Girl from Figueres.
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Title |
Girl from Figueres. |
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Creator |
Dali, Salvador (Spanish painter and printmaker, 1904-1989) |
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Date |
1926 |
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Cultural Context |
Spanish
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Modern (styles and periods)
Modernist |
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Subject |
Women
Hairstyles
Hair ornaments
Leisure
Domestic life
Sewing
Scissors & shears
Thread
Chairs
Balconies
Bell towers
Buildings
Churches
Signs (Notices)
Logos
Trademarks
Hills
Trees |
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Description |
"The view from the balcony of the Dalis' second home in Figueres, at Carrer Monturiol 24. This was the painting Dali showed Picasso on his first visit to Paris in April 1926." (Caption); "The building, today numbered Monturiol, 10, is a listed monument and has undergone no significant changes since 1912. It faces almost due east and has a wide central staircase-cum-light-well which leads up to a rooftop terrace similar to that at Monturiol, 20, but with a far more extensive view. Dali's painting Girl from Figueres, done towards 1925, recreates accurately part of the townscape as it then appeared from here, with the mauve hills of the coastal range of Sant Pere de Roda, on the edge of the Empordà plain, rising on the horizon and, in the foreground, the College of the French Dominican Sisters, with its characteristic belfry. Though not shown in the painting, a glimpse could also be caught from the terrace of the lovely Bay of Roses, sixteen kilometers away." (Excerpt, p.[77]); "As for the bell-girl [referring to Dali's painting, Outskirts of the Paranoiac-Critical Town], she was inspired by the campanile of Anna Maria Dali's convent school in Figueres, which, as is shown by Girl from Figueres (1926), was visible from the family terrace. It had a classical pediment and round arch, although no ball finial, and was destroyed during the civil war." (Excerpt, p.405) |
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Location Depicted |
Figueras (Gerona, Spain)
Gerona (Spain : Province)
Spain |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
21 x 25 cm |
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Technique |
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making) |
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Inscription |
Sign above one of the buildings reads: Ford; on wall to left of girl: Salvador Dali |
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Work Type |
Oil paintings
Paintings |
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Source |
Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. New York; London: W.W. Norton, 1998. (Color plate VII) |
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Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Gibson courtesy: Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres. |
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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 2447-06.jpg |
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Rating |
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