Original design for the poster ‘Sífilis’ (1900)
Technique: Giclée quality print
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We are honored to feature on our website the evocative painting "Original design for the poster ‘Sífilis’" by the celebrated Catalan artist Ramón Casas, created in 1900. This painting showcases Casas' adeptness in capturing the complexity of human emotions and social messages through his art.In this compelling work, the artist portrays a woman draped in a vibrant pink shawl adorned with floral patterns. Her posture is turned away from the viewer, yet she casts a pensive gaze over her shoulder, directing our attention to a delicate flower she holds in her hand. The shawl loosely envelops her, its folds and flourishes adding a dynamic quality to the image, while a snake subtly slinks around the flower—an unsettling juxtaposition that hints at the painting’s deeper message about the dangers of syphilis.The choice of colors—contrasting the soft pinks and greens with the starkness of the background—along with the interplay of beauty and danger, serves to both entice and warn the viewer. Casas' work not only captures the aesthetic sensibilities of the modernisme movement but also communicates a powerful social commentary relevant to his time, making it a profound piece for reflection about public health and social issues.
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Ramon Casas i Carbó was a Catalan artist. Living through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona, he was known as a portraitist, sketching and painting the intellectual, economic, and political elite of Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, and beyond. He was also known for his paintings of crowd scenes ranging from the audience at a bullfight to the assembly for an execution to rioters in the Barcelona streets (El garrot). Also a graphic designer, his posters and postcards helped to define the Catalan art movement known as modernisme.