Year 1966–67 Artist Salvador Dali Media Oil paint Subject Fishing | Period Surrealism Created 1966–1967 | |
 | ||
Dimensions 304 cm × 404 cm (119.65 in × 159.06 in) Location Foundation Paul Ricard, Ile de Bandol Genres Genre art, History painting Similar Salvador Dali artwork, Surrealist artwork, Oil paintings | ||
Tuna Fishing (Homage to Meissonier) was painted by Salvador Dalí in 1966-1967 and is seen by many as one of Dalí's last masterpieces. Filled chaotically with the violent struggle of the men in the picture and the big fish. A golden knife stabs into the fish and the azure- blue sea becomes red with blood.
This painting is a dedication to Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, a 19th-century French painter who specialised in battle scenes.
References
Tuna Fishing (painting) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA