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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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Pepe Illo haciendo el recorte al toro (Pepe Illo Making the Pass of the "Recorte")
Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Tor rejon (Dreadful events in the Front Rows of the Ring at Madrid and Death of the Mayor of Torrejon)
El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid)
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)
Otra locura suya en la misma plaza (Another Madness of His in the Same Ring)
Cogida de un moro estando en la plaza (A Moor Caught by the Bull in the Ring)
Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at Madrid)
Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull)
Temeridad de martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza (The Daring of Martincho in the Ring a t Saragossa)
Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)