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Salvador Dalí / Portrait of Luis Buñuel

Portrait of Luis Buñuel

1924 · Oil on canvas

The filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Dalí's close friend and future collaborator on Un Chien Andalou, is portrayed against a Mediterranean landscape.

MovementSSurrealism
LocationMadrid, Spain
Genreportrait
Dimensions70 × 60 cm

Why it matters

Dalí portrayed his close friend Luis Buñuel with a stern expression and large, clear eyes, against a grey sky and a distant town. The two later made the Surrealist films Un Chien Andalou and L'Âge d'or together.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1924.
  • Buñuel wears a dark jacket that matches his black hair.
  • It is in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Portrait de Luis Buñuel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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