Atomic and Uranian Melancholic Idyll.
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Title |
Atomic and Uranian Melancholic Idyll. |
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Creator |
Dali, Salvador (Spanish painter and printmaker, 1904-1989) |
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Date |
1945 |
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Cultural Context |
Spanish
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Surrealist
Modern (styles and periods)
Modernist |
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Subject |
Fantasy
Optical illusions
Symbols
Fear
Disgrace
Anxiety
Distress
Nuclear war
Nuclear weapons
Atomic bombs
Atoms
Faces
Heads (Anatomy)
Men
Baseball players
Athletes
Uniforms
Baseball bats
Baseball
Sports
Airplanes
Aircraft
Bombers
Fighter planes
Air warfare |
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Description |
"The atom bomb was good news for Dali's commercial art." (Caption); "The New York Times reviewer of the Sentimental Colloquy had said correctly that Dali's 'Surrealist' paintings were now executed according to a mere formula. That was also Edward James's view. Dali needed new subjects and new techniques if he was going to continue interesting the American public. The answer came when the Americans dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima. […] 'The atomic explosion of 6 August 1945 shook me seismically,' Dali claims in the Unspeakable Confessions. 'Thenceforth, the atom was my favorite food for thought. Many of the landscapes painted in this period express the great fear inspired in me by the announcement of that explosion.' In the wake of the bomb, Dali, who since the 1920s had professed an interest in science, began to explore the potential for his painting of the world of protons and neutrons. Thus would be born his 'atomic period'. (Excerpt, pp.488-489) |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Canvas |
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Measurements |
65 x 85 cm |
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Technique |
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making) |
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Work Type |
Oil paintings
Paintings |
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Repository |
Private collection |
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Source |
Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. New York; London: W.W. Norton, 1998. (Color plate XXXII) |
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Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Gibson courtesy: Private collection. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 2447-24.jpg |
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Rating |
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