Ripollés (1932) - Sculpture, Chica saludando - 19 cm - Bronze

Bronze sculpture by the artist Ripollés, in excellent condition, rust-colored, and comes with its certificate of authenticity

Juan García Ripollés—known as Ripollés—was born in Alzira (Valencia, Spain) in 1932. His mother’s death in childbirth led him to Castellón de la Plana.
His early years were not easy: he collected horse dung, worked as a scrap dealer and a house painter, until he left for Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And that was where he succeeded.
Four years after arriving, he managed to exhibit his paintings at the prestigious Drouand David gallery, the same gallery that had shown Picasso and Chagall.
Since returning to Spain in the 1960s, nature has been his studio.
Today, at 92, that is still the case: he paints in the orchard of his country house in the small hamlet of Mas de Flors, in the province of Castellón.
Over the past five decades, his paintings and prints have been shown in the finest galleries and museums in Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo, and Beijing.
His large-scale sculptures have been installed in parks and on the main streets and squares of Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Lisbon, Venice, Verona, ’s-Hertogenbosch, and Beijing.