Basil hallward relationship with the artistic creation
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The Picture of Dorian Gray presents Basil Hallward as an artist who's artistic success depends on his model. Basil is the painter of Dorian Gray's portrait. From the beginning of their relationship on, he feels that he found his muse in Dorian, who, in Basil's eyes, embodies the Greek ideal of harmony between body and soul (DG 13). When the artist tells Lord Henry that the young man's “mere personality [...] would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself’ (DG 10) his affection as well as his dependence on his only model become obvious. This can also be seen in the words “I couldn't be happy if I didn't see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me” (DG 12). Consequently, Basil's art would stop progressing and he might fail as an artist if he lost his inspiration, meaning Dorian. Later in the novel Lord Henry tells the young man that Basil was a brilliant artist only as long as his friendship to Dorian has last (DG 204).