# Ramon Casas artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/ramon-casas/ Profile generated: 2026-05-10T02:42:46.420Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1866-01-04 - Death date: 1932-02-29 - Nationality: Spanish - Movements: Catalan Modernisme - Common media: oil painting, drawing, graphic design (posters and postcards), illustration ## About Ramon Casas Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932) was a Spanish Catalan painter, illustrator, and graphic designer who became one of the leading figures of Catalan Modernisme. Born in Barcelona, Casas divided his career between Barcelona, Paris, and Madrid, capturing the intellectual, political, and economic elite of his era through portraiture. He was equally celebrated for large-scale crowd scenes depicting bullfights, public executions, and Barcelona street riots, works that reflected the social turbulence of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Catalonia. Beyond painting, Casas produced influential posters and postcards that helped define the visual identity of the Modernisme movement. His dual practice as fine artist and graphic designer gave him an unusually broad reach across both gallery audiences and the popular press. Collectors and institutions today recognize Casas as a central figure bridging European Symbolism, Impressionism, and the distinctly Catalan decorative-arts revival. ## Common works and media Collectors may encounter Ramon Casas works as oil-on-canvas paintings (portraits, figural compositions, and crowd scenes), charcoal or pastel drawings on paper, ink sketches, illustrated magazine contributions, and original lithographic posters and postcards produced for Catalan cultural events and commercial clients. Works range from large-scale exhibition paintings to smaller-format graphic pieces. Paintings often depict Barcelona society figures, Parisian café life, or dramatic public gatherings. Poster designs typically feature bold, flat color areas characteristic of the Modernisme graphic style. ## Market and appraisal context Ramon Casas has an established and active auction footprint spanning 2006 to December 2025, with 48 catalogued lots and 20 priced results. The auction record is anchored by Spanish and Portuguese houses—Subastas Segre, Balclis, Cabral Moncada Leilões, Aletheia Subastas, and Setdart—supplemented by international presence at Christie's, Lyon & Turnbull, and DOYLE. Poster and graphic-design lots circulate through Poster Auctions International and Litografias.net at accessible price points, while original oil paintings and significant portraits command results in the mid-five-figure EUR range. The price distribution is wide: lithographic reproductions and poster editions realize as low as €160, whereas the top recorded price reaches €445,000. The median sits at approximately €6,875, with the interquartile range from €1,200 to €14,000. Four lots appeared in the most recent 12 months versus one in the prior 12 months, suggesting a pickup in market activity after a quieter period. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Ramon Casas has an established and active auction footprint spanning 2006 to December 2025, with 48 catalogued lots and 20 priced results. The auction record is anchored by Spanish and Portuguese houses—Subastas Segre, Balclis, Cabral Moncada Leilões, Aletheia Subastas, and Setdart—supplemented by international presence at Christie's, Lyon & Turnbull, and DOYLE. Poster and graphic-design lots circulate through Poster Auctions International and Litografias.net at accessible price points, while original oil paintings and significant portraits command results in the mid-five-figure EUR range. The price distribution is wide: lithographic reproductions and poster editions realize as low as €160, whereas the top recorded price reaches €445,000. The median sits at approximately €6,875, with the interquartile range from €1,200 to €14,000. Four lots appeared in the most recent 12 months versus one in the prior 12 months, suggesting a pickup in market activity after a quieter period. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal for a Ramon Casas work would combine these 48 auction records with the specifics of the piece—clear photographs of the front and back, measured dimensions, confirmed medium (oil on canvas, charcoal drawing, lithographic poster, etc.), signature presence and form, overall condition and any restoration history, and documented provenance linking the work to known collections or exhibition records. Comparable lots are selected by medium, subject, size, and date: a portrait comparable to 'Portrait of Rosalía Marqués' (€22,000 at Subastas Segre, May 2025) would anchor differently than a lithograph comparable to the Ambar y espuma / Lola Plumet series (€160 at Litografias.net). Attribution-lot entries marked '(attrib.)' at Sala de Ventas and Cabral Moncada signal that the market also circulates works with uncertain attribution, which materially affects value. The appraiser would adjust for condition, provenance strength, and whether the work is an original versus a later reproduction print. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes - Collectors considering a Ramon Casas work should verify whether the piece is an original oil, an original-period poster or print, or a later reproduction—the price difference can be two orders of magnitude. Recent market activity is concentrated in Spanish and Portuguese auction houses (Subastas Segre, Balclis, Cabral Moncada Leilões, Setdart), so monitoring their catalogues provides the best comparable flow. Portraits with identified sitters and documented provenance have traded between €7,000 and €22,000 in 2022–2025, providing a practical benchmark for similar works. Lithographic series such as Ambar y espuma and Lola Plumet have appeared repeatedly at Litografias.net at or near €160, suggesting a stable but low market for those editions. The presence of Christie's in the house list indicates that museum-quality works can reach international audiences. Buyers should request condition reports and confirm signature style against authenticated examples before purchase. ### Market caveats - Of 48 catalogued lots, only 20 carry a published realized price; 28 lots (including all attrib-lot entries at Sala de Ventas and several Litografias.net listings) have no public price, which limits statistical coverage. - The €445,000 maximum represents an outlier well above the P75 of €14,000; median and interquartile figures are more representative of typical results. - Several lots are catalogued as '(attrib.)' or bear generic titles without medium or dimensions, indicating that attribution uncertainty circulates in this market. - Lithographic reproductions and poster reprints may be listed alongside original works; the lot titles do not always distinguish edition number or printing date. - Price data mixes EUR, GBP, and USD; currency conversion was not applied in this addendum and may shift relative positioning. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/ramon-casas/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-barcelona-1866-1932-paisaje-308-c-e5451792de - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-5-c-5a64a13abf - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-attrib-475-c-6a04519b4d - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-attrib-475-c-ad14b3dbde - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-attrib-675-c-4064b218a0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ramon-casas-attrib-675-c-352457ba74 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from library-authority and museum sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Ramon Casas, identity data is drawn from the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, Wikidata, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. ## Sources - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81055440 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/64805264/ - RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/15721 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725681 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Casas - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500030915