Bullfight: Dali, Goya and Picasso go head to head
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
22.07.2014 12:22
The Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is hosting an exhibition exploring how three of Spain's finest painters were inspired by bullfighting.
Conservators check Salvador Dali's 'Bullfight'. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczynski
About 200 works have been transported to the Lower Silesian capital, with the exhibition set to open to the public in 24 July.
Conservators from Spain painstakingly unpacked and checked each work on Monday in preparation for the opening.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczynski
“In Spain, the bull is a symbol of power, temperament and rebellion,” art critic Monika Malkowska reflected in an interview with Polish Radio.
“It's the spirit of the nation,” she added.
Goya published a series of 33 prints in 1816 entitled La Tauromaquia (Bullfighting), recording the various techniques used in the sport.
Picasso, a devoted fan of bullfighting, frequently painted the animal, including in his most celebrated work Guernica (1937), about the Spanish Civil War.
Surrealist Salvador Dali saw the bullfight as a magical ritual.
The Museum of Architecture's exhibition 'Picasso, Dalí ,Goya: Tauromachia - Walka Byków' runs until 11 November. (nh)