Year 1911 Artist Giorgio de Chirico Created 1911 | Medium Oil on canvas Location Private collection Media Oil paint | |
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Periods Surrealism, Metaphysical art Similar Giorgio de Chirico artwork, Metaphysical art artwork, Oil paintings | ||
The Enigma of the Hour (1911) is a painting by the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. He created the work during his early period, when he focused on metaphysical depictions of town squares and other urban environments.
The Enigma depicts an urban scene with the classical architecture and angular lighting that are de Chirico's hallmarks. Several figures around the scene have vague features, to give the sense that they are absent. Above the scene is a large clock that reads six minutes to three.
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