Casas-Rusiñol
Two modernist visions

14 November 2014 - 1 March 2015
Ramon Casas/Santiago Rusiñol

Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas Painting Each Other

1890 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm Museu del Cau Ferrat, Sitges. Santiago Rusiñol collection
Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas Painting Each Other
Santiago Rusiñol

The Border Cross

ca. 1891-1892 Oil on canvas, 79 x 100 cm Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection
The Border Cross

Shared Landscapes

During breaks from their stays in Paris and after returning to Spain for good, both painters were captivated by the landscape of Catalonia. The angle of vision and perspective of many works they executed while travelling around the region attest to their espousal of modern painting and shift away from nineteenth-century realism.