Description
Salvador Dali – Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
| Year of Creation: | 1936 |
| Original size: | 99 cm x 100 cm |
| Paint style: | Surrealism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans – Salvador Dalí
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) is a painting by Salvador Dalí from 1936: a huge body tearing itself apart under the stormy sky of Catalonia. We paint our hand-painted study of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans to order on canvas, in oil or acrylic, in 8 sizes from 70 × 70 cm to 180 × 180 cm or in a custom size. Before Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is dispatched, we send you a photo of the finished painting.
What does Soft Construction with Boiled Beans show?
In Soft Construction with Boiled Beans a gigantic monster made of human body parts rises above a low Catalan landscape: a hand clutches a breast, a leg rests on a small chest, and at the top a bone juts out from a twisted, screaming face; boiled beans lie scattered on the ground, and dark and bright clouds pile up above it all. Dalí painted it just before the Spanish Civil War and later said he had foreseen the war in it, which is why Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is a shattering image of the violence people do to themselves.
How is our hand-painted study of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans made?
Our painters paint the study of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans by hand, with brushstrokes of different thickness, separately for every order. We paint in oil or acrylic, depending on the subject and the size, so the surface of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans has a real paint texture that a print does not have. When Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is finished, we photograph it and send you the photo for approval.
Which size of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans suits your room?
For the wall above a sofa or a sideboard choose Soft Construction with Boiled Beans in 110 × 110 cm, and for a bedroom, hallway or work corner 70 × 70 cm. Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is available in 70 × 70 cm, 80 × 80 cm, 90 × 90 cm, 99 × 100 cm, 110 × 110 cm, 130 × 130 cm, 150 × 150 cm and 180 × 180 cm. The 99 × 100 cm size of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is the size of the original. A simple rule for Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: it should be about two thirds as wide as the furniture below it, with its centre about 150 cm from the floor.
How does Soft Construction with Boiled Beans arrive, and when?
We ship Soft Construction with Boiled Beans rolled in a sturdy tube, stretched on 2.5 cm deep wooden stretcher bars, or framed – you choose when you order. Stretching and framing of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans are done in our workshop in Slovenia. When a size of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is in stock, it reaches you within 6 working days; a study of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans painted to order reaches you in 15 to 45 days.
Frequently asked questions about Soft Construction with Boiled Beans
Is Soft Construction with Boiled Beans a print?
No. Every brushstroke of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is painted by hand on canvas, so the paint visibly stands up from the surface.
Can I order Soft Construction with Boiled Beans in a size that is not listed?
Yes. We also paint Soft Construction with Boiled Beans in a custom size; enter the width and height you want when you order Soft Construction with Boiled Beans.
Why are there beans in Soft Construction with Boiled Beans?
Dalí added the boiled beans in Soft Construction with Boiled Beans as plain, poor food that looks almost grotesquely ordinary next to the body tearing itself apart, which makes the horror of the civil war even stronger.
Is Soft Construction with Boiled Beans a good gift?
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is a gift for a lover of Dalí, history or powerful, dramatic art. If you are unsure which size of Soft Construction with Boiled Beans to choose, give a gift voucher.
