SALAMANCA BULLFIGHTERS
museotaurinosalamanca.es, May 24, 2018
A historical overview of Salamanca's bullfighters with dedicated sections for El Niño de la Capea, Julio Robles, and Santiago Martín “El Viti”.
SALAMANCA BULLFIGHTERS
El Viti
With an elegant and serious bullfighting style, honorable and full of integrity in his craft, brave and austere, making no easy concessions to the crowd. A master of timing and control, and creator of faenas with surprising flow. His exhibit houses numerous treasures that reflect his career as one of the great matadors of his era.
Dressed in white and gold, El Viti took his alternativa in Madrid on May 13, 1961. Gregorio Sánchez was his padrino and Diego Puerta acted as his testigo. One bullfighter and three astronauts. This is how this poster, signed by Santiago Martín alongside the three famous astronauts who reached the Moon—Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins—can be described. Diego Puerta, Paco Camino, and El Viti, a lineup that would be repeated over many afternoons throughout the 1970s.
Guapito was the bull El Viti dispatched during his alternativa. A jet-black bull, he belonged to the Alipio Pérez Tabernero Sanchón bull ranch, from which he was awarded an ear. He would claim another from his second opponent, which earned him a triumphant exit on shoulders.
The sculptor Ángel Mateos wished to pay tribute to the bullfighter from Vitigudino with this sculpture, which reflects all the austerity and elegance of the Salamanca matador.
El Niño de la Capea
A cheerful, dominating bullfighter who justly occupies a privileged position in the bullfighting world of his time. The golden trio of Salamanca bullfighting: El Niño de la Capea, Julio Robles, and Santiago Martín “El Viti”.
The bullfighter from Chamberí took his alternativa in 1972; a photograph illustrates the moment Paco Camino passed on the bullfighting implements to him in the Bilbao bullring in the presence of Paquirri.
A lithograph published by the Royal Mint of Spain depicting the Salamanca bullfighter executing a right-handed pass. Numbered 1 of a series of 150.
This museum could not be without the historic poster of the Salamanca golden trio, in which they appeared together for the last time at La Glorieta Bullring in 1979.
Julio Robles
A bullfighter who never lacked the desire for self-improvement nor his remarkable sense of integrity. Unsurpassed in the first stage, he possessed one of the most brilliant capes of his era; his serene muleta passes stood out, and sometimes even his execution of the killing thrust had outstanding qualities. Robles was characterized by his profound, classic, artistic bullfighting style, and thrilled audiences with his cape work.
The pink and gold suit of lights displayed in the museum was the one Julio Robles wore on the afternoon of his debut with lancers on horseback in the Lleida bullring on May 10, 1970, with young bulls from Mª Lourdes Martín Pérez Tabernero.
Jaranero was one of the most prominent bulls in the Salamanca matador's career. He dispatched it at the San Isidro Fair in 1978; it belonged to the Eugenio Lázaro Soria bull ranch, and he was awarded an ear.
The Monumental de Las Ventas became a talisman for the bullfighter from Fontiveros. There he killed Sombrerito, from the Aldeanueva bull ranch, on July 7, 1985. He was awarded an ear and took three laps around the arena.
A great lover of rural bullfighting displays and hunting, Robles wore this short traditional suit on numerous occasions, both during rural bullfighting events and various festivals.
So many hopes and prayers before his chapel! Before it, the bullfighter would cross himself every afternoon he faced fear and death. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Christ of Great Power and Medinaceli, Saint Teresa, or the Immaculate Conception witnessed many seasons of his fears and joys, his triumphs and failures.
El Viti
With an elegant and serious bullfighting style, honorable and full of integrity in his craft, brave and austere, making no easy concessions to the crowd. A master of timing and control, and creator of faenas with surprising flow. His exhibit houses numerous treasures that reflect his career as one of the great matadors of his era.
Dressed in white and gold, El Viti took his alternativa in Madrid on May 13, 1961. Gregorio Sánchez was his padrino and Diego Puerta acted as his testigo. One bullfighter and three astronauts. This is how this poster, signed by Santiago Martín alongside the three famous astronauts who reached the Moon—Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins—can be described. Diego Puerta, Paco Camino, and El Viti, a lineup that would be repeated over many afternoons throughout the 1970s.
Guapito was the bull El Viti dispatched during his alternativa. A jet-black bull, he belonged to the Alipio Pérez Tabernero Sanchón bull ranch, from which he was awarded an ear. He would claim another from his second opponent, which earned him a triumphant exit on shoulders.
The sculptor Ángel Mateos wished to pay tribute to the bullfighter from Vitigudino with this sculpture, which reflects all the austerity and elegance of the Salamanca matador.
El Niño de la Capea
A cheerful, dominating bullfighter who justly occupies a privileged position in the bullfighting world of his time. The golden trio of Salamanca bullfighting: El Niño de la Capea, Julio Robles, and Santiago Martín “El Viti”.
The bullfighter from Chamberí took his alternativa in 1972; a photograph illustrates the moment Paco Camino passed on the bullfighting implements to him in the Bilbao bullring in the presence of Paquirri.
A lithograph published by the Royal Mint of Spain depicting the Salamanca bullfighter executing a right-handed pass. Numbered 1 of a series of 150.
This museum could not be without the historic poster of the Salamanca golden trio, in which they appeared together for the last time at La Glorieta Bullring in 1979.
Julio Robles
A bullfighter who never lacked the desire for self-improvement nor his remarkable sense of integrity. Unsurpassed in the first stage, he possessed one of the most brilliant capes of his era; his serene muleta passes stood out, and sometimes even his execution of the killing thrust had outstanding qualities. Robles was characterized by his profound, classic, artistic bullfighting style, and thrilled audiences with his cape work.
The pink and gold suit of lights displayed in the museum was the one Julio Robles wore on the afternoon of his debut with lancers on horseback in the Lleida bullring on May 10, 1970, with young bulls from Mª Lourdes Martín Pérez Tabernero.
Jaranero was one of the most prominent bulls in the Salamanca matador's career. He dispatched it at the San Isidro Fair in 1978; it belonged to the Eugenio Lázaro Soria bull ranch, and he was awarded an ear.
The Monumental de Las Ventas became a talisman for the bullfighter from Fontiveros. There he killed Sombrerito, from the Aldeanueva bull ranch, on July 7, 1985. He was awarded an ear and took three laps around the arena.
A great lover of rural bullfighting displays and hunting, Robles wore this short traditional suit on numerous occasions, both during rural bullfighting events and various festivals.
So many hopes and prayers before his chapel! Before it, the bullfighter would cross himself every afternoon he faced fear and death. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Christ of Great Power and Medinaceli, Saint Teresa, or the Immaculate Conception witnessed many seasons of his fears and joys, his triumphs and failures.