Picture "Les Éléphants" (1948), framed
Picture "Les Éléphants" (1948), framed
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reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | artist's varnish | on stretcher frame | framed | size 62 x 71 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Les Éléphants" (1948), framed
The mighty pachyderms in "Les Éléphants" are, just like the obelisks they carry on their backs, an expression of pharaonic and absolute state power. On elongated legs, they rise to the sky, which is tinted red by the sunset. They have almost lost their touch with the ground. The powers come from different sides, but they resemble each other in every detail: the omnipotence is already crumbling, frozen in stone and slightly dusty. The real life takes place on the ground: An angel meets the human being on foot on his way to the horizon.
Original privately owned.
High-quality reproduction using the Fine Art Giclée process, worked by hand on an artist's canvas made of 100% cotton and stretched traditionally on a real wooden stretcher frame like an original painting. The surface of the motif is characterised by a fine canvas structure that can be felt and seen, which has been sealed by hand with varnish. Framed in a noble solid wood frame. Size 62 x 71 cm (h/w).
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About Salvador Dalí
1904-1989 - Artist of the century from Spain, the main representative of Surrealism
His provocations shocked the art world, his visions thrilled the crowds. Salvador Dalí was undoubtedly one of the most enigmatic personalities in art history. Whether as a painter, graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor, stage director or writer - Dalí always broke new ground and set standards for existing and future generations.
For Salvador Dalí, painting is the visualisation of his imagination, which is stimulated by a reality he has created himself. For him, dreams and hallucinations are the real world. The subject matter of his works is characterised by constant self-exploration and the influence of Freud's psychoanalysis.
The main representative of Verist surrealism began his training at the Madrid Academy but was expelled from it for his rebellious behaviour. However, he continued to study the paintings of old masters, whose motifs can be found in his own works. His early work was influenced by Cubism and Italian Futurism.
Through Miró's mediation, he joined the Surrealist circle in 1928. There he met Gala, the muse of the Surrealists. She became his partner and the model for numerous paintings.
The versatile artist was not only concerned with painting and sculpture but also with film. Together with Buñuel, he made the short film "Un Chien Andalou" (An Andalusian Dog) in 1929. His first book followed a year later, in which he explained his "paranoiac-critical method".
In 1940, Dalí went to the USA for eight years and worked there mainly in the fashion and advertising industries. Returning to Spain, he professed Catholicism and added more and more religious and mythological themes to his work.
The bizarre forms and figures in his paintings often deviate from reality and are combined with absurd combinations of objects to create a fantastic dream world. Yet despite all this, they possess an astonishing realism. For Salvador Dalí, an essential element of his art and his behaviour was staged provocation.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, spurt".
The giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format printout on an inkjet printer with special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The colours are fade-proof, i.e. resistant to harmful UV light. They have a high richness of nuance, contrast and saturation.
The giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade and watercolour paper as well as for silk.
A movement in contemporary art that developed in Europe and America. Following Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis, it seeks the actual reality in the subconscious. Surrealism exploits dreams and intoxicating experiences, as well as hypnotic states as a source of artistic inspiration.
Famous artists and sculptors of this movement are Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miró and René Magritte.