The Hallucinogenic Toreador

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The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.

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El torero alucinógeno 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
surrealist painting
artist Salvador Dalí
artworkSurface canvas
collection Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
surface form: Salvador Dalí Museum
completionDate 1970
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Salvador Dalí
depicts Gala Dalí
surface form: Dalí's wife Gala

Spanish flag colors
Venus de Milo
bull
bullfighter
bullring
flies
hallucinatory imagery
hidden face of a toreador
multiple Venus de Milo figures
endTime 1970
genre Surrealism
hasPart landscape of Cadaqués
portrait of a toreador formed by abstract shapes
series of Venus de Milo figures
height 398 cm
inception 1968
inspiredBy Dalí's experiences with hallucinatory perception
Spanish bullfighting
Venus de Milo
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity St. Petersburg, Florida
location Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
surface form: Salvador Dalí Museum
materialUsed oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Surrealism
partOf late works of Salvador Dalí
startTime 1968
theme Spanish culture
bullfighting
classical antiquity
death
desire
hallucination
optical illusion
religion
titleInSpanish The Hallucinogenic Toreador self-linksurface differs
surface form: El torero alucinógeno
usesOpticalEffect double image
hidden portrait
width 299 cm

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Salvador Dalí notableWork The Hallucinogenic Toreador
The Hallucinogenic Toreador titleInSpanish The Hallucinogenic Toreador self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: El torero alucinógeno