Self-portrait

The painting depicts a portrait of a young man with dark hair and piercing eyes. He has pale skin and sharp facial features. He is looking outside the painting, which gives the composition a pensive expression. The painting is executed with broad brushstrokes, using a limited palette of colours, mostly in tones of brown and beige. The man's clothing is not fully visible, but he appears to be wearing something with a white collar or trim.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866-1932) was a Catalan Spanish artist. He was born in Barcelona and ever since childhood, he studied painting. He was a co-founder of the magazine Avenç. With his cousin, he fled to Paris, where he also studied art at the Academy of Carolus Duran and Gervex. He painted mostly female nudes. He alternatively lived in Paris and in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Granada. There, he created a highly detailed work showing the crowd in Madrid bullring or a procession from the church of Santa Maria del Mar. After his recovery from tuberculosis, Casas lived for some time in the famous Montmartre district of Paris in the Moulin de la Galette. His fame grew with each new exhibition. Increasingly, he organized his own exhibitions with his friend Rusiñol. He died at 65 as a respected painter in Barcelona.