Ramon Casas

Ramon Casas
Self-portrait, 1908
Born
Ramon Casas i Carbó

(1866-01-04)4 January 1866
Barcelona, Spain
Died29 February 1932(1932-02-29) (aged 66)
Barcelona, Spain
Known forPainting
MovementModernisme

Ramon Casas i Carbó (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmoŋ ˈkazəs]; 4 January 1866 – 29 February 1932) was a Catalan artist. Living through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona, he was known as a portraitist, sketching and painting the intellectual, economic, and political elite of Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, and beyond. He was also known for his paintings of crowd scenes ranging from the audience at a bullfight to the assembly for an execution to rioters in the Barcelona streets (El garrot). Also a graphic designer, his posters and postcards helped to define the Catalan art movement known as modernisme.[1]

  1. ^ HydraMedia (2016-03-12). "Year Ramon Casas". Museus de Sitges. Retrieved 2018-01-02.