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    Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish artist known for developing Cubism. After visiting the Altamira Cave in 1945, Picasso was inspired by the ancient cave paintings and remarked that "in 15,000 years we have invented nothing!". The bull was a common symbol in Picasso's work, representing strength and Spanish cultural identity, as he painted many scenes of bullfighting. Some of his most famous works that featured bulls include The Bull from 1945 and Guernica from 1937.

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    Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish artist known for developing Cubism. After visiting the Altamira Cave in 1945, Picasso was inspired by the ancient cave paintings and remarked that "in 15,000 years we have invented nothing!". The bull was a common symbol in Picasso's work, representing strength and Spanish cultural identity, as he painted many scenes of bullfighting. Some of his most famous works that featured bulls include The Bull from 1945 and Guernica from 1937.

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    Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish artist known for developing Cubism. After visiting the Altamira Cave in 1945, Picasso was inspired by the ancient cave paintings and remarked that "in 15,000 years we have invented nothing!". The bull was a common symbol in Picasso's work, representing strength and Spanish cultural identity, as he painted many scenes of bullfighting. Some of his most famous works that featured bulls include The Bull from 1945 and Guernica from 1937.

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    PABLO PICASSO

    (1881-1974) Spanish

    See some examples of Pablo Picasso’s work in different media (drawing, painting,
    sculpture) and find out about his reaction to cave painting when he first visited the
    Altamira cave around 1945. The Bull is a characteristic feature of his work.
    Pablo Picasso is a world famous artist known for his blue and pink periods of paintings and a co-
    founder/ inventor of the art movement Cubism. One o his best known works is the Guernica painted in
    1937.

    Pablo Picasso visited the Altamira Cave in


    Northern Spain in 1945.
    His own words after visiting the cave:
    ‘In 15,000 years we have invented
    nothing!’
    Picasso uses the bull as a symbol of
    strength and cultural identity of Spain. He
    painted many scenes of bull fighting.
    Picasso co-founded a new style of art with
    his friend George Braque in 1907, which
    was called Cubism.
    Pablo Picasso
    The Bull 1945, Lithograph
    Bull Study 1946 Lithograph
    His single unbroken line drawings were dynamic and a part of the abstraction process.
    Pablo Picasso
    Charcoal drawing of a Bulls Head 1942
    Still Life with Steer's Skull 1942
    Pablo Picasso
    Still life with a bull's head, book and candle range 1938
    Pablo Picasso
    Bulls Head 1942, Bronze cast from real bicycle seat and metal
    Minotaur 1958, oil on canvas
    Pablo Picasso
    Standing Bull Sculptures Ceramic 1949
    Standing Bull Wood 1958
    Pablo Picasso
    Profile of Taurus 1956 Ceramics
    Pablo Picasso
    Bull Fight 1945, Woodcut
    Bullfighting scene 1960 watercolour
    Pablo Picasso
    Toros en el Campo (Bulls in the Field)1959
    La Corrida 1955
    Pablo Picasso
    Toros en el Campo (Bulls in the Field)1959
    Pablo Picasso
    Sketch for Guernica 1937
    Intaglio, 1952, Signed Print Edition of 150
    Guernica 1937 oil on canvas
    ArtDependence | Symbolism in Art: The Bull in Picasso’s Guernica
    Picasso’s work is often categorized into periods. The Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period
    (1904–1906), the African-influenced Period (1907–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic
    Cubism (1912–1919), also referred to as the Crystal period.

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