JUAN BAUTISTA PORCAR RIPOLLÉS (Castellón de la... Lot 121

JUAN BAUTISTA PORCAR RIPOLLÉS (Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, 1889 - 1974) "Self-portrait", 1971. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the upper left corner. Measurements: 54 x 54 cm; 75 x 75 cm (frame). Trained with Vicente Castell, in 1906 he travels to Valencia thanks to a scholarship, and enters the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos. Four years later he settled in Barcelona, where he studied at the School of La Lonja. After finishing his studies, in 1915 he returned to Castellón, where he founded the Agrupación Ribalta, focused on landscape painting. A regular at the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc in Barcelona, he made his individual debut at the La Pinacoteca gallery in 1918, where he continued to exhibit frequently from then on. He participated in the International Exhibition of Barcelona in 1929, as well as in international competitions in Venice, Oslo, Buenos Aires and Paris. In 1954 he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, an award that meant his definitive recognition. Porcar is represented in the Museums of Fine Arts of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vilafamés, the Lladró Museum and the National Theater Museum of Almagro, among others.