Román Ribera

ROMÁN RIBERA (Barcelona, 1848 - 1935).
Untitled.
Oil on canvas.
It presents slight restorations.
Signed in the left inferior zone.
Measurements: 65 x 54 cm.
Catalan painter, Román Ribera studies drawing in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona, and painting in the academy of Pere Borrell. He extends his studies in Rome, between 1873 and 1976, and travels and exhibits in London. In the Italian capital he attended the Chigi Academy and dedicated himself to painting, but avoiding the contagion of the academicist mannerism of the Roman school. In 1877 he went to Paris, under the guidance of the art dealer Goupil. There he continued his training, this time directly studying scenes of Parisian street life. A year later he participated in the Universal Exhibition in Paris, where he obtained a decisive success thanks to the three works he presented, of a remarkable verism with literary roots. From this theme he then moved on to the depiction of elegant life, in works such as "Exit from the ball", which alternates with genre scenes in the Spanish Baroque tradition. In 1881 he took part in the National Exhibition in Madrid, and in 1883 he was awarded the Encomienda de Isabel la Católica. After twelve years in Paris he returned to Barcelona, where he exhibited in the Center of Watercolorists, the Artistic and Literary Association and in the Parés and Rovira halls, as well as in the Universal Exhibitions of 1888 and Fine Arts of 1894. He regularly exhibited his work individually in the Rovira room and, as a group, as a member of the Artistic and Literary Society of Catalonia. He was part of several official juries, and also of the Board of Museums of Barcelona, in 1901. In 1915 he was named Member of Merit of the Artistic Circle of Barcelona. His work is conserved in the MACBA and in the museum of the abbey of Montserrat.