Casas i Carbó was born into a wealthy family. He received his first artistic training from Juan Vicens, before moving to Paris, where he studied under Carolus-Duran and came into contact with the Impressionists, particularly Manet, whom he admired. He moved back to Spain but returned to Paris again in 1890. He struck up a friendship with Miquel Utrillo and Santiago Rusiñol, with whom he exhibited (with Clarassó) at the Sala Parés almost every year. The three together offered a perfect representation of Catalan art at this time. His pictures of the Moulin Rouge and the Moulin de la Gallete, which show a clear affinity with Toulouse-Lautrec, all date from this period. In 1892, he won the medal for third prize at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1894 he returned once more to Spain. The themes of his pictures then changed, reflecting the turbulent events of the time. They include Garrotte and The Charge (Medal for First Prize at the National Exhibition of 1904), and other more optimistic works, such as Evening Dance, where he makes extensive use of diffuse light and shades of grey. A superb draughtsman, he made pencil and pastel portraits of some of the leading lights of the cultural and aristocratic life of the 1900s, of which 216 are now preserved in the Museum of Barcelona. Casas i Carbó designed posters for El Mono anisette, Boer paper and París cigarettes. He won a number of important awards at international competitions in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Barcelona. He had a solo exhibition at the Layetanas Galleries in 1916 and a tribute exhibition at the Círculo Artístico in Barcelona (1930). He founded the short-lived magazines Pèl & Ploma and Forma and was a regular guest at the soirées at the Els Quatre Cats café in Barcelona.
Casas i Carbó was born into a wealthy family. He received his first artistic training from Juan Vicens, before moving to Paris, where he studied under Carolus-Duran and came into contact with the Impressionists, particularly Manet, whom he admired. He moved back to Spain but returned to Paris again in 1890. He struck up a friendship with Miquel Utrillo and Santiago Rusiñol, with whom he exhibited (with Clarassó) at the Sala Parés almost every year. The three together offered a perfect representation of Catalan art at this time. His pictures of the Moulin Rouge and the Moulin de la Gallete, which show a clear affinity with Toulouse-Lautrec, all date from this period. In 1892, he won the medal for third prize at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1894 he returned once more to Spain. The themes of his pictures then changed, reflecting the turbulent events of the time. They include Garrotte and The Charge (Medal for First Prize at the National Exhibition of 1904), and other more optimistic works, such as Evening Dance, where he makes extensive use of diffuse light and shades of grey. A superb draughtsman, he made pencil and pastel portraits of some of the leading lights of the cultural and aristocratic life of the 1900s, of which 216 are now preserved in the Museum of Barcelona. Casas i Carbó designed posters for El Mono anisette, Boer paper and París cigarettes. He won a number of important awards at international competitions in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Barcelona. He had a solo exhibition at the Layetanas Galleries in 1916 and a tribute exhibition at the Círculo Artístico in Barcelona (1930). He founded the short-lived magazines Pèl & Ploma and Forma and was a regular guest at the soirées at the Els Quatre Cats café in Barcelona.