Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening

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painting surrealist painting

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening is a 1944 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a hyper-realistic dream scene exploring the boundary between sleep and sudden awakening.

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“Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening” by Salvador Dalí 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
surrealist painting ⓘ
author Salvador Dalí ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Salvador Dalí ⓘ
creatorNationality Spanish ⓘ
depicts Gala Dalí ⓘ
bayonet ⓘ
bee ⓘ
calm water surface ⓘ
cloudy sky ⓘ
elephant ⓘ
fish ⓘ
floating female figure ⓘ
levitation ⓘ
nude female figure ⓘ
pomegranate ⓘ
rocky pedestal ⓘ
sea ⓘ
suspended time ⓘ
tigers ⓘ
genre Surrealism ⓘ
hasPart bayonet approaching the sleeper ⓘ
bee flying around a pomegranate ⓘ
elephant carrying an obelisk ⓘ
tigers leaping from a fish ⓘ
inception 1944 ⓘ
inspiredBy Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Madrid ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
location Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza ⓘ
surface form: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
mainSubject awakening ⓘ
dream ⓘ
sleep ⓘ
subconscious ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
paintingTechnique oil on canvas ⓘ
partOf Salvador Dalí’s surrealist oeuvre ⓘ
significantFigure Gala Dalí ⓘ
theme boundary between dream and reality ⓘ
oneiric imagery ⓘ
sudden awakening ⓘ
title Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening self-link ⓘ
usesTechnique hyperrealism ⓘ
illusionism ⓘ

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Salvador Dalí → notableWork → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ
Salvador → notableWork → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ
subject surface form: Salvador Dalí
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum → notableWorkInCollection → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening” by Salvador Dalí
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening → title → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening self-link ⓘ