Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Meditation”
On a black background depicts a woman with a sleepy face.
She is wearing a blue open dress. The strap is lowered slightly on the shoulder. One arm is bent at the elbow in the way that patients do after they donate blood from a vein. The second hand is open, the fingers are folded in such a way, as if in the hands there is some kind of thin object like a pencil or syringe.
Apparently – in front of us is a portrait of a morphine. Worn eyelids, body posture gives us this analogy, moreover, next to the lady, on a gray table there is either a towel, or a tablecloth, folded so that it was possible to pull the veins with this device for a successful injection.
Salvador Dali is an extraordinary figure and even sinister in places, therefore it is not difficult to assume that human vices could attract his attention as a material for artistic self-realization. Moreover, at that time, namely in 1929, the era of decadence reigned in the world, where morphine and cocaine were quite an ordinary attribute of the intelligentsia.
Let’s return to the girl, behind her back we see a bright shadow, as the forerunner of death. Light beats her face, as if from behind the frame. The long, oily dark brown hair of a woman is combed back, her clear eyebrows gracefully bend in a narcotic trance.
Also, looking closer, we may find that El Salvador did not bother to draw eyelashes on one girl’s eye. Thus, there is a feeling that the eyeball of the lady sitting at the table seems to be sealed, sealed or sealed. And this is also quite symbolic, given the general disharmony of the picture.
The overall style of the picture is somewhat convex, the variety of colors is rather scanty, and the emotional response caused by this work makes us think over why the artist painted it?
Related posts:
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Royal Heart”Fans of Salvador Dali know that this is not only a graphic artist, but also a jeweler sculptor. The main direction in painting for the artist were – cubism, dadaism, surrealism. The founders of this side were Picasso and Nietzsche, who later became sources of knowledge of Salvador Dali. The artist was a strategist, and […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “I am at the age of six years”The glory of Dali was brought, of course, surrealistic works, executed in a specific, memorable style. Whether it is “Discovery of America…” or “Living Still Life” – any picture of this sense seemed to have been created beyond human vision, fantasy, imagination, and even dreams. What Dali did, always amazed, attracted and will attract, regardless […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Young Women”The painting “Young Women” by artist Salvador Dali is very original and, given the general style of the author’s work, allegorically. Three objects are depicted on the canvas: on the right – a pot of pale blue – a grayish flower; Forms of girls are pretty massive, if not exaggerated. Moreover, so much so that […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Woman at the window”In the early works of Salvador Dali there are boyish maximalism. Young men are becoming: more susceptible to the surrounding reality, more acutely reacting to problems, looking for their place in life and much more. Loneliness and some austerity of decoration are seen in many works. The painting “The girl at the window” is one […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Disappearing images”“Disappearing images” is one of Salvador Dali’s multi-faceted, multi-faceted paintings. It is known, for example, that he created a unique illusion room in which he used the facial features of the famous movie actress of the time, Mae West. The most famous in this installation is sofa lips. Something similar can be seen in the […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Back of a girl”The canvas belongs to the brush of Salvador Dali. The artwork was written in 1925. The painting depicts a girl with a bare shoulder, turned back to the viewer. To write the canvas the artist posed for his sister. She was his muse and model until such time as Gala appeared in the life of […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Chair”Salvador Dali has always been interested in photography, animation and cinema. He himself is known not only as an artist, but also as a screenwriter, production designer and author of a well-known advertising logo. In his own paintings, he repeatedly applied any achievements in the field of each field of visual art and sometimes in […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Cardinal”The picture is written in the style of “gave”. Only the elect are given to understand the real idea, the true meaning and intention of the artist. The picture is divided into two parts: in one, gray and nondescript tones predominate, but the other, on the contrary, is full of brightness and form. The left […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Hollywood”Salvador Dali – the famous Spanish artist of the last century, famous for his unusual attitude to art and painting, he traveled a lot in his long life. For 8 years, he lived far from his beloved Spain, forced to hide from the fascist regime of General Franco in America. Being in the United States, […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Anna Maria”The canvas was written in 1924 in oil on cardboard. On it, Salvador Dali depicted his sister Anna Maria, sitting on a chair. This is not the only work of the artist dedicated to his younger sister. In his life, Anna Maria appeared when the little boy, Salvador, was four years old. This event occurred […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “The