JOHN FULTON, MATADOR / ARTIST

COLLECTORS OF TAURINE ART:

A NOTE OF OPPORTUNITY

Henry Vermillion

My wife, Britt Zaist and I have one of the world´s most extensive collection of art works on paper/canvas of the late and legendary American artist/matador John Fulton. In addition, we have rare copies of his book “Bullfighting”, a signed/dedicated copy of “Little Egret and Toro” (by Robert Vavra with drawings by John Fulton) and copies of Curro Camacho´s “Our Friend John Fulton Quixote”. We have also for sale a deluxe copy of his limited edition “Lament for the Death of a Matador”. The book is based on the famous poem of Federico Garcia Lorca about the death of the poet/matador Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. We have several large templates in pencil which John used as the basis for his blood paintings.

Many of John´s black and white prints and etchings are signed in pencil. The collection includes dozens of full color prints of bullfight posters and a magnificent 40 x 28 inch poster for an opera series in Seville. We have also an original oil painting: “Rebolera”.

Much of these works were obtained directly from John after his despidida in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1994 when we showed his work in our San Miguel Galeria Izamal. Additional pieces came from John´s “Sancho Panza”, the matador Curro Camacho in Seville, John´s long-time home in Spain.

We are of retirement age now, and can offer either the entire collection or separate lots (signed prints, posters, books) for not-to-be-missed prices.

 


ALL PIECES SHOWN ARE AVAILABLE

PRICES ON REQUEST

A presentation of all this work can be made by appointment with Henry Vermillion / Britt Zaist at their home in La Lejona, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

CONTACT

Henry Vermillion:  Cell.: (+52) 415 215 1591 / Landline: 415 152 6171 / henryavermillion@yahoo.com

Britt Zaist:  Cell / WhatsApp: (+52) 415 115 5888  / brittzaist@yahoo.com

 
 

PODCASTS ABOUT COLLECTIONS & CONNECTIONS. PODCAST #88: THE ART OF MATADOR JOHN FULTON, WITH BRITT ZAIST

American bullfighter John Fulton (1932-1998) led a colorful life in and out of the bullrings of Spain — and distinguished himself as an artist, most notably through paintings colored with the blood of the bulls he killed in the ring. Friend and fellow artist Britt Zaist has held onto 80 of Fulton's works, while selling much of his work though Galeria Izamal in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. www.forkeepspodcast.com

Click onto the white arrow to hear the podcast.

 

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SMALL CARTELS / BULLFIGHT POSTERS ILLUSTRATED WITH JOHN FULTON´S PAINTINGS

EACH IS 13 X 6 INCHES.

 
 
 

ALL PIECES SHOWN ARE AVAILABLE

PRICES ON REQUEST

A presentation of all this work can be made by appointment with Henry Vermillion / Britt Zaist at their home in La Lejona, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

CONTACT

 

Henry Vermillion:  Cell. (+52) 415 215 1591 / landline 415 152 6171 / henryavermillion@yahoo.com

Britt Zaist:  Cell / WhatsApp: (+52) 415 115 5888 / brittzaist@yahoo.com

 

ALL PIECES SHOWN ARE AVAILABLE

PRICES ON REQUEST

A presentation of all this work can be made by appointment with Henry Vermillion / Britt Zaist at their home in La Lejona, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

John Fulton (1932-1998) was an outstanding painter, illustrator and jewelry designer. He was also the only American to rise to the rank of Matador de Toros in the prestigious Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain, and to confirm that status in Las Ventas, Madrid. Before his 1994 farewell retirement fight in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (where he began both his art and bullfighting careers), he exhibited his paintings at the Instituto Allende and at Galeria Izamal.

All work shown is available.

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”Portion of book cover from OUR FRIEND JOHN FULTON QUIXOTE by Curro Camacho”. This serves only as an example of John Fulton´s Bull´s Blood Painting. None are available.

 

- BLOOD OF THE BULL PAINTINGS BY JOHN FULTON -

John Fulton, the young artist-matador, inspired by the prehistoric cave art of Altamira.

From AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE:

“The paintings- I do not know the technical name for the genre- are done on white illustration board, using bull´s blood as the sole pigment. (This means, at any rate, that they will never fade, for bull´s blood was used as moistening for mortar by the ancient Irish, and it is imperishable owing to its albumen: it grows hard as a stone and only a chisel will remove it).

They show the bulls in every sort of attitude, including a few in the moment of death from the sword.  They are marvelously “right”:  they are pure “bull-forms,” captured and set down by the artist in a way that no camera could ever achieve.  The delicacy and sureness of touch in these paintings, in which rectification by the artist is presumably impossible, are something truly unique.”

“Template”. Several templates used to make blood paintings are available.

John Fulton, the young artist-matador, in the plaza.

JOHN FULTON´S TECHNIQUE:

John drew first on sheets of semi-transparent vellum paper with a soft pencil.  Next, he turned his drawing face down on the illustration board, lightly drawing over the drawing to transfer a faint line to the illustration board.  Then he painted with the bull´s blood. These drawings on transparent paper became templates to be used over and over again. We have a number of these beautiful templates used for his bull´s blood paintings which in themselves are a work of art.