Ricardo de los Ríos (1846, Valladolid - May 1929, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, engraver, etcher and illustrator. He spent most of his early career in Paris.
Most of his oeuvre consists of etchings. He is known to have associated with the group of etchers led by Alfred Cadart, founder of the Société des Aquafortistes, and may have been given lessons by one of its members. Several of his works appeared in Cadart's publications from 1876 to 1881.
He is primarily remembered for his etched illustrations of classic works; by Cervantes, Victor Hugo, Balzac and Alain-René Lesage, among others. He also did engraved portraits of notable people, such as Garibaldi and Pasteur, as well as his fellow Spanish artists.
^Antonio Gallego, Historia del grabado en España. Madrid: Cátedra, 1999 ISBN84-376-0209-2
Further reading
Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle, Vol.IX, Paris, Conquet, 1889, pp.191-192
Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes et de la photographie, 1967, pp.476-480
Francisco Esteve Botey, Francisco, Historia del grabado, Barcelona: Labor, 1935
Gaïté Dugnat and Pierre Sanchez, Dictionnaire des graveurs, illustrateurs et affichistes français et étrangers (1673-1950), Dijon, L’Échelle de Jacob, 2001, pp.1635-1637 ISBN978-2-913224-19-3