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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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La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)
Capean otro encerrado (They Play Another with the Cape in an Enclosure)
Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
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)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid)
Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having Lost His Horse)
El mismo Ceballos montado sobre otro toro quiebra rejones en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid)
Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull)
Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at Madrid)