The Sleeping Venus
- Artist
- Paul Delvaux
- Date
- 1944
- Style
- Surrealism
- Genre
- Mythological painting
- Location
- Tate Modern
Sleeping Venus< /p> is a mythological painting created in 1944 by Belgian artist Paul Delvaux. Rendered in Oil on a canvas, it portrays a calm, reclining Venus surrounded by distressed figures in a town square with classical architecture. Painted during the chaos of World War II in Brussels, Delvaux aimed to contrast the psychological drama of wartime with the serene mythological figure. The work reflects elements of Surrealism, blending reality and fantasy. Since 1957, it has been part of the Tate collection in London.
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