Ripollés (1932) - Sculpture, Chica feliz - 53 cm - Resin

Resin sculpture by artist Ripollés, painted and signed by hand, made in his workshop in Mas de Flors, carries his certificate of authorship

Original and unique painting

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 La Plana. His early years were not easy: he gathered horse manure, worked as a junk dealer and a heavy-handed painter, until he left for Paris in 1954. He wanted to be a painter. And that was 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 sixties, his workshop is nature.
Today, at 92 years old, it remains so: he paints in the orchard of his country 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 best galleries and museums of 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.