The Apotheosis of Homer (Dalí)

The Apotheosis of Homer is an oil on canvas painting by Salvador Dalí, created c. 1945. It is at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, in Munich.^[1]

The Apotheosis of Homer
Artist	Salvador Dalí
Year	c. 1945 (1945)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	63.7 cm × 116.7 cm (25.1 in × 45.9 in)
Location	Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Description

The canvas reflects the painter's fascination with Greek and Roman history and mythology. Gloria Platzner speculates that Dali "reduces Homer to a piece of broken statuary, a relic, while the solid temple of the muse itself melts"... The "ethereal horse" in the painting, which may be Pegasus, rejecting the riders who attempt to reach the stars, again signals the cessation of the myth.^[2] On the right, Gala, his wife, is depicted as a sleeping nude woman.^[3]

See also

• List of works by Salvador Dalí