Ricard Guinó. Bones mans i bons advocats

Barbarà i Puig, Joan
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Ricard Guinó (1890) was a very talented sculptor who was considered the best of his generation. After studying at Girona’s Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, he continued his apprenticeship in Barcelona in 1906. He met Aristides Maillol in 1909, who on realizing his qualities, proposed a move to Paris in order to complete his training. In the French capital, he was a disciple of Banyuls de la Marenda’s great sculptor and worked as his assistant. Between 1913 and 1918 he worked with Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who welcomed him into his home during the Ist World War. In this period, since the great impressionist painter suffered from advanced arthritis, Guinó became the hands of Renoir and materially executed all of his sculptural work. In 1965, 46 years after the death of Renoir, the artist from Limoges, Ricard’s son, Michel Guino, went to court to claim co-authorship of all his sculptures. After a long legal process, on November 13th 1973, the Court of Cassation of Paris finally ruled in favour of Guino and recognized his father as the coauthor of the works and as the legitimate beneficiary of 50% of the returns that this could generate. When the court finally made the ruling, Ricard Guinó, Girona’s most International sculptor, had already passed away 8 months previously. ​
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