Ramon Casas at the Pau Casals collection

By Fundació Pau Casals

At the beginning of the 1920s, Pau Casals established his habitual
residence in Catalonia. During this period he built up his collection
of paintings and sculptures by the most renowned Catalan artists from the end of the 19th century and
the beginning of the 20th.

Pau Casals art collection at his home in Sant Salvador, El Vendrell (1934)Fundació Pau Casals

Advised by gallery owners and art critics, Pau Casals chose the works personally after seeing them at exhibitions held by Barcelona's foremost galleries. On of the artists with more works in the Casals Collection is Ramon Casas (Barcelona 1866-1932),painter and poster illustrator linked to Impressionism and one of the promoters of Catalan Modernism.

Portrait of Julia Fons (circa,1909) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Female portrait (1911) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Portrait of Wenceslao Retana Gamboa (1908) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Female portrait (1904) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Portrait of Francesc Teixidó (1897/1899) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Portrait of Mr. Domíngez (circa, 1897-1899) by Ramon Casas, CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Portrait of Joan Escuder (1897/1899) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

Female portrait (circa, 1920) by Ramon Casas CarbóFundació Pau Casals

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