Old Master Paintings & Spanish Colonial Art
Lot 394:
Oil on canvas, canvas measures: 38 x 46 cm. Ricardo Opisso y Sala (Tarragona, November 20, 1880 – Barcelona, May 21, 1966). Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí on the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the Els Quatre Gats group, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell and Pablo Picasso. , among others. Later he worked as an illustrator in publications such as ¡Cu-cut! from 1903) and L’Esquella de la Torratxa (from 1912), signing drawings aimed at political satire, which are graphically related to art nouveau. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached costumbrista themes, specializing in popular scenes. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. which are graphically related to art nouveau. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached costumbrista themes, specializing in popular scenes. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. which are graphically related to art nouveau. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached costumbrista themes, specializing in popular scenes. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached costumbrista themes, specializing in popular scenes. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached costumbrista themes, specializing in popular scenes. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. His drawings from this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona settings. From this time date his best-known works for the comic book magazine TBO (in which he had begun to collaborate in 1919), where he specialized in making covers. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair. He collaborated with many other publications, such as En Patufet, Pocholo, etc. In the post-war period, Opisso’s pictorial work triumphed in the galleries of Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Tarragona Art Fair.
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