Max Ernst, Gala Éluard,1924, oil on canvas. This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle. Gala Éluard was muse and lover to three members of the Surrealist movement: her two husbands, poet Paul Éluard and artist Dalí, and Ernst, who painted this work based on Man Ray’s photograph of Éluard’s eyes.

Max Ernst, Gala Éluard,1924, oil on canvas. This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle. Gala Éluard was muse and lover to three members of the Surrealist movement: her two husbands, poet Paul Éluard and artist Dalí, and Ernst, who painted this work based on Man Ray’s photograph of Éluard’s eyes.

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