Ripollés (1932) - Trompetista

Sculpture by artist Ripollés made in his workshop in Mas de Flors, resin material, hand-painted
A unique piece due to its painting and the difficulty of its creation
Juan García Ripollés —known as Ripollés— was born in
Alzira (Valencia, Spain) in 1932. The death of his mother
in childbirth led him to Castellón La Plana.
His early years were not easy: he collected horse manure, was a junk collector, and a whitewash painter, until he moved to Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And there 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 sixties, his workshop is nature.
Today, at 92 years old, it still is: he paints in the orchard of his big house in the small hamlet of Mas de Flors, in the province of Castellón.
Over the last five decades, his canvases and engravings have been shown in the best galleries and museums in Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo or Beijing.
His large-format sculptures have been installed in parks and main streets and squares of Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Lisbon, Venice, Verona, Hertogenbosch or Beijing.