Cup of Life”Salvador Dali is one of the most famous and, perhaps, the most extravagant artists of the last century, who introduced the world to such an artistic direction in painting as surrealism, which allowed him to talk with connoisseurs of real art through paintings created in this genre. The main idea of surrealism is to give […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Dante”Painting by Salvador Dali “Dante” is one of the artist’s illustrations to the work “Divine Comedy”, depicting its author – Dante Alighieri. Drawing watercolor looks simple and brilliant at the same time. There are no extra strokes or shades. He portrays an Italian scribe and poet walking in an important and thoughtful pose (this is […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Angel”Dali’s canvases are known for their uniqueness and hidden meaning, in which everyone can find something that is close to his soul. The story of the origin of the painting “Angel” is as unsolved as the story of a person whose essence served as her inspiration. It is no secret to anyone that while drawing […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Last role”Dali is not just one canvas. This is just a few canvases that he wrote several years, or even decades before his departure to another world. Closer to 1983, he began to write less and less, to work because of his age it became harder and harder. Yet he wrote… And this last of his […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Boat”Spanish famous artist Salvador Dali was born in 1904. Possessing an extraordinary gift for drawing, he began to attend the municipal art school of visual arts. One of the early works of the artist is the painting “Boat”, written by him at the age Dali spends most of his youth in a family house near […]...
- Description paintings by Salvador Dali “Perspectives”Dali’s virtual and surrealism is deep, complex, involuntarily connected and eludes logical analysis. This is the meaning of the unreal state that comes in dreams. In the “abnormal” painting can be traced exactly noticed parts and images, despite the conscious entanglement of the image, looking through which you find yourself in the unknown world of […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Christmas”The painting by S. Dali “Christmas” was made in a manner of surrealism, which is a favorite for the artist. As is known, Dali sought in his work to rethink the Christian themes of the Nativity, the earthly journey of Jesus Christ, crucifixion and resurrection. His painting “Christmas” is also devoted to the religious theme […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Spain”Spain is the home of Salvador Dali, his home. Therefore, the fact that he cared, was interested in her fate, is quite natural. Therefore, he turned to the motive of the civil war, depicting it in his usual surrealistic unique manner on canvas (91.8 x 60.2 centimeters) with ordinary oil paints in 1938. The work […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “The Last Supper”The great master of surrealism, Salvador Dali, wrote The Last Supper in 1955. The picture found its place in the Washington National Gallery. The canvas is written with sophisticated technique, photo materials were used to create it. He creates a traditional story, presenting it from a futuristic point of view. The artist depicted a meeting […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Circus”Salvador Dali is a rather ambiguous person, it is manifested with might and main in his life, and in almost all his paintings, the surrealist artist. Many of his paintings are filled with some kind of secret, mystical, one can even say a few sacred meaning, which sometimes is beyond the power of even the […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Dovetail”For all art lovers, Daly is associated with abstractionism, and his next painting called “Dovetail” is no exception. The artist again uses the allegorical genre to convey to the canvas his ideas, emotions and feelings. The canvas is written in oil and remarkable because it is not only one of Dali’s unique masterpieces, but also […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Elephants”The painting “Elephants” by Spanish artist Salvador Dali was written in 1948. For the first time, an elephant of a type image was depicted in the painting “A Dream”. The image of a mythical elephant with long legs and an obelisk on its back is present in many of Dali’s paintings, this is the “Bernini’s […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Plant”The painting was created by the author in 1924, when Dali was removed from classes at the Academy of Arts of San Fernando for misbehavior. It is after this that he will hold a personal exhibition of his works in the Barcelona Gallery, which Picasso will visit. The painting “Plant” is rather a still life, […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Pearl”The artist, known by the end of the 19th century, Salvador Dali painted many wonderful paintings, but not all of them have such an amazing story as that of the painting “The Pearl”, painted in 1981. Its history is as follows: one rich enough to order a picture, the nobleman decided to make a gift […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Crucifixion”Salvador Dali embodied the embodiment of the Spanish temperament, extraordinary thinking and a peculiar vision of the world in many of his canvases. The great surrealist of the 20th century, Salvador Dali, in his Crucifixion canvas depicted one of the most famous religious scenes – the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. His images, embodied in the […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Still