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"Velvet Matador" by Rudy Panucci

The largest bullfighting ring in Spain's Catalonia is hosting its final bout. The region has voted to ban bullfighting after today's match. This is a good thing in terms of animal rights, no doubt. But don't you sometimes find things that are vintage or historic can be aesthetically beautiful while politically the opposite? I feel this way about all things corrida de toros. Here is some beautiful matador-inspired art I've found around the internet.

"The Matador of Toledo" by Emil Kazaz

"Matador" by Pablo Picasso

"The Matador" by Pablo Picasso

"The Matador" by Joan Miro

"Toro y torero" by Ramón Lapayese

"El Matador" by Noredin Morgan

"Matador" by Aharon Yakobson

"Matador" by Kiko Rodriguez

"Portrait of a Matador" by Fritz Scholder

"Red Bull and Matador" by Eric Olsen

"Matador" by Hakuku (via deviantart)

"Le Matador" by Pablo Picasso