Bringing order to the works of modernist master, Ramon Casas

Cat­a­logu­ing the pro­lific out­put of Ramon Casas is the task un­der­taken by a new or­gan­i­sa­tion, Es­tate Ramon Casas, which aims to pro­mote the mod­ernist artist and his legacy. So far, 3,200 of 5,000 art­works have been logged, says gallery owner and Es­tate mem­ber, Gabriel Pinós. Once the cat­a­logu­ing is fin­ished, the aim is to set up a com­mit­tee of spe­cial­ists with tech­ni­cal sup­port from gal­leries to au­then­ti­cate works “and that way get forg­eries off the mar­ket.”

Now, the aim is to pub­lish vol­ume one of a cat­a­logue reg­is­ter­ing over a thou­sand works by Casas, many of which have never been seen be­fore. Apart from Pinós, other ex­perts in­volved are Juan C. Be­jarano, Emil­iano Cano, Jordi Sánchez Ruiz, Santi Bar­jau, Vi­cente de la Fuente, Fàtima López and Se­bastià Sánchez Sauleda.

So as to eas­ily in­cor­po­rate fu­ture ad­di­tions, the cat­a­logue is or­gan­ised by theme. In vol­ume one, themes in­clude such areas of Casas’ life as his trips (Paris), his role as an il­lus­tra­tor, Span­ish folk­lore, his pas­sion for ve­hi­cles, his work as a poster artist and his por­traits.

Among the nov­el­ties in the cat­a­logue are such cu­riosi­ties as the make and model of the Qua­tre Gats tan­dem that ap­pears in the fa­mous paint­ing by Casas, as well as all of the work he pro­duced dur­ing his stay in Paris, where he went to at­tend the Uni­ver­sal Ex­po­si­tion of 1900.