Raimon Casellas i Dou (

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, January 7, 1855 –

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, November 2, 1910) was a Catalan journalist, art critic, ''

modernisme ''Modernisme'' (, Catalan for "modernism"), also known as Catalan modernism and Catalan art nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the search of a new entitlement of Catalan culture ...

'' narrator and collector. Author of ''Els sots feréstecs'' (1901), a work considered the first modernist novel in Catalan language and a forerunner of the current known as rural naturalism. Els sots feréstecs was translated to English by Alan Yates and published by Dedalus. He also wrote articles about aesthetics and art criticism for magazines like '' L'Avenç'', ''

La Vanguardia ' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...

'', ''

L'Esquella de la Torratxa ''L'Esquella de la Torratxa'' was an illustrated satirical weekly magazine, written in Catalan. Published in Barcelona between 1872 and 1939, it was well known for its pro-republican and anti-clerical stance and would become one of the most impo ...

'' and '' Cucut!''. In 1899 he became the Chief Editor of the newspaper ''

La Veu de Catalunya ''La Veu de Catalunya'' (Catalonia voice) was a Catalan newspaper founded by Enric Prat de la Riba that was published in Barcelona from 1 January 1899 to 8 January 1937, with two editions daily. It was the press organ for the ideological and po ...

'', and his articles greatly influenced the Catalan artists of his time. ''Els sots feréstecs'', published in 1901 tells the story of father Llàtzer, a city bishop who is exiled to a rural parish for doctrinal heresy, and the upset that his arrival causes among the inhabitants of Sant Pau de Montmany. The premise of the story is a metaphor for the failure of the intellectual modernist movement to transform society. Casellas was also an art collector. His collection is now preserved at

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (, English: "National Art Museum of Catalonia"), abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Ma ...

. It includes more than 4,000 drawings and nearly 400 engravings representing the work of 250 artists.

Works

Narrative

* '' Els sots feréstecs'',

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

(''Dark Vales'' 'Els sots feréstecs'' Sawtry: Dedalus Books, 2014. (Trad. Alan Yates) * ''Les multituds'',

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

* ''Llibre d'històries'',

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

* ''La damisel·la santa'',

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

* ''Deu-nos aigua, Majestat!'' (1898)

Essay

* ''El dibuixant païsista

Lluís Rigalt Lluís Rigalt i Farriols (1814 – 16 April 1894) was a Spaniards, Spanish landscape painter and graphic artist. Biography He was born in Barcelona, and came from a family of artists. His father was a painter and scenographer, Pau Rigalt and ...

'',

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. * ''Etapes estètiques I'',

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

. Societat Catalana d'Edicions. * ''Etapes estètiques II'',

. Societat Catalana d'Edicions.

As a historian

* ''La pintura gòtica catalana del segle XV'' * ''Història documental de la pintura catalana (1008-1799)''

References

{{Authority control Writers from Barcelona Modernisme writers 1855 births 1910 deaths Spanish journalists