Ramon Casas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ramon Casas

Spanish artist

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1866

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 29-Feb-1932

Profession: painter, designer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.



Alternative names	Casas i Carbó, Ramon
Description	Spanish painter and designer
Date of birth/death	4 January 1866	29 February 1932
Location of birth/death	Barcelona (Catalonia)	Barcelona (Catalonia)
Work location	Barcelona, Paris
Authority control	: Q725681 VIAF: 64805264 ISNI: 0000 0001 0909 8436 ULAN: 500030915 LCCN: n81055440 MusicBrainz: 13ff1268-66df-4714-b4be-34f4c88b56af WorldCat