Ricardo Opisso

RICARDO OPISSO I SALA (Tarragona, 1880 - Barcelona, 1966).
"Characters".
Watercolor on paper.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 22 x 26 cm; 34 x 38 cm (frame).

Opisso was a painter, draftsman and cartoonist. Immersed in Barcelona's modernist environment, he worked as Gaudí's apprentice and was part of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc, with whom he exhibited from now on in the Sala Parés. He was also linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, and in 1901 he made a trip to Paris. He worked as an illustrator in publications such as "Cu-cut!" and "L'Esquella de la Torratxa", signing drawings oriented to political satire, in a style close to art nouveau. In 1907 he took part in the Fine Arts Exhibition in Barcelona, and received a third class medal. After having exhibited several times in succession at the Sala Parés, he held his first individual exhibition in 1935, at the Syra Galleries in Barcelona. In 1953 he received recognition from his hometown at the IV Art Fair of Tarragona. Most of his work is preserved in the Opisso Museum in Barcelona, but is also present in the National Art Museum of Catalonia and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg.