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RICARDO CANALS LLAMBÍ (Barcelona, 1876 - 1931). "Dancer". Mixed media on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Measurements: 56,5 x 42,5 cm; 91 x 77 cm (frame). Ricardo Canals' most outstanding works had a distinctly Spanish flavour, combining folklore with a modern language. This "Bailaora" is an example of this, capturing the Andalusian panache with vibrant strokes and a juicy palette. Canals was a painter, draughtsman and engraver, a 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. His last important work, before his premature death, was the decoration of the ceiling of one of the halls of Barcelona City Hall. In 1933, two years after his death, the Sala Parés in Barcelona held an extensive exhibition in homage to him. Much of his work is kept in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, but it is also in the collections of the Abbey of Montserrat, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Chile.