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Artworks , The Metamorphosis Of Narcissus , 1937 By Salvador Dali

Artworks , The Metamorphosis Of Narcissus , 1937 By Salvador Dali

"The Metamorphosis of Narcissus"

Salvador Dali - Oil On Canvas - 51 x 78 cm - 1937 - (Tate Gallery (London, United Kingdom))
Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) 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. Dali 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 sitting in a pool, gazing down. Not far away there is a decaying stone figure which corresponds closely to him but is perceived quite differently
as a hand holding up a bulb or egg from which a Narcissus is growing. The egg has been used as a symbol for sexuality in other paintings by Dali. In the background, a group of naked figures can be seen, while a third Narcissus like figure appears on the horizon.
A poem was written by Dalí to accompany the painting.