Ricardo Opisso

RICARDO OPISSO I SALA (Tarragona, 1880 - Barcelona, 1966).
"Mother and children".
Charcoal on paper.
Signed and dedicated in the lower corner.
Measurements: 24 x 29 cm.; 36 x 40 cm.(frame).

In this drawing, Ricardo Opisso approaches a deeply human scene, resolved with a loose and expressive stroke that privileges emotion over detail. Opisso focuses on the expression of gestures and the relationship between the figures, rather than on the detailed description of the environment, achieving an atmosphere of domestic intimacy and silent tenderness.

Most of his work is preserved in the Opisso Museum in Barcelona, but it is also present in the National Art Museum of Catalonia and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg. As for exhibitions, the one held at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in 2004, under the title "Catalan painting, from naturalism to noucentisme", in which his work "Carnival" was exhibited, stands out. Likewise, the Saló del Tinell (1979), the Palau de la Virreina (1980), the Salón Náutico Internacional de Barcelona (1973), the Fundació La Caixa (1988, 2004, 2008) and the Caixa Tarragona (2003) have dedicated anthological exhibitions to him.