Year: 1936
Type: Oil on Canvas
Demension: 100 cm × 99 cm (39 5/16 in × 39 3/8 in)
Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter
born in Figures, Spain.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. Salvador Dali’s ‘Premonition of Civil War’ is a famous painting, one of the most exciting and terrifying
pictures in the world. The painting shows in close up two fighting mutant
monsters consisting of pieces of human bodies. They are locked in a terrible
battle ,the face of one of them is
distorted by pain, they look like a body that is torn by itself. Art Critic
Laura Cumming states "It feels
fearful and disgusting. You can’t stay indifferent or remain the same after
casting a look at the painting. It leaves a trace, an imprint in the human’s
soul, being caused by the intensity of human emotions. And the peaceful
background of the picture only intensifies the emotional contrast of the
painting" This painting fits perfectly into this exhibition because the
image itself is fearful. If any one person came across such an bizarre mutant
they would tremble in fear. The painting make me feel uneasy and bit nauseous
as well as scared.
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