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Picasso had an indissoluble relationship with cattle throughout his life, creating bull elements with themes such as "Bullring", "Bullfighter", "Minotaur" and so on. Through symbolic and metaphorical artistic symbols, he created artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. What is the story behind Picasso's painting of the cow?
"Bull" © Picasso
This is Picasso's painting of 11 cows
The purpose of Picasso's paintings
It's to find out how much it's simplified
It's still a cow
Today, let's discuss with you why Picasso is a cow
To discuss why Picasso is so good, we need to start with this bullish name. The full name of the master is:
Pablo Diego Horsé Francisco de Paula Giannipomoceno Crispignano de Rose Ciberios De La Sandicima Trinidad Maria Parisio Crito Rez Blasco Picasso
English version:
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima.Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso......
Can't remember? It is estimated that Picasso himself may not remember all...
Due to space issues, according to international practice, we call it Picasso!
▪ Picasso and bullfighting ▪
The Matador on Horseback, oil painting - 1889
The little Picador
In 1889, at the age of eight, Picasso created the first oil painting of a bullfighting scene depicting a bullfight: a bullfighter on horseback marching forward, surrounded by an audience that gathered to help. The overall tone is vivid and vivid, and the composition is logical, reflecting Picasso's innate artistic talent.
Bullfighting, oil painting - 1901
From 1900 to 1901, Picasso created numerous oil paintings and pastels with the theme of bullfighting scenes in the sun. This series of works is strange and different, with a strong Cubist art style, and the works of art in people's eyes are no longer familiar concrete objects, but new aesthetic forms.
These paintings attracted much attention and questioning in the art circle at that time, and the external evaluation was mixed, but they withstood the test of history, became the pioneers of modern abstract art, and carved a milestone of great significance in the history of art.
The Bullfighter and the Great Bullfight, etched prints – 1934
In 1934, Picasso created an etching of the engraving "The Bullfighter and the Great Bullfight", and the scene in the picture seemed chaotic, but it was actually worth savoring. Picasso depicts three main characters: a manic bull with a pierced neck, a female matador who falls from a horse' back, and a confused horse that stands upright. And these characters also hint at Picasso's complex emotions.
Guernica (1937).
It is now in the collection of the National Center for the Arts of Queen Sofia, Spain
In 1937, Guernica, Spain, was bombed by fascist aerial bombardment. Picasso decided to use art to rebel against the war to create Guernica. One of Picasso's masterpieces, this huge painting is his most powerful political statement, depicted as a direct reaction to the Devastating accidental bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The bull in the painting represents the man's manhood, and the wounds on his body reflect the wounds that the man suffered during the war.
This anti-fascist Cubist masterpiece is 3.5 meters high. Measuring 7.8 meters wide, the entire painting uses black and white gray tones to show the cruelty of the war and the damage left on the Spanish people.
A group of students sit around to visit Guernica
Picasso also created a group of "Bullfighting" painted in ink, drawing techniques from Chinese ink paintings, integrating Eastern and Western thinking, and creating the story of the matador José Delgado.
Picasso watched a bullfight with friends and family
Born in Spain, Picasso was deeply influenced by bullfighting culture since childhood, and often watched bullfighting matches on site. They will even give their own creations to the matador after the game.
In 1954 Picasso presented the work to the matador Pepe Marca
▪ Picasso's Matador series ▪
Matador, oil painting - 1970
Between September and October 1970, the 89-year-old Picasso, after seeing a bullfight, again painted oil on the theme of bullfighting, but unlike before, only the bullfighters were painted. By this time Picasso's work had returned to basics, and the use of color was more distinct from the early Cubism and abstract styles that had been approached.
The faces of the matadors of this series generally look deformed and weird, with a multi-angle three-dimensional presentation. The horizontal sword held by the bullfighter increases the visual impact while adding a bit of restraint and nobility.
Sotheby's London in 2018, sold for £16.5215 million
Painted on October 23, 1970, this oil painting is hailed as the pinnacle of the series, and in addition to its remarkable artistic beauty, the creation technique is also exquisite and ingenious.
▪ Picasso's Minotaur series ▪
The Girl's Guide to the Blind Minotaur - 1934
Blind Minotaur is guided by girl
Minotaur (Minotaur) is derived from ancient Greek mythology and was originally a brutal and fierce image that was despised by people, and was cursed evil monster. The story of the Minotaur is intricate, with an innately noble bloodline, but is imprisoned for life in a labyrinth, helpless and pitiful; on the other hand, the Minotaur eats people and is a cruel and cold-blooded abuser.
