The artwork titled “The Pica” was created by the artist Fernando Botero in 1984. It belongs to the Naïve Art (Primitivism) movement and is classified under the genre painting category.
The artwork portrays a vivid and detailed depiction of a traditional bullfighting scene. Dominating the composition is a matador astride a horse, centrally placed, holding a lance. The horse, protectively adorned with a padded covering, stands firm in the face of an advancing bull, whose muscular form and curved horns are meticulously rendered. Surrounding the main figures are several bullfighters, characterized by their distinctive, exaggerated bodily proportions, a hallmark of Botero’s style. The setting is a vibrant bullring, populated with spectators and rimmed by an arching coliseum wall under a partly cloudy sky. The atmosphere captures the tension and dramatic intensity typical of a bullfight, while Botero’s unique aesthetic imbues the scene with a sense of whimsy and exaggerated reality.