RAFAEL ATCHÉ FANÉ (Barcelona, 1854-1923). "Medea". Marble. Size:... Lot 22

RAFAEL ATCHÉ FANÉ (Barcelona, 1854-1923). "Medea". Marble. Size: 40 x 55 x 31 cm. Sculptor born in Barcelona in 1854, he studied at the Escuela de la Lonja and with the Vallmitjana brothers. Together with the sculptor Clarassó, he ran a workshop in which they made polychrome religious sculptures, such as those of Saint Augustine and Saint Felix (1872). He took part in the National Exhibition in Madrid in 1882, presenting El genio herido ("The Wounded Genius"), and in that of 1884 with the sculpture El mal ladrón ("The Bad Thief"). He is best known for his sculpture of Christopher Columbus, which crowns the Barcelona monument dedicated to the admiral. For the façade of the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia in Barcelona he made a sculpture of Saint Francis of Paula and another of Saint Sebastian in 1890. For the building of the Royal Academy of Sciences on the Rambla in Barcelona, he made the busts of Father Canyelles and Carbonell, as well as the decoration for the clock.