|
Rossend Nobas
Rossend Nobas i Ballbé was a Catalan sculptor and goldsmith in the 19th century.[1] Working mainly in Barcelona, Nobas's work is to be found around the city in both museums and public areas. BiographyNobas was born in 1849.[1] His father was a tinsmith.[2] In working with his father, he was introduced to metallurgy techniques when he was quite young.[3] This training brought him into contact with the Maseria family, a connection he would maintain for his entire career.[2] He studied under the brothers Agapit and Venanci Vallmitjana at the Escola de la Llotja.[1] This school was dedicated to teaching art.[3] There Nobas learned sculpture through studying great sculptors of the past.[2] He eventually entered the workshop of the Vallmitjana brothers.[3] After being with them and perfecting his technique, he created his own studio.[1] He trained Josep Gamot, Josep Reynés, and Manuel Fuxà, among many others.[3] He exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1866.[2] In 1871, at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, Nobas received a second-class medal for his work the Wounded Bullfighter.[4] His Bust of Cervantes gained an award at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873.[2] He died unexpectedly of pneumonia in 1891.[1] StyleWhile Nobas also trained in oil painting and watercolors, as was part of the typical Art Education, he specialized in sculpture.[2] His work spans large, monumental pieces, to bust portraiture. Nobas followed the naturalism and realism schools.[2] In an era before photography, naturalistic art represented the subject realistically.[5] His work was characterized by his exceptional talent as a sculptor.[4] His rendering of fine details, like lace, is unparalleled.[6] List of art works
References
Further reading
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rossend Nobas.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
