Ramon Casas

RAMÓN CASAS CARBÓ (Barcelona, 1866 - 1932).
"Júlia Peraire", 1907.
Wax on paper.
With testamentary stamp.
Includes certificate of authenticity issued by Adrià Codina, descendant of the heirs of Ramon Casas Carbó.
Measurements: 57 x 41 cm; 73 x 55 cm (frame).

It is especially significant that the work was made in 1907, the same year in which Casas painted his famous La Sargantain. As in the canvas kept at the Círculo del Liceo, Júlia Peraire reaffirms here her central role in the painter's creative universe, becoming the iconographic axis of one of Ramón Casas's most technically and expressive mature periods. Far from the commissioned portrait and the mere social representation, the artist places Júlia as the absolute protagonist of the composition, building an image of silent authority and powerful stage presence.

A leading figure of modernism and one of the most internationally renowned Spanish artists of his time, Ramón Casas developed a decisive career between Barcelona and Paris, with an early presence at the Salon des Champs Elysées. His work is today part of the main public collections -Museo del Prado, MNAC, Museo Reina Sofía, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, among others-, confirming his position as an essential reference of modern portraiture and Spanish art collecting between the centuries.