Life”“Still Life” was written by Salvador Dali in 1918. It is possible that the artist wrote it a little later, but after a while he dated it with an early number. Dali painted a picture on canvas, the size of 60×70 cm, using oil paints for drawing the image. In the center of the picture […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Melancholy”Salvador Dali was a genius (perhaps a little crazy, but this is generally characteristic of geniuses who are ahead of their time) – even those whose heart doesn’t find a response agree with this. After all, these pictures, even more than any other art, must be understood in the heart, in the center of the […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Unicorn”Oil painting by Salvador Dali 1976 “Unicorn” in all sources is referred to as unfinished, while there is a 1977 Dali “Merry Unicorn” identical to this painting. The unicorn, symbolizing chastity, virginity, spiritual purity, as well as knowledge and spiritual quest, literally soars in the clouds in this surrealistic picture. Three sprouts of trees sprouted […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Face of War”Salvador Dali could not see how the nazi troops burst into his native France. He left for the USA with his wife, having left his favorite places, realizing with pain and bitterness that everything would be destroyed and broken. The horror of war, fear, bloodshed overwhelmed the artist. Everything that was cute and expensive for […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Bird”The picture is an amazing combination of different textures and shapes. It harmoniously intertwines materials such as wood, oil, stone mix and sand. Thanks to such an experiment, this work of Salvador Dali becomes embossed and very unusual. Interestingly, the picture is not fully lined with sand. It is necessary to attract special attention to […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Duck”Salvador Dali painted the picture “Duck” in 1918, when he was 14 years old. For his years, Dali painted as a mature artist. The duck in the picture is depicted in an unusual manner for Dali, as a mature artist. The picture shows a duck, most likely cooked for sale or for further preparation for […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Invisible Man”The painting “The Invisible Man” or “The Invisible Man” is considered difficult even for Dali. Some critics tend to evaluate this picture as a sign of the author’s schizophrenia, others see it as an experiment incomprehensible to them, and still others, proceeding from the philosophy of modernity, believe that their work pushes to think about […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “The Sun”Salvador Dali is a famous surrealist painter, who everyone remembers by his fusible, soft clocks flowing down from the branches. His name is mentioned when extravagant eccentrics begin to be remembered, or when the topic of how modern art is incomprehensible to man is emerging, and in his years he was a real cultural phenomenon, […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Peeping”The great Spanish artist of the 20th century, Salvador Dali, was the most famous and rich in his works as the creator of Spanish art of this period. He was truly a master of a completely new direction in art in those years called surrealism, the essence of which could be fully conveyed through his […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Towers”This picture does not belong to the world-famous masterpieces of Salvador Dali. And probably few even know about its existence. The creation of this canvas took place in the period t called the author himself: “Surrealism is me!” Drastic changes in Dali’s personal life and worldview lead him from cubism to a surrealistic reflection of […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Warrior”Looking into these eyes, you unwittingly catch yourself thinking that they are deprived of at least some glimpse of reason. Perhaps we have a soldier in our midst who is distraught by the endless succession of murders, deaths and horror he saw in the carnage called war. It is possible that this is a fanatical […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Dizziness”The great surrealist of the 20th century, Salvador Dali, left many questions behind him, most of which are expressed in his paintings. His works cannot be evaluated or understood unequivocally, everyone sees something of their own, comes to a special understanding of the artist’s surrealistic perception of the world around him. Before the eyes of […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Self-portrait”This is the first self-portrait of the great genius of surrealism – Salvador Dali. A grim man gazes at us from the canvas with an expression of doom in his eyes. The artist wrote only the face and the fun. But it is already possible to guess from many of his features. The general background […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Loneliness”Work on the painting “Loneliness” lasted for several months. In 1931 she was represented at the exhibition, organized in honor of the creative work of Salvador Dali. This picture has a rich biography, it was in the hands of a private owner, who acquired it incognito from the hands of Dali himself, was in the […]...
- Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Polyhedron”Salvador Dali’s painting “polyhedron” is painted in a surrealistic style. Many art critics attribute this work to the style of cubism. But with confidence we can say that the surrealism of this picture just rolls over. Anyone who is familiar with the work of Salvador Dali, immediately recognizes in the film “polyhedron” the hand of […]...