The Song of Love (Giorgio de Chirico)
- The Song of Love (Giorgio de Chirico)
Infobox Painting|
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title=Love Song
artist=Giorgio de Chirico
year=1914
type=Oil on canvas
height=73
width=59.1
height_inch=28¾
width_inch = 23⅜
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city=New York City
museum=Museum of Modern Art
"The Song of Love" (also known as "Le chant d'amour" or "Love Song"; 1914) is a painting by the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. It is one of the most famous works by de Chirico and an early example of the surrealist style, though it was painted ten years before the movement was “founded” by André Breton in 1924.
It depicts an outdoor architectural setting similar to other works by de Chirico at this time. This time however, the main focus is a small wall on which is mounted a Greek sculpted head and a surgeons glove. Below it is a green ball. On the horizon is the outline of a locomotive, an image that recurs several times during this period of de Chirico’s career.
The Belgian surrealist René Magritte once stated: “When I saw the reproduction of Chirico’s picture, "Song of Love" for the first time, it was one of the most moving moments of my life: my eyes saw the mind for the first time.”
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