The Picture Of Dorian Gray Painting Ivan Albright

The albright twins were invited to create two paintings for oscar wilde s film the picture of dorian gray.

The picture of dorian gray painting ivan albright. A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. Ivan albright painted this lurid work for the 1945 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. His naturalistic exaggerated depictions of decay made him suited to create the image of the corrupted dorian.

The picture of dorian gray 1943 in 1943 albright was commissioned to create the titular painting for albert lewin s film adaptation of oscar wilde s the picture of dorian gray. 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. In wilde s tale dorian gary commissions a portrait of himself as an attractive young man and later trades his soul for an ever youthful appearance. Picture of dorian gray 1943 1944 ivan albright painted this lurid portrait for the oscar winning movie adaptation of oscar wilde s 1891 novel the picture of dorian gray.

Ivan s chosen painting depicts shocking realism and the essence of his established notoriety. In the movie dorian gray played an attractive guy who trades his soul for a permanent preservation of his 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. Directed by albert lewin.

Though the film went on to win an academy award for black and white cinematography there can be no doubt that its most inspired image is the luridly colorful one. While the picture of dorian gray was shot almost entirely in black and white the picture itself appears in ravishing technicolor that emphasizes dorian s ghoulish stare and the painting s eye popping almost psychedelic pigments. The portrait of dorian gray became albright s most iconic images. Ivan albright painted this lurid portrait for the oscar winning movie adaptation of oscar wilde s 1891 novel the picture of dorian gray.

But even so albright s work is undeniably powerful particularly as lewin presents it on film. Ivan albright painted this lurid portrait for the oscar winning movie adaptation of oscar wilde s 1891 novel the picture of dorian gray.