Golconda (picture)
| Golconda |
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| René Magritte , 1953 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 80 × 100 cm |
| Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
Link to the picture |
Golconda (French Golconde ) is the title of a painting created by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte in 1953. The picture, painted with oil on canvas, measures 80 × 100 cm and is now in the Menil Collection in Houston , Texas , USA . It is considered one of the most important paintings of surrealism .
Image description
In the background of the picture is a house facade typical of Walloon Belgium with red roofs and white buildings. Spread across the entire picture, men, getting smaller and smaller, seem to fall like raindrops from the sky-blue, cloudless afternoon sky. Or they rise to the sky like hot air balloons. Everyone wears the same dark clothes: black coats, black bowler hats, black pants, white shirts, ties, black briefcases and dark shoes. Nevertheless, they differ: your gaze is directed in different directions, and your posture is also shown differently. Magritte processed memories and scenes from his life in his work: Magritte often wore a bowler hat and a black suit himself. His mother was a milliner, which may be the reason for his preference for bowler hats .
Naming
As has often been the case, Magritte's friend Louis Scutenaire gave this picture a name. Golconda is an ancient ruined city eleven kilometers west of Hyderabad , a city in India . The man on the chimney in the center of the picture on the right bears his facial features.
Web links
- Golconda, 1953 by Rene Magritte on renemagritte.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from the web link renemagritte.org