Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve learned to paint from his father, Juan Antonio de Ribera. At the age of 15 he won First Prize in the first class at the Academy of San Fernando for his historical painting Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He was awarded grants to travel to Rome and to Paris, where he attended the studio of Paul Delaroche. He was a teacher at, a member and the honorary director of the Academy of San Fernando. He staged several exhibitions in Paris and made a name for himself as a painter of murals for public buildings, including the Palacio Vista Alegre, the church of San Francisco el Grande and, especially, the Palacio de Congresos convention centre. His entry for the National Fine Arts Exhibition of 1871 was a portrait of King Amadeo I of the House of Savoy that he had painted under a commission from the Banco de España. In 1860 he was awarded the Order of Charles III and in 1870 the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella II. He was court painter to Isabella II and specialised in portraits and historical scenes.
Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve learned to paint from his father, Juan Antonio de Ribera. At the age of 15 he won First Prize in the first class at the Academy of San Fernando for his historical painting Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He was awarded grants to travel to Rome and to Paris, where he attended the studio of Paul Delaroche. He was a teacher at, a member and the honorary director of the Academy of San Fernando. He staged several exhibitions in Paris and made a name for himself as a painter of murals for public buildings, including the Palacio Vista Alegre, the church of San Francisco el Grande and, especially, the Palacio de Congresos convention centre. His entry for the National Fine Arts Exhibition of 1871 was a portrait of King Amadeo I of the House of Savoy that he had painted under a commission from the Banco de España. In 1860 he was awarded the Order of Charles III and in 1870 the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella II. He was court painter to Isabella II and specialised in portraits and historical scenes.