![]() ![]() The painting depicts both Casas and Romeu riding on a bike together with the Barcelona skyline visible in the background. Casas even painted something specifically for the interior of the café, his famous painting called, Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem. Romeu was financially supported by three of his friends, Ramon Casas i Carbó, Santiago Rusiñol and Miguel Utrillo, three major modernist Spanish artists of the time. Romeu was taken with this Parisian café and decided to model the décor of his café after it. Els Quatre Gats means "The Four Cats," which is derived from a Catalan expression which means "only a few people." The phrase is usually used to describe people who are a bit strange, or perceived as outsiders. Le Chat Noir translates to "The Black Cat" in English, but the name is a little different in Catalan. Pere Romeu had the idea to open Els Quatre Gats, drawing inspiration from a French café called Le Chat Noir, where he had previously worked. ![]() The bar closed due to financial difficulties in June 1903, but was reopened and eventually restored to its original condition in 1989. The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the famous Casa Martí, and served as a hostel, bar and cabaret until it eventually became a central meeting point for Barcelona's most prominent modernist figures, such as Pablo Picasso and Ramon Casas i Carbó. Els Quatre Gats ( Catalan for 'The Four Cats' pronounced ) is a café in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain that famously became a popular meeting place for famous artists throughout the modernist period in Catalonia, known as Modernisme.
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