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Ramó Nash is a famous artist considered to be a pivotal figure of modern art. He is notably the inventor of "Alph-Art", an art series based on the letters of the alphabet. He is a kind and creative man but has no idea of his colleagues' criminal activities.

History[]

Captain Haddock meets Ramo Nash by chance in Mr. Fourcart's gallery, where Haddock has gone to hide in to avoid Bianca Castafiore. At Fourcart's suggestion, Haddock purchases a plexiglass H made by Nash.

Haddock and Tintin later meet Nash on the Italian island of Ischia. He is staying at a villa owned by occultist guru Endaddine Akass. Gradually, Tintin begins to realize there are a number of his past foes also staying on the island, though Nash seems unaware of their pasts with Tintin. Endaddine Akass later reveals to Tintin that he used Nash's Alph-Art as a front for a larger-scale art forgery racket.

Trivia[]

Ramosketch

Hergé's sketch of Ramo

Ramo Nash was partially based on the real-life person Elmyr de Hory, an art forger famed for his talent in mimicking other artists' styles.

Nash was never formally drawn by Hergé. He only appeared in Hergé's notes as very rough concept sketches, including alternate names: he was previously considered to be named Ramon Hasj or Ramo Nasj. In an interview, Hergé's wife Fanny Vlamynck stated that Ramó was to save Tintin at the end of Alph-Art by tossing Akass off of a balcony railing. This was included among Herge's notes for the story, but it is unknown if this plot point was going to be included in the final version of Alph-Art.

In the unofficial completed version of Tintin and Alph-Art by Yves Rodier, Nash is of Jamaican nationality. He also saves the lives of Tintin and Captain Haddock by killing Akass, who turns out to be Roberto Rastapopoulos.

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