{"product_id":"1954-spanish-bullfighting-poster-bilbao-1954-luis-garcia-campo-copy","title":"1954 Spanish Bullfighting Poster,  Bilbao (Small), Luis Garcia Campos y Juan Reus (Bull, team in white uniforms)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003e1954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:  \u003c\/strong\u003e9 x 18 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eJuan Reus and\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLuis Garcia Campo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Poster: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis unique and colourful poster features a bullfighting painting by Spanish artist Luis Garcia Campo. It \u003cspan\u003eadvertises \"Corridas Generals\" or bullfights in the city of Bilbao during the month of August. The matadors featured are Cayetano Ordoñez, Juan Silveti, Julio Aparicio, Antonio Ordoñez, Manolo Vazquez, Jumillano, Pedres, Antoñete, Chicuelo II, and the rejoneador Angel Peralta. Next to the matadors, the print advertises \"Ganaderia,\" or livestock. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece was printed at \u003cem\u003eImprenta y Litografía Ortega\u003c\/em\u003e in Valencia, Spain. \u003c\/span\u003eOrtega Printing excelled in lithography, banknote production, and especially in bullfighting and festival posters, where it was the leading company in Spain. Its golden age was from the 1920s to the 1940s, thanks to collaborations with renowned masters of bullfighting-themed painting such as Carlos Ruano Llopis, Juan Reus, and José Cros Estrems. (La imprenta)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eSpanish-style bullfighting is called \u003ci\u003ecorrida de toros\u003c\/i\u003e (coursing of bulls) or \u003ci\u003ela fiesta\u003c\/i\u003e (\"the festival\"). In the traditional \u003ci\u003ecorrida\u003c\/i\u003e, three matadors each fight two bulls. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThe modern \u003ci\u003ecorrida\u003c\/i\u003e is highly ritualized, with three distinct stages or \u003ci\u003etercios \u003c\/i\u003e\"thirds\"); the start of each being announced by a bugle sound.  \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eIn the final stage, the \u003ci\u003etercio de muerte\u003c\/i\u003e (\"the third of death\"), the Matadore emerges with a red handkerchief, the iconic symbol of the sport. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAmerican author Ernest Hemingway wrote of it in his 1932 non-fiction book \u003cem\u003eDeath in the afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.\"  Bullfighting is seen by some as a symbol of Spanish national culture. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-:1_48-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe double-sided poster is in excellent condition and ready to be framed ! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laffichiste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48178010554580,"sku":"KBE2629","price":325.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/7532\/files\/KBE2629-1.jpg?v=1782589716","url":"https:\/\/www.laffichiste.com\/products\/1954-spanish-bullfighting-poster-bilbao-1954-luis-garcia-campo-copy","provider":"L'Affichiste","version":"1.0","type":"link"}