between the figurative and the cubist schools, which reveals itself as entirely unique and personal. The sculpture is quite big, 28.74 inches high, being a spectacular piece worthy of a contemporary art museum. It depicts an anthropomorphic figure with four cylindrical legs with a Valencian paella pan on top (Valencia is Ripolles' homeland). The pan has one face on each side, with schematic and smiling expressions. It is crowned by a human head, with two faces too: the front one is masculine while the rear one represents a woman and both have a cheerful expression. The patinated finish provides the metal with delicate shades which provide it with a feeling of depth. At the foot of one of the legs we can see the signature of Ripollés and the number of the sculpture engraved in the metal surface.

This gorgeous patinated bronze sculpture by Joan Ripollés, signed and numbered, will dazzle anyone in a contemporary living room or as part of a good collection or art.

Dimensions: Width: 12.29 in / 49 cm. Height: 28.74 in / 73 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.