Joaquim Ros

JOAQUIM ROS I BOFARULL (Barcelona, 1906-1991).
"Female nude".
Patinated bronze.
Foundry R. Vila.
Signed.
Measurements: 96 x 26 x 26 cm.

A young naked girl of dreamy aspect inclines her head towards her right shoulder and squints her eyes with calm countenance. The noucentista style of Joaquim Ros i Bofarull had its own character and a certain stylization of the forms, as can be seen in this sculpture.

Joaquim Ros i Bofarull was a Spanish sculptor. He studied at the Escuela de Bellos Oficios, where he was a disciple of Francesc d'Assís Galí. He made a stay in Paris, where he worked with Pablo Gargallo. He participated in the Spring exhibitions of the 1930s. He collaborated in the work of the throne of the Virgin of Montserrat for the monastery of Montserrat (1947), and made the Monument to Miquel Biada i Bunyol (1948) in Mataró, city where he made several sculptures for the basilica of Santa Maria (images of the Virgin Mary and Saints Juliana and Semproniana on the main altar and sculptures of the dome). In Barcelona he was the author of the sculptural groups El estudio and La investigación for the façade of the Rius i Taulet school, in Plaza de Lesseps (1957); El niño del aro, in the Guinardó Park (1961); and El Ave de los temporales, in the Mossèn Costa i Llobera gardens (1970).7 He also created several of the sculptures and reliefs for the headquarters of the Banco Vitalicio (1950), on the corner of Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas and Passeig de Gràcia, in collaboration with Enric Monjo, Vicenç Navarro, Llucià Oslé and Miquel Oslé. He was also the author of the Adoration of the Kings and the Adoration of the Shepherds for the façade of the Nativity of the Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, a work by Antoni Gaudí (1981-1982). He bequeathed a collection of drawings, prints, documents and photographs to the Library of Catalonia. A representation of his works is in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia. He was the father of the sculptor Joaquim Ros i Sabaté.