A talented society artist and friend of Lord Henry who paints Dorian's famous portrait. He repeatedly demands to see the locked painting, leading to a confrontation where Dorian kills him. His dismembered body is dumped in the Thames, recovered, and buried, leaving a trail of clues that eventually lead Henry to the attic.
Basil's artistic work becomes the supernatural mirror of Dorian's moral deterioration.
Basil Hallward paints a portrait of Dorian Gray to capture his beauty. The portrait later becomes the physical record of Dorian's sins and injuries.
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