The Shadows of Barcelona Barcelona, 1845. A child is born into a family of merchants, destined for a life of commerce until the pull of the engraver's tool takes hold. Simó Gómez begins his training at the Escola de la Llotja, absorbing the lessons of Ramón Martí Alsina and the precision of lithography under Eusebi Planas. The air in the workshop is thick with the scent of ink and the scratch of metal. By seventeen, the horizon shifts toward France. He moves to Paris alongside his brother Enric, seeking work in the studio of Alfred Lemercier, but the engraver's path dissolves. The École des…