Ripollés (1932) - Sculpture, Trompetista - 30 cm - Resin

Sculpture by the artist Ripollés, made in his studio in Mas de Flors, resin, hand-painted
A unique piece because of its painting and the difficulty of making it
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 droppings, worked as a scrap dealer and house painter,
until he left for Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And
that is where he succeeded.
Four years after arriving, he managed to exhibit his
paintings at the prestigious Drouand David gallery, the same
one that had shown Picasso and Chagall.
Since returning to Spain in the 1960s, nature has been his
studio.
Even today, at 92, it is still the same: 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 canvases and prints
have been exhibited 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.