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Art Analysis: Endgame

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This piece was named “Endgame”. It’s oil on canvas that was created in 1944 and it is 17 inches by 17 inches. This painting is a surrealist style. The painting is a chess board with four rooks displayed in the upper right corner and they are white and light blue. From the rooks, there are faint white lines representing the queens moves on the board. These lines lead up to a satin heeled female shoe that represents the queen. The shoe is crushing a bishops mitre (representing the bishop chess piece) with so much power it’s distorting the board and releasing a liquid. A few of the squares are painted red on this side of the board to resemble the power of the action. There’s also a rip in the bottom left of the board displaying a calm landscape

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