Pablo Picasso Stier
The bull was one of Pablo Picasso’s most powerful symbols — a reflection of Spanish identity, creative strength, and primal emotion. From his early bullfighting scenes to his monumental Guernica (1937), the bull embodied both brutality and beauty, courage and tragedy. In works like the Bull lithograph series (MoMA, New York), Picasso distilled the animal to its pure essence, merging tradition with modernity. For him, the bull became a self-portrait of artistic vitality, a timeless emblem of passion and power.