Ramón Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem
by CASAS I CARBÓ, Ramón, Oil on canvas, 188 x 216 cm
The stark contrasts of black and white, and the emphasis on lines give the painting a strongly graphic quality. It is hardly surprising to learn that Casas was close to Toulouse-Lautrec and also did posters and graphic work. In fact he did some two hundred charcoal portraits of famous contemporaries.