
Picasso – ‘Taureau’ terracotta charger plate. 1957
Since his childhood in Spain, Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting. He was captivated by the intense interaction between the bull and the matador, the flashy machismo and the theatrical drama. He used the Banderilleros (bullfighters} and bulls as subject matter in numerous paintings, sculpture and ceramic art, displaying his exceptional virtuosity.

Pablo Picasso – linocut Toros, The Matador
Vallauris, 1958

Pablo Picasso painting ‘Taureau’
1945

‘Les vendangeurs’ (The Grape Harvesters)
A linocut of a reclining woman and a Picador
Pablo Picasso, 1959

‘Mostra Picasso’, MIC Faenza

Pablo Picasso — ceramic Centaure jug

Pablo Picasso ‘Matador’
Featured at the Picasso Century, NGV, see below

Corrida – The death of a woman bullfighter
1933

Bull, Skull, Fruit, Pitcher — Pablo Picasso

Dominique Pouchain vintage bull sculpture
France

Terracotta twin handled vase with pastel decor — Pablo Picasso

Tri Legged bird jug

Picasso Bull statue, NY

Pablo Picasso zoomorphe vase ‘La Tarasque’
1954

Picasso — ‘Woman with Mandolin’, 1909
Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Pablo Picasso ceramic sculptures
MIC Faenza, Italy

Bull vessel – Pablo Picasso
LAMA

Pablo Picasso — ‘Le Carmen des Carmen’
1964

Picasso – bull lithograph

Picasso – Madoura Matador charger

Museo Buitrago Ceramic with Bulls Head by Picasso

Model make-up inspired by a Picasso painting

‘Buste de matador’ — Pablo Picasso
1970

Stage Costume by Pablo Picasso for Parade, 1917

The Corrida by Pablo Picasso

The Matador bronze sculpture by Rintoul Booth

The Belarussian-born widow of Fernand Léger, Nadia Khodossevitch, donated many works from their private collection to the Soviet goverment in 1955 and this Picasso piece ended up at the Taskent Museum in Uzbekistan.

French MCM bull pitcher/jug

Vintage Jimenez Ceramics, California Pottery Bull and Matador

Vintage Spanish Matador Ceramic Figurine Bull Fighter

Pablo Picasso – ‘Cavalier et cheval’

Pablo Picasso — ‘Gros oiseau corrida’,
1953

Pablo Picasso — Bust of a Woman with Hat
MutualArt

Pablo Picasso Matador and a Bull Ceramics Plate
1955 — Chairish

Pablo Picasso — ‘Les Banderilles’
1962

Picasso Matado

Blessing With A Bull A Gift For Pablo Picasso

‘Before The Thrust‘ – Pablo Picasso

Brutalist Sculpture of Matador and Bull
MCM Vintage

Bull head rhyton pottery, Crete
1500-1450_BC

Vintage Matador Bull painted figurines
Elvira Parisi etsy

Le matador et femme Е loiseau – Pablo Picasso

Museo Picasso Malaga Collection belongs to the extensive series of sheet metal sculptures that Pablo Picasso made in the early 1960s

‘Knight in Armor’ Madoura ceramic charger – Pablo Picasso
1951

Picasso terracotta bull
The Picasso Century at the NGV (National Gallery,Victoria)
10 June to 20 October,2022
‘The Picasso Century’ charts the remarkable career of Pablo Picasso in dialogue with the many artists, poets and intellectuals with whom he intercepted and interacted throughout the 20th century. Exclusively developed for the NGV by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the exhibition features close to 90 works by Picasso alongside over 100 works by more than 50 of his contemporaries. Extraordinarily productive until the age of 91, Picasso bestrode the modernist era like a colossus.

‘Three figuress under a tree’ – Picasso Century Exhibition

‘Bather with beach ball’ – Pablo Picasso

‘Reclining Woman’ – Picasso
photo by Kate Shanasy

‘A very happy picture’ by Dorothea Tanning
1947

Crying Woman umbrella
NGV

‘Invisible Lion Horse Sleeping Woman’ – Salvador Dali

Madoura Pottery Vallauris Picasso Woman lamp vase
1955

Picasso – Vase de fleurs et compotier’ (Vase of flowers and fruit dish)

The Kiss (Le Baiser) – Pablo Picasso
1929

Pablo Picasso’s ‘Portrait of a woman’ (Portrait de femme)
1938

Picasso and Françoise Gilot in 1951
Picasso Century Exhibition

“La Baie de Cannes“ –Picasso

Buste De Femme — Pabhlo Picasso

Wifredo Lam painting ‘SANS TITRE’
1942
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3 Comments
I have appreciated your post for so long that it is time I said so. Thank you for inspiring me in my writing and my pottery.
The Picasso BULL as benign and victimized ????
Yes and maybe……..
Always enjoy viewing your posts, learning new things as I see what is there and maybe
what is not there. It’s all just a good time. So thanks, once again. Never stop, please.
Enjoy viewing the various collections. Thank you.