Ripollés (1932) - Sculpture, Chico corriendo - 19 cm - Bronze

Bronze sculpture by the artist Ripollés, rust-colored, in excellent condition and accompanied by 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 manure, 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 made it happen.
Four years after his arrival, 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, his studio has been nature.
Even today, at 92, it is still the same: he paints in the grounds 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 displayed 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.