Ramon Casas i Carbo: 1866-1932

Ramon Casas i Carbo was an artist from Barcelona. He was an incredible draftsman drawing portraiture of the rich and famous. The last image of the bunch is a self-portrait. He stares at the viewer delicately, with a pipe in his lips. Every figure shares this sense of confidence without overpowering the viewer. His technique is soft and subtle within features of the figure, and every line is laid upon the drawing surface in confidence. He is a master of depiction, using just enough white to highlight the most important reflective elements of the body, allowing the portraits to exist beyond the two-dimensional surface. However, the most impressive quality of his drawings is the energy and quickness many of the lines depict. They dance around the drawing surface circling the busts of the figures.