Juan García Ripollés (1932) - Bodegón con peces

Ripolles' painting, oil on panel, 1967, in excellent condition, comes directly from the artist
Signed by hand in the lower right corner and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

Juan García Ripollés —known as Ripollés— was born in Alzira (Valencia, Spain) in 1932. The death of his mother during childbirth led him to Castellón de la Plana.
His early years were not easy: he picked up horse dung, was a junkman, and a big‑brush painter, until he left for Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And that is where he achieved it.
Four years after his arrival, he managed to hang his paintings in the prestigious Drouand David gallery, the same one that had exhibited Picasso and Chagall.
Since his return to Spain in the 1960s, his studio has been nature.
Today, at 92, it is still so: he paints in the orchard of his manor house in the small hamlet of Mas de Flors, in the province of Castellón.
During the last five decades, his canvases and prints have been shown in the finest galleries and museums in Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo or Beijing.
His large‑format sculptures have been installed in parks and in the main streets and squares of Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Lisbon, Venice, Verona, Hertogenbosch or Beijing.