FRANCISCO RIBERA GÓMEZ (Madrid, 1907 - Barcelona, 1996). "Virgin with Child", 1942. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 80 x 64 cm; 100 x 83 cm (frame). Son of the painter Ribera Blázquez, he was formed in the Academy of San Fernando. In the thirties he dedicates himself to the poster, and during the Civil War he works as advertising draftsman. In 1945 he obtained the chair of Drawing from Life at Rest at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, of which he finally became director between 1964 and 1972. In 1946 he was named Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, and the following year he received the same appointment from the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid, after winning the Ministry of National Education Award at the Salón de Otoño in the capital. Academic of San Fernando since 1967, he was also a member of the Academy of Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville since 1971. He won several awards in national competitions, including the gold medal of the National of Madrid in 1950, and international, being awarded gold medals at the exhibitions in Brussels (1965) and Paris (1968).