![]() It shows the artist before an imposing canvas depicting an “imaginary temple” containing murals representing “different incidents in my life” in Stonewall and Winnipeg. Teeming with symbolism and perceptual layers, the self-portrait is a painting within a painting. ![]() Still from The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Albert Lewin, 1945, featuring Ivan Albright’s painting Picture of Dorian Gray, 1943–44. Later Kurelek explained that he initially titled the self-portrait The Romantic, “because I represented myself as a dreamer: the Joycean artist about to burst into beautiful bloom, but not quite there yet. It marks Kurelek’s decision to pursue his artistic talents professionally and reveals his early identification with Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist in James Joyce’s 1916 novel of the same title. ![]() Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Kurelek’s first mature work, created immediately following his sudden departure from the Ontario College of Art. William Kurelek, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1950 ![]()
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