Salvador Dali's much loved painting Le Christ (1951) seems to portray the crucified Christ looking down protectively on the Sea of Galilee, where there are an ancient nobleman, a fisherman and his boat, and a modern-suited man. Yet Le Christ has attracted academic suspicion of its intentions, as also physical assaults from members of the public. Dali's conversion to Catholicism in 1941 it fitted with his breaking with conventional Surrealism and his siding with Franco in Spain's civil war. Yet Le Christ gives rise to doubts as to its straightforward religiosity. Dali's Christ is not...
Salvador Dali's much loved painting Le Christ (1951) seems to portray the crucified Christ looking down protectively on the Sea of Galilee, where ther...