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Explore the surrealist paintings of Salvador Dali, one of the most notable figures of the Surrealist movement. Learn about his life, style, techniques, and famous works, such as The Persistence of Memory and Lobster Telephone.
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- The Disintegration of The Persistence of Memory
Dali repeated his theme of the melting watches many times,...
- The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
One of a number of large paintings Dali completed in this...
- Peinture
Salvador Dalí, de son nom complet Salvador Domingo Felipe...
- Mae West Lips Sofa
‘Mae West Lips Sofa’ was created in 1937 by Salvador Dali in...
- Raphaelesque Head Exploding
‘Raphaelesque Head Exploding’ was created in 1951 by...
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- The Persistence of Memory
- Metamorphosis of Narcissus
- Lobster Telephone
- The Great Masturbator
- Swans Reflecting Elephants
- The Temptation of St. Anthony
- The Elephants
- Christ of Saint John of The Cross
- The Burning Giraffe
The Persistence of Memory is a 1931 artwork by Salvador Dali that is well recognized as a masterpiece of Surrealism. The artwork was first presented at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932 and has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1934, when it was given to the museum by an unidentified donor. It is well-kn...
Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) is an oil-on-canvas work by Dali that shows his rendition of the Greek fable of Narcissus. It was originally named Métamorphose de Narcisse. Dali started painting in the spring of 1937 in Zürs, Austria, amid the Austrian Alps. According to Greek mythology, Narcissus’ beauty attracted practically everyone who saw hi...
The Lobster Telephone (also known as the Aphrodisiac Telephone) is a Surrealist artefact designed by Salvador Dali in 1936 for the English poet and surrealist art collector Edward James (1907–1984). Dali teased in his 1942 book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali about why, when he ordered for a grilled lobster at a restaurant, he was never given a bo...
The Great Masturbator (1929) is a Salvador Dali artwork from the surrealist era that is presently on exhibit in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. The painting’s center features a deformed human face in profile facing downwards, based on the shape of a natural rock formation near Cap de Creus on Catalonia’s seashore. A similar...
Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937) is a picture by Dali during his paranoid-critical era. It is an oil on canvas painting depicting one of Dali’s renowned double images. Dali’s “paranoia-critical technique,” which he proposed in his 1935 article “The Conquest of the Irrational,” included the use of double images. He described his approach as a “spon...
The Temptation of St. Anthony was painted in 1946, and it is considered a predecessor to the corpus of Dali’s work known as the “classical phase” or the “Dali Renaissance.” Many surrealistic aspects are included in the artwork, which is characteristic of his work. It was significant since it was the first of his works to show his interest in the in...
Dali’s elephants are a reoccurring topic in his works, first appearing in his 1944 piece Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening, as well as The Temptation of Saint Anthony and Swans Reflecting Elephants. The Elephants differs from the other paintings in that the animals are the primary focus of the work, ...
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a 1951 artwork that is at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. It represents Jesus Christ on the cross floating above a body of water under a black sky, complete with a boat and fisherman. Although it depicts the crucifixion, it lacks nails, blood, and a crown of thorns because Dali was persuaded b...
The Burning Giraffe (1937) is an oil painting on panel that is on display in the Kunstmuseum Basel. Before his exile in the United States from 1940 to 1948, Dali painted Burning Giraffe. Although Dali professed himself apolitical (“I am Dali, and only Dali”), this artwork depicts his personal struggle with the conflict in his own country. A giraffe...
His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success.
- 23 January 1989 (aged 84), Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Mar 19, 2024 · Salvador Dalí was a Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker known for exploring subconscious imagery. Arguably, his most famous painting is The Persistence of Memory (1931), depicting limp melting watches.
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Today, we can still see Dalí's influence on artists painting in Surrealist styles, others in the contemporary visionary arts spheres and all over the digital art and illustration spectrums. Dalí's physical character in the world, eccentric and enigmatic, paved the way for artists to think of themselves as brands.
- Spanish
- May 11, 1904
- Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
- January 23, 1989
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The artist, author, critic, impresario, and provocateur Salvador Dalí burst onto the art scene in 1929 and rarely left the public eye until his death six decades later. The auspicious occasion was the debut in Paris of Un Chien Andalou , a film Dalí made in collaboration with Luis Buñuel .
May 9, 2021 · The Persistence of Memory is arguably Dalí’s most famous painting and one of the most iconic images of surrealism. It was painted in 1931 during the height of the Surrealist movement. During this time, artists were exploring their subconscious and often depicted their own dreams.