Today's post features some portrait drawings made by Casas. They are not dated, but might have been made in the early 1900s. Note how he captures personalities.
Note the touches of white paint on most of these images.
The focus is on the face, the rest becomes sketchy.
Probably in his early 20s. Casas adds some background here, unlike the other drawings. It suggests Paris' Montmartre more than Barcelona. The artists spent time in both cites in the early 1900s.
She was Casas' model, mistress and (later) wife.
Not a comment specific to this post, but I just wanted to let you know that over the course of a week or so, I've worked my way through all 560+ of your blog postings tagged "painters". I've encountered numerous very interesting artists I didn't know before, and really appreciate the work you've put in creating these pages! It's easy to encounter "big name" artists' work in museums and art books, but discovering 2nd or 3rd tier (at least in terms of fame) artists, whose work is still very worthwhile is harder - your blog has done a great job of this. The area you seem most interested in - the "grey zone" transition from more traditional 19th century styles to full blown-modernism - is also inherently fascinating. All the best, and I hope you keep posting!
ReplyDeleteUnknown -- Thank you for your comment -- much appreciated. Indeed I tend to feature painters from 1860-1920 that were ignored in my college art history class of many years ago.
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