Bullfight
Courses de Taureaux
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Date:
1934Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
13 x 16 1/8 inches (33 x 41 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1957-125-1Credit Line:
Gift of Henry P. McIlhenny, 1957
1934Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
13 x 16 1/8 inches (33 x 41 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1957-125-1Credit Line:
Gift of Henry P. McIlhenny, 1957
Label:
Picasso was fascinated by the Spanish tradition of the corrida, or bullfight in the ring, during which skillful matadors and picadors struggle with proud and ferocious beasts in a fight to the death. Bullfighting imagery appears throughout the artist's career, including this turbulent painting that Picasso made after taking his wife, Olga, and his son Paolo to bullfights in Barcelona, Madrid, and San Sebastián, Spain, in the summer of 1934, during what would be his last visit to his native country. Completed in September 1934 after the family returned to France, this brightly colored painting captures the pageantry, spectacle, and high drama of the corrida.
Picasso was fascinated by the Spanish tradition of the corrida, or bullfight in the ring, during which skillful matadors and picadors struggle with proud and ferocious beasts in a fight to the death. Bullfighting imagery appears throughout the artist's career, including this turbulent painting that Picasso made after taking his wife, Olga, and his son Paolo to bullfights in Barcelona, Madrid, and San Sebastián, Spain, in the summer of 1934, during what would be his last visit to his native country. Completed in September 1934 after the family returned to France, this brightly colored painting captures the pageantry, spectacle, and high drama of the corrida.
