Rafael Atché

RAFAEL ATCHÉ FANÉ (Barcelona, 1854-1923).
Model for the monument to Christopher Columbus in Barcelona.
Bronzed terracotta.
Signed.
Measurements: 75 x 55 x 26 cm.
Exhibitions: MEAM "Somnis i tentacions. La escultura catalana en temps del Modernisme", 2025. Reproduced in the catalog, page 21.

positions: MEAM "Somnis i tentacions. La escultura catalana en temps del Modernisme", 2025. Reproduced in the catalog, Sculptor born in Barcelona in 1854, he studied at the Escuela de la Lonja and with the Vallmitjana brothers.
Together with the sculptor Clarassó he directed a workshop where they made polychrome religious sculptures, such as St. Augustine and St. Felix (1872). He participated in the National Exhibition of Madrid in 1882, presenting El genio herido, and in 1884 with the sculpture El mal ladrón. Known mainly for his sculpture of Christopher Columbus that crowns the Barcelona monument dedicated to the admiral. He made for the facade of the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia in Barcelona a sculpture of San Francisco de Paula and another of San Sebastian in 1890. For the building of the Royal Academy of Sciences, in the Rambla of Barcelona, he made the busts of P. Canyelles and Carbonell, as well as the decoration for the clock.