Gijón 5

Linear Bull Study

It was this influence of primitive, simple styling that led him to create more simpler pieces in his later years. He created a number of drawings in this style, using a one line method. Like the final print of the bull, Picasso would create a drawing consisting of only one line, putting his instrument to paper and not lifting it until the work was complete. He created a great many one lined works in many different mediums, which were often overlooked. It is highly likely that there are many of these one lined pieces in existence and not authenticated.

Much of Picasso's later work is overlooked, although they are indeed some of his most masterful pieces. One of his final works, a self portrait (1972) completes his oeuvre, and shows the vast change in his styling from his original self portrait (1896). Picasso died as the worlds most unconventional and famous artists, starting out as an old master in the body of a child, and creating more simple, primitive pieces in his golden years.