Romà Ribera i Cirera (13 December 1848,

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- 29 May 1935, Barcelona) was a Catalan

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painter. He specialized in contemporary scenes from upper-class social events, rendered in meticulous detail, but also did numerous scenes from life in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Biography

He studied at the

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and at the private school operated by

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.Brief biography
@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. In 1873, he went to Rome to complete his studies. While there, he met

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@ Foro Xerbar. After leaving Italy, he visited London to exhibit. Once he had established himself, he settled in Paris. At a time when most artists were attracted to

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, he found inspiration in the works of

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and Alfred Stevens. In 1878, he enjoyed great success at the Exposition Universelle. This enabled him to retain Adolphe Goupil as his agent. To maximize his income, he chose to solicit clients from the upper classes, portraying their activities and possessions. He had a major showing at the exhibition at the

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, where he presented a series of watercolors. He returned to Barcelona in 1889, exhibiting at the

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. He pursued the same upper class client strategy there that he had in Paris. Occasionally, he travelled to exhibit in Madrid. In 1902, he became a member of the

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and was chosen to sit on the "".

Selected paintings

(Castres) Portrait de Joaquin Ribera y Cirera by Romà Ribera i Cirera - Musée Goya.jpg, Portrait of Joaquim Ribera i Cirera by Romà Ribera i Cirera (1872) (Castres) Roman Ribera y Cirera - Portrait d'Ana Miret y Vidal - Musée Goya.jpg, Portrait of Ana Miret y Vidal (1872) (Barcelona) Sortida del ball - Romà Ribera - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.jpg, ''Sortida del ball'' (1894) RiberaLiceuMontserat.jpg, Leaving the

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Ribera-Tavern.jpg, In the Tavern Ribera-Woman.jpg, Young Woman Romà Ribera - Epilogue for Masked Ball - Google Art Project.jpg, Epilogue to the
Masked Ball Romà Ribera - De soirée - Google Art Project.jpg, In the Evening

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Ribera.
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