# Raimon Casellas

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**Raimon Casellas i Dou** ([Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), January 7, 1855 – [Sant Joan de les Abadesses](/source/Sant_Joan_de_les_Abadesses), November 2, 1910) was a Catalan journalist, art critic, *[modernisme](/source/Modernisme)* 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.[1]

He also wrote articles about aesthetics and art criticism for magazines like *[L'Avenç](/source/L'Aven%C3%A7)*, *[La Vanguardia](/source/La_Vanguardia)*, *[L'Esquella de la Torratxa](/source/L'Esquella_de_la_Torratxa)* and *[Cucut!](/source/Cucut!)*. In 1899 he became the Chief Editor of the newspaper *[La Veu de Catalunya](/source/La_Veu_de_Catalunya)*, and his articles greatly influenced the Catalan artists of his time.[2]

*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.[1]

Casellas was also an art collector. His collection is now preserved at [Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya](/source/Museu_Nacional_d'Art_de_Catalunya). It includes more than 4,000 drawings and nearly 400 engravings representing the work of 250 artists.[3]

## Works

### Narrative

- *[Els sots feréstecs](/source/Els_sots_fer%C3%A9stecs)*, 1901(*Dark Vales* [*Els sots feréstecs*]. Sawtry: Dedalus Books, 2014. (Trad. Alan Yates)
- *Les multituds*, 1906
- *Llibre d'històries*, 1909
- *La damisel·la santa*, 1918
- *Deu-nos aigua, Majestat!* (1898)

### Essay

- *El dibuixant païsista [Lluís Rigalt](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Rigalt)*, 1900.
- *Etapes estètiques I*, 1916. [Societat Catalana d'Edicions](/source/Societat_Catalana_d'Edicions).
- *Etapes estètiques II*, 1918. Societat Catalana d'Edicions.

### As a historian

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

## References

1. ["Presentation of the English version of "Els sots feréstecs", by Raimon Casellas | Barcelona Cultura"](https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelonacultura/en/recomanem/presentation-english-version-els-sots-ferestecs-raimon-casellas). *www.barcelona.cat*. Retrieved January 3, 2022.

1. Josep, Miàs. ["Raimon Casellas"](https://www.escriptors.cat/autors/casellasr/english) (in Catalan). *Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana*. Retrieved January 3, 2022.

1. ["La col·lecció Raimon Casellas | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya"](https://www.museunacional.cat/en/la-colleccio-raimon-casellas). *www.museunacional.cat*. December 11, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2022.

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