Dawn, Noon, Sunset and Dusk
2003 © Maxim Tabachnik
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Dawn, Noon, Sunset and DuskSalvador Dalí

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This painting (1979), inspired by pointillism, reinterprets Millet’s The Angelus through surrealism. The praying figures repeat across bands of changing light suggesting dawn, noon, sunset, and dusk. Elongated forms and shifting colors probe ritual, mortality, and time. Prayer becomes a cosmic cycle, merging mystical atmosphere with everyday gesture.