His family wanted him to study law, but his artistic inclinations prevailed, and he found work with a lithographer. He later enrolled at the Escola de la Llotja and took classes at a private academy. In 1849, he went to Paris to perfect his techniques, under the direction of Émile Lassalle [fr]. He soon began working for the art dealer and publisher, Adolphe Goupil, providing him with illustrations and lithographs of paintings.[2]
In 1854, a cholera epidemic made him decide to return to Barcelona, where he continued to produce illustrations; notably for The Three Musketeers and Les Misérables. He also made enhancements to photographs, as well as posters and flyers for public and private events.[2] In addition, he is credited with documenting notable feminine prototypes for beauty, in such works as Historia de Una Mujer (History of a Woman, 1880).
While being praised for certain images of women, he also became infamous for two series of erotic and pornographic scenes; El Noble Arte del Billar and El Noble Juego del Tresillo (Literally translated; "The Noble Art of Billiards" and "The Noble Game of Triplets"); issued anonymously.[3] Some satirical drawings were signed with the pseudonym "Felipó".[2]
^Jean Louis Guereña, "Un infierno catalán. Apuntes para una bibliografía de publicaciones eróticas catalanas clandestinas", In: Scripta (Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna), Vol.3, 2014 (Online)
Further reading
DDAA, La col·lecció Raimon Casellas, Exhibition catalog, Publicacions del Mnac/ Museo del Prado, 1992 ISBN84-87317-21-9
Salvador Bori, Tres maestros del lápiz de la Barcelona ochocentista, Padró, Planas, Pellicer, Millà, 1945
Pilar Vélez, "Eusebi Planas (1833-1897): La il·lustració vuitcentista barcelonina", In: Butlletí de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi,1996 (Online)
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