Le minotaure et picasso biography

          According to the original myth, this strange animal is born from the encounter between a bull and Pasiphae, wife of Minos.

        1. According to the original myth, this strange animal is born from the encounter between a bull and Pasiphae, wife of Minos.
        2. And the Minotaur is the perfect equivocal kind of monster, the ideal vehicle for Picasso's self -mythologising.
        3. It was during this time that Picasso began writing surrealist poetry and became obsessed with the image of himself as the mythic Minotaur—head of a bull, body.
        4. Minotaure was a Surrealist-oriented magazine founded by Albert Skira and E. Tériade in Paris and published in French between and
        5. The figure of the Minotaur dates back to Greek mythology: it inhabited a labyrinth, devoured innocent people, and was ultimately slain by the hero Theseus.

          6. It was during this time that Picasso began writing surrealist poetry and became obsessed with the image of himself as the mythic Minotaur—head of a bull, body..

          Minotauromachy

          Etching by Pablo Picasso

          Minotauromachy (La Minotauromachie) is a 19.5 by 27.4” etching and engraving created by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in Paris in 1935.[1] The etching and resulting prints, literally entitled Minotaur Battle, feature many compositional aspects and themes seen often in Picasso’s art throughout the 1930s.[2] These include the Minotaur, an unconscious or dying female matador on an injured horse, a young girl holding a candle and flowers, a man scaling a ladder, and two women watching with doves from a window.[3] Created during a time of personal turmoil[1] within which Picasso created little artwork, Minotauromachy stands out as a seminal[4] and striking piece with no shortage of artistic interpretations.[5]

          Creation

          Minotauromachy was created in a series of seven plates from March to May 1935.[2] Each engraved plate represents a different stage in Picasso’s