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4 Gats
Ramon Casas1900
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Portrait of Pere Romeu (Torredembarra, 1862 — Barcelona, 1908) in 'Els 4 Gats', the famous beer-hall which became a meeting-place for the artists and intellectuals of the Catalan Modernisme.
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Details
- Title: 4 Gats
- Creator: Ramon Casas
- Creator Lifespan: 1866 - 1932
- Creator Death Place: Barcelona
- Creator Birth Place: Barcelona
- Date Created: 1900
- Tag: Portrait
- Style: Modernisme
- Physical Dimensions: w344 x h582 cm
- Inventory number: 001046-C
- Artwork history: Former collections of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints
- Type: Poster
- Rights: An unusual and emblematic painting from Catalan Modernisme depicting Ramon Casas himself and Pere Romeu, the barman at the famous beer-hall Els Quatre Gats, pedalling on a tandem with the Barcelona skyline in the distance. The canvas decorated the beer-hall, which became a meeting-place for the artists and intellectuals who had started the movement, as well as for members of the younger generation, such as Picasso, Mir and Nonell. The painting's decorative purpose, its humorous tone and its style put 'The Tandem' in the realm of the poster technique, a field in which Ramon Casas had made quite a name for himself. In 1900 the canvas was replaced with another depicting the same characters in a car.
- External Link: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- Medium: Colour lithograph on paper
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