Angel Planells
Spanish, 1901–1989
Midday Sorrow
INV-1256
Angel Planells
Spanish, 1901–19891932
Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989 →oil on canvaspainting
Date
1932
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101 × 95 cm (39 3/4 × 37 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Block, Serlin and Saidenberg, and Twentieth-Century Purchase funds; through prior bequest of Clara S. Binswanger; through prior acquisitions of Chester Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Ella M. Schapper Memorial Fund, Joseph Winterbotham, and Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
The Catalan artist Àngel Planells began training in 1917 to become an engraver, but after two and a half years, he turned his attention to painting. In 1936 Planells exhibited three paintings, including Midday Sorrow, in the first International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries in London. At the time, this was the foremost major exhibition to survey the history of Surrealism. The first owner of this painting was Roland Penrose, one of the primary organizers of the exhibition. An artist and poet, Penrose was married to the photographer Lee Miller, who was the subject of many Surrealist works, and was a close friend of many Surrealist artists.
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