The Minotaur is largely a product and victim of power struggles, and it is this contradictory image of good and evil that strongly attracts Picasso. From a psychological point of view, the Minotaur is more in line with the complexity personality and self-perception in Picasso's bones, and is the embodiment of Picasso's inner desires.
Minotaur Is Injured, oil on canvas – 1937
▪ Picasso with the Bull's Head ▪
Bull head sculpture – 1942
It is now in the collection of the Louis Reilly Museum in Paris
Picasso's love of cattle was also applied to the creation of sculptures, and around 1941, Picasso combined discarded bicycle seats and rusty handlebars to create the famous "bull's head" sculpture.
▪ Picasso's Bull series ▪
Bull painting - 1945
On January 17, 1946, Picasso's work "Bull" was completed, and a few strokes depicted the physical characteristics and vivid image of the bull, which was composed of lines but full of three-dimensional sense of creation, which caused a sensation in the art circle at that time.
This seemingly simple work is actually eleven times easy to draft. Evolving from figurative to abstract, Picasso drew the cow to the simplest in the form of "subtraction".
Picasso wearing a matador mask
Picasso once compared himself to a bull, as the Catalan poet Jamie Sabartés put it: "His bull is a wild bull, not a tamed Oxen; an animal that grows in the wild, has infinite power, and has a strong impulse." ”
▪ The influence ▪ of "Picasso and the Bull"
In 1988, China Bayi Film Studio filmed the animation film "Picasso and the Bull" The story of Picasso and the bull was put on the silver screen, telling the story of Picasso and the bull in the form of animation, which won the second prize of the first national film and television animation program exhibition the following year.
From the age of 8 to the age of 91, from the newborn calf to the master of art, from simple to complex, and then from complex to back to basics, this is Picasso's life, but also from having me to no self. Like a savage bull, Picasso broke through the artistic barrier and subverted people's popular perception of artistic aesthetics.
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However, Picasso's attempt to paint cattle,
Our ancestors were already handy and easy to deal with thousands of years ago.
Let's take a closer look at Picasso's "Cow"
You who have seen Oracle
Is not to feel
Picasso's "Cow" and Oracle's "Cow"
It's already god-like
This is the "cow" in Oracle.
As the most outstanding painter of the 20th century
Picasso was close
Ancient Chinese ancestors' method of creating characters:
From physical copying, to line composition
Then, after symbolizing, there are hieroglyphs
In the words of Lord Xu Shenxu, it is
"The pictogram, painted as its object, interrogates the body"
Chinese character evolution
Cow, there are two ways to write in oracle bones,
Paragraph 1
(Cow) lines are tough,
Paragraph 2
(Cow) is relatively soft,
They are all flat orthopedic shapes,
Line drawing like a bull's head
Highlights the most prominent features of cattle
Exaggerate the horns that come out on both sides
The evolution process of the Chinese character cow, which is known to people with clear eyes, is taken from mammals, with a thick body, hollow horns, great strength, and can plough fields and pull carts. In ancient Chinese legends, everything on the ground was caused by the sacred cow, so "cow" was used to refer to "things" and "cow" was used to refer to everything. Because of their large body, helpful to farming, and benevolent nature, the ancients were particularly fond of cattle, and in addition to producing and cultivating, cattle inevitably had to assume the responsibility of Chinese spiritual life and use it as sacrifice for sacrifice.
Hmong cattle worship totem
To summarize:
Ancestors to create a word list, presumably first to "take the image according to the image", that is, by virtue of the ancestors' understanding of the meaning of the word in the language to select the external "object image 1", that is, to make a pictographic character to display the meaning of the word to be represented, at this time the embodiment of the image is the shape structure of the Chinese character, is a neuropsychological processing of the object, which can be called "object image."
2", because the object reflected in the Chinese characters is one step further than the object image 2, we can call it "character image".
We can still go back to the process of the master painting the cow.
You know, Picasso (1881-1973) was actually a matador.
Picasso's contemporary, Spanish Poet Ramon, once said:
"No matter what Picasso does, he's really fighting bulls."
A genius, a madman, whenever he is hooked on something
Always patiently trying to make it unrecognizable
He wants to create a world that has nothing to do with reality
The bravery and wisdom of the cattle
Ignited the heart of the Spanish matador Picasso
Wild and passionate
December 5, 1945.
On this day, the 64-year-old old matador,
Decided to draw a cow with a heart.
