Pablo
Picasso (1881-1973)
Pablo Picasso created 'Bull' around the Christmas of 1945.
'Bull' is a suite of eleven lithographs that have become
a master class in how to develop an artwork from the academic
to the abstract. In this series of images, all pulled
from a single stone, he visually dissects the image of
a bull to discover its essential presence through a progressive
analysis of its form. Each plate is a successive stage
in an investigation to find the absolute 'spirit' of the
beast.
Picasso
used the bull as a metaphor throughout his artwork but
he refused to be pinned down as to its meaning. Depending
on its context, it has been interpreted in various ways:
as a representation of the Spanish people; as a comment
on fascism and brutality; as a symbol of virility; or
as a reflection of Picasso's self image.
clipped from: artyfactory.com 
