Portrait De Paul Eluardo Essay

Portrait de Paul Eluard (fig. 3) was painted in 1929 is also an oil on canvas. It can be found in the Dali Theatre and Museum, Figueres, Spain. The dimensions of Portrait de Paul Eluard (fig. 3) are 33 x 25 cm. The painting is of a man named Paul Eluard and is very abstract. The background is plain with a blue sky that fades from blue to white. The ground is a faded yet delicate brown. In the foreground there is much more detail. There is a portrait of Paul Eluard with a hand on his forehead. There is also a green monster facing a white mask on the right of the painting. On the left side is a fish coming out of the shoulder of the man. On the chest of the man there is another hand on one shoulder and a small forest on the other with a face coming out of the top. The focused elements used in Portrait de Paul Eluard (fig. 3) are color, value, and texture. The color of the sky is a calming blue that fades to white which contrasts the chaos going on in the foreground portrait. The green color of the monster puts an emphasis on it, while the other colors are more neutral and faded. Value is shown in the shading created in most the objects to create a three-dimensional work. One can also visualize
3), Salvador Dali was influenced by Paul Eluard himself. Paul was actually married to Salvador Dali’s future wife when he met Paul and Gala. This painting is influenced by Dali’s frustration and conflicts in life at that moment. Paul Eluard was a French poet who was also one of the founders of Surrealism. Dali observed Paul and was inspired by him, and along the way he fell in love with Gala. The green monster represents Dali and the white mask is Gala, Paul Eluard’s wife. This face to face contact represents his sexual frustration with Gala. Dali was a virgin at the time and the white mask is Gala smiling at him waiting. There is a lot of abstract chaos going on in the oil painting which represents Dali’s mental