Ricardo Canals Y Llambi - Artist Info

About Ricardo Canals Y Llambi

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Ricard Canals, Ricard Canals Llambi
  • Biography

    Ricard Canals was a painter, draughtsman and engraver, member of the "Colla del Safrà" (Saffron Group, so called because of its peculiar chromatic palette) together with the painters Nonell, Mir, Pichot and Vallmitjana. He began his studies at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, but abandoned them shortly afterwards to continue painting in the street. A friend of Isidre Nonell, in 1896 they travelled together to Caldes de Boí, and the following year they moved to Paris.

    In the French capital they both exhibited at the Chez Dosbourg gallery with great success. Nonell returned to Barcelona and Canals stayed on to work for the dealer Durand-Ruel, the dealer of the Impressionists, representing artists such as Corot, Monet and Pissarro. He...

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