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Spanish painter and printmaker who bridged the Old Masters and the modern age, documenting war, superstition, and human cruelty with unsparing psychological force.
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El famoso Martincho poniendo banderillas al quiebro (The Famous Martincho Places the Banderillas Playing the Bull with the Movement of His Body)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at Madrid)
La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)
Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)
El celebre Fernando del Toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated Picador, Fernando del Toro, Draws the Fierce Beast on with His Pique)
Cogida de un moro estando en la plaza (A Moor Caught by the Bull in the Ring)
Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
Otra locura suya en la misma plaza (Another Madness of His in the Same Ring)
El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)