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It took me a long time to figure out which artist and art work I wanted
to
choose for this paper. A lot of paintings and sculptures caught my eye,
but
one painting really stood out among them all. The painting that I chose
was
Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali. Dali started
this
very large *157.5 by 118 in) vertical surrealist painting in Port
Lligat in
1968 and finished it in 1970. It was purchased by Mr. And Mrs. Reynolds
for
the Salvador Dali Museum in Cleveland, to accompany many of his other
works
which had already been there. (weyers)
In this painting Dali repeated the image of the Venus De Milo many
times.
The largest two of the images make up a mans figure which looks like a
Toreador or bull fighter. (Mondadori) It also looks like the toreador's
coat
wrapping around much of the painting is partially made up of a very
abstract
picture of a dying bull, along with flies, shadows, and light. I found
that
this......

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