Metamorphosis of narcissus

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, oil on canvas, 51.1 x 78.1 cm (Tate Modern, London) Learn More on Smarthistory

Metamorphosis of Narcissus is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. This painting is from Dalí's Paranoiac-critical period. According to Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. Unable to embrace the watery image, he pined away, and the gods immortalized him as a flower. Dalí completed this painting in 1937 on his long awaited return to Paris after having had great success in the United States. The painting shows Narcissus…

Salvador Dalí, Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, oil on canvas, 51.1 x 78.1 cm (Tate Modern, London) Learn More on Smarthistory

This HD wallpaper is about surrealism, picture, Salvador Dali, The Metamorphosis Of Narcissus, Original wallpaper dimensions is 3350x2149px, file size is 1.46MB

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"If one looks for some time, from a slight distance and with a certain 'distant fixedness', at the hypnotically immobile figure of Narcissus, it gradually disappears until at last it is completely invisible," For this picture of Dalí, we're used a meticulous technique which he described as 'hand-painted colour photography' to depict with hallucinatory effect the transformation of Narcissus, kneeling in the pool, into the hand holding the egg and flower. Narcissus as he was before his…

Inspired by surrealism, especial Salvador Dalis painting "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus” (1937) I wanted to not only create these worlds but dive deeper into my creative mind as well as push my photoshop skills to another level. These images were created…

Connie Imboden