Picasso, who painted "Matador" at the age of 8
He has loved painting cattle all his life
Therefore, painting cattle should be a common thing
As a result, the first drawing appeared as a fat and strong bull
December 12, 1945
Picasso paints cattle,
Not to correct the style of "Matador" written in childhood
Rather, it is to find the universal laws behind painting
"Where exactly
So that it can be considered a cow."
Picasso decided to give it a try,
What about drastically simplifying the details on cattle?
He treats his bulls in a flatter, more decorative way
However, it is still very similar
December 22, 1945
Continue to reduce the factors of light and dark light and shadow
Still a lot like that
It can be seen that light and shadow are not the key to identification
December 24, 1945
On this day, Picasso woke up
Focus on the bull's head
He wanted to treat the bull's head more abstractly and concisely
This stage
The master is clearly taking the cartoonish route
It seems that he has gone beyond painting a cow
December 26, 1945
Simplify lines even more
At the same time, delete the facial features
It still resembles a cow
It can be seen that face is not a trick
is a non-critical factor that does not need to be considered
December 28, 1945
Case
One doesn't stop
Even the ratio of black and white gray blocks has been adjusted, leaving only lines
This is not enough, the master also wants to try to reduce the number of lines
January 5, 1946
Completely remove the chiaroscuro, remove the color blocks, black and white gray
Although the shape is slightly abstract, it can still be recognized as a cow
This shows that things like the light and shade of the subject are not the most important factors
However, the scattered lines make the shape slightly chaotic
It seems that the next line needs to be revised back
January 10, 1946
The lines return to simplicity
However, more like a cow than the previous one!
January 17, 1946
Picasso got the final draft of his exploration
It is made entirely of lines
But at a glance, it was a bull
Everyone in the world seems to know Picasso
Is an amazing painter
But everyone seems to be unable to understand his work
The work of Picasso is either bluntly denigrated
Or enthusiastically compliment
Or remain silent as a sign of indifference
But to Picasso this man
Especially his paintings of "cows"
It is necessary for us to maintain sufficient interest
Picasso's "Bull Diagram" was completed on January 17, 1946, and it seems to be painted in one stroke, but in fact it was changed from December 5, 1945 to January 17, 1946, which lasted for more than 6 weeks. Picasso's cattle are not famous after becoming famous, but the minimalism behind the extreme.
Bull Figure 1
On December 5, 1945, it was a vivid, fat bull.
Bull Figure 2
On December 12, 1945, the strength of the bull was highlighted on the basis of Figure 1, increasing the expressiveness and original mystery of the bull.
Bull Figure 3
On December 18, 1945, the depiction of the bull was stopped, and instead the anatomy presented its musculoskeletal skeleton, but with an increase in the surface texture of the skin.
Bull Figure 4
On December 22, 1945, the structure of the bull was abstracted through simplification and contouring. In 1935, Picasso said: "Painting, in the past, is an additive synthesis, but for me it is a deconstructed whole."
Bull Figure 5
On December 24, 1945, continuing to simplify and stylize, Picasso began to redistribute and reorganize the bull's various parts, such as the reduction of the head, the enlargement of the eyes, the change of horns, and the use of white lines diagonally through the body of the bull. The balance of the bull's elements is crucial to the overall stability.
Bull Figure 6
On December 26, 1945, the head and tail were further adjusted, and Picasso used more curves to soften the intertwined structure lines of the bull, and once again adjusted the back line, which was balanced at the end and end. At this point, Picasso began to grasp how the weight and balance between the bull's head and tail shifted.
Bull Figure 7
On December 28, 1945, when Picasso realized the balance of the form of the bull, he began to remove and simplify some structural lines, placing the basic elements of the bull in a new profile.
Bull Figure 8
On January 2, 1946, the simplification continued to coincide with the recomposed head, legs, and tail.
Bull Figure 9
On January 5, 1946, continuing to shape the head, Picasso erased the remaining color blocks from the above picture, turning the bull into a line drawing. Only the genitals retain shadows to emphasize the sex of the bull.
Bull Figure 10
On January 10, 1946, it was further simplified, retaining only the basic lines and shapes of the bull.
Bull Figure 11
On January 17, 1946, it was simplified as much as possible, retaining only the necessary lines for the bull to be a bull.
The simplicity of form is not necessarily the same as the simplicity of the artistic experience.
This bull figure is depicted in minimalist lines, a large area of white space, a few simple lines, you can express a wonderful artistic conception, no color, let people have more imagination space, a few dashing outlines, with limited lines to draw an infinite beautiful posture.