Breaking off 1955

"Breaking off" is a surrealist painting by Remedios Varo from 1955. The piece depicts a cloaked figure standing on a staircase before an eerie building with an open door, from which a flock of white birds emerges. The building is flanked by ominous, shadowed trees. Varo's distinctive style, characterized by intricate details and symbolic imagery, invites viewers to interpret the painting's hidden meanings. The work's themes of isolation, transformation, and the fragility of life are evocative of the artist's own personal struggles and the broader anxieties of the post-war period.