Artist LLuis Ribas
Ribas was
born in Masnou, Spain, a coastal town in the Maresme district near Barcelona.Ribas
spent hours on the beach tracing his first drawings in the sand. His mother
dreamed of a life for him that would be less difficult than that of a
fisherman. At nine years of age he began studying drawing and painting with
Jose Maris Martinez.He entered the “Escuela Massana” in Barcelona when he was
13. At the age of 25, Ribas held his first one-man exhibition which immediately
earned him international acclaim.Since then, Ribas has continued to show his
works in some of the most prestigious galleries in Europe and the United
States. To date, five books have been published about his paintings.LluÃs Ribas
is one of the best known luministas of contemporary Spanish art. His profound
knowledge of the secrets of light, shade and opaqueness are present throughout
his work. His female forms are classics - brilliantly executed and exquisitely
drawn. His palette contains a wide range of colors which give his paintings
their great beauty. For Ribas, time is not important. He is an artist who
prefers to work slowly - continuously defying his vision in a never-ending
search for aesthetic. Although his successful career already spans more than
twenty years, Ribas does not produce the quantity of paintings that others may,
but each canvas is highly desired by galleries and collectors alike. Ribas is
not a prolific painter. His disciplined manner of painting requires years of
planning for an exhibition.
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