Ramon Casas i Carbó
Spanish artist
Died when: 66 years 56 days (793 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Ramon Casas i Carbó (Catalan pronunciation: [r?'mo? 'kaz?s]; 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.
Also a graphic designer, his posters and postcards helped to define the Catalan art movement known as modernisme.
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