Artwork Title: Picture Of Dorian Gray

Picture Of Dorian Gray, 1943-1944

Ivan Albright

Ivan Albright painted this lurid portrait for the Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray commissions a portrait of himself as an attractive young man and later trades his soul for an ever-youthful appearance. As the still-handsome Gray leads an increasingly dissolute and evil life, his painted representation rots and decays, revealing the extent of his moral corruption.... (http://arteverywhereus.org/Art-Gallery/id/15)
85 x 42 in
Uploaded on Aug 12, 2013 by Karin Manley

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