Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem (Q4889277)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Catalan modernism (Q1122677)
Art Nouveau (Q34636)
genre:
portrait (Q134307)
artist:
Ramon Casas (Q725681)
collection:
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Q861252)
location:
Els Quatre Gats (Q1333395)
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Q861252)
owned by:
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Q861252)
location of final assembly:
Barcelona (Q1492)
depicts:
Ramon Casas (Q725681)
Pere Romeu i Borràs (Q2512368)
tandem bicycle (Q948851)
cycling (Q53121)
man (Q8441)
beard (Q42804)
Barcelona (Q1492)
pipe (Q104526)
cigar (Q1576)
smoking (Q662860)
hat (Q80151)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID:
6gHNF5zatOaejQ
catalog URL: https://www.museunacional.cat/en/colleccio/ramon-casas-and-pere-romeu-tandem/ramon-casas/069806-000
information from the Els Quatre Gats catalog
description: An unusual and emblematic painting from Catalan Modernisme depicting Ramon Casas himself and Pere Romeu, the barman at the famous beer-hall Els Quatre Gats, pedalling on a tandem with the Barcelona skyline in the distance. The canvas decorated the beer-hall, which became a meeting-place for the artists and intellectuals who had started the movement, as well as for members of the younger generation, such as Picasso, Mir and Nonell. The painting's decorative purpose, its humorous tone and its style put 'The Tandem' in the realm of the poster technique, a field in which Ramon Casas had made quite a name for himself. In 1901 the canvas was replaced with another depicting the same characters in a car.
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