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.

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Rossend Nobas
Rossend Nobas i Ballbé (1891)
Born	1841 Barcelona
Died	5 February 1891 Barcelona
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Sculpture
Style	Naturalism and Realism

Biography

Nobas 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 [ca] 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 [ca], Josep Reynés, and Manuel Fuxà [ca], 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]

Style

While 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

• DDAA. La col·lecció Raimon Casellas. Publicacions del MNAC/ Museo del Prado, 1992. ISBN 84-87317-21-9.
• DDAA, La Gran Enciclopèdia en català. Volum 14, (2004), Barcelona, Edicions 62. ISBN 84 297 5442 3
• SUBIRACHS i BURGAYA, Judit. L'Abadia de Montserrat. L'escultura del segle XIX a Catalunya: del romanticisme al realisme. Volum 146 de Biblioteca Abat Oliba, 1994. ISBN 8478265775.

External links

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• Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
• Grand Catalan Encyclopedia

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