Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bullfight
Image View:
Detail, horse and bull
Creator:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter, 1881-1973)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 706 (1976.83)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
1934 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French; Spanish
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
54 cm (height) x 73 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; animal; bulls; horses; bullring; arena
Description:
The close relationship between the world of bullfighting and Picasso’s oeuvre is unquestionable. From his childhood days in Málaga, where his father often took him to the bullring, he was greatly fascinated by the national sport. This painting is part of a series focused on the suerte de varas, the moment in the bullfight when the bull is pitted against the horse, as a symbolic embodiment of the struggle between man and woman. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PICASSO-TBM-BF-A 02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bullfight