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The Face of War (The Visage of War; in Spanish La Cara de la Guerra) (1940) is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. It was painted during a brief period when the artist lived in California.

The Face of War (aka The Visage of War)
Artist	Salvador Dalí
Year	1940
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	64 cm × 79 cm (25.2 in × 31.1 in)
Location	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The trauma and the view of war had often served as inspiration for Dalí's work. He sometimes believed his artistic vision to be premonitions of war. This work was painted between the end of the Spanish Civil War [1936] and the beginning of the Second World War. [1939]

The painting depicts a withered disembodied head hovering against a barren desert landscape. The face is like that of a corpse and wears an expression of misery. In its mouth and eye sockets, there are identical faces. In their mouths and eyes, there are more identical faces in a process implied to be infinite. Swarming around the large face are biting serpents. In the lower right corner is a handprint that Dalí insisted was left by his own hand.

The painting is owned by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, in Rotterdam, but was on loan to Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington until November 2021.[1]

References

Sources

• dali-gallery.com

На других языках

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- [en] The Face of War

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[fr] Le Visage de la guerre

Le Visage de la guerre (en espagnol : El Rostro de la Guerra) est une huile sur toile peinte par l'artiste surréaliste Salvador Dalí en 1940 après la guerre civile espagnole.

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[ru] Лицо войны

«Лицо войны» (исп. La Cara de la Guerra) — картина испанского художника Сальвадора Дали, написанная в 1940 году. Находится в Музее Бойманса — ван Бёнингена в Роттердаме.

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