Picture of Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)
1943–44
On view — Gallery 263 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chicago artist Ivan Albright executed this grisly work for the 1945 movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray . In Wilde’s tale, a portrait of the young and attractive Gray decays as the protagonist leads an increasingly wayward life, recording the extent of his moral…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 215.9 × 106.7 cm (85 × 42 in.)
- Origin
- United States