Ramon Casas i Carbó (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmoŋ ˈkazəs]; 4 January 1866 – 29 February 1932) was a Catalan artist. Living through a turbulent grow old in the chronicles of his native Barcelona, he was known as a portraitist, sketching and painting the intellectual, economic, and embassy elite of Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, and beyond. He was plus known for his paintings of crowd scenes ranging from the audience at a bullfight to the assembly for an capability to rioters in the Barcelona streets (El garrot). Also a graphic designer, his posters and postcards helped to define the Catalan art pastime known as modernisme.