1910
Metaphysical Painting
Oil on canvas
Peggy Guggenheim collection, USA
‘The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon’ is the first of De Chirico’s Metaphysical Town Square series, and the first painting that demonstrated the style and imagery that he became famous for, A quiet, enigmatic scene, a strangely simplified example of an old town.
Giorgio De Chirico
Surrealism, Modern art, Metaphysical painting, Baroque Revival architecture
Born: 10 July 1888, Volos, Greece
Nationality: Italian
Died: 20 November 1978. Rome, Italy
De Chirico was an artist and writer. Before the outbreak of WW1, he founded the scuola metafiscia movement that profoundly influenced the Surrealists. De Chirico is best known for paintings of Roman arcades and architecture with long shadows, mannequins, and departing trains with an illogical perspective
