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| + | [[Image:Dali.jpg|100px|left|Self Portrait]] |
| − | Image:Hitler.jpg|"MOAR I SAY, MOAR!" | + | '''Salvador Dali''' (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989) Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor. |
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| + | In Paris in 1929, Dali met [[Joan Miró]], Andre Breton and his Surrealist group, the Romanian Dadaist Tristan Tzara and Paul Eluard. It was here that Dali first met Gala, his former wife. |
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| + | His early works are experiments with contemporary techniques: [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] works like ''Self-Portrait'' (1921), [[Pointillism|Pointillist]] like ''Nude in a Landscape'' (1922-1923); ''Portrait of the Cellist Ricardo Pichot'' (1920) and ''Portrait of Luis Buñuel'' (1924) lean closer towards [[Post-Impressionism]], and ''Venus and Amorini'' (1925), is executed in the [[Cubism|Cubist]] style. |
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| + | In 1938, Dali traveled to London, meeting with [[Sigmund Freud]] and painting a number of portraits of the famous psychologist. In 1946, Dali drew cartoons for [[Walt Disney]], and did work for the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film "Spellbound." In 1978, Dali became a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. <ref> [http://www.abcgallery.com/D/dali/dalibio.html Biography] Olga's Gallery </ref> |
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| + | Dali supported the Spanish [[Francisco Franco]] (even painted a portrait of Franco's grand-daughter) and declared himself Monarchist in his 1970 book ''Dali by Dali''. He also denounced surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel as an atheist. His political views were more artistic than real. |
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| + | Dali is considered to had possessed excellent painting skills – his works were technically brilliant – and an extraordinary imagination. His most famous work is ''The Persistence Of Memory''. |
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| + | == Gallery == |
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| + | <Gallery> |
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| + | Image:Dalí Self-Portrait.jpg|"Self-Portrait" |
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| + | Image:Dalí The First Day of Spring.jpg|"The First Day of Spring" |
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| + | Image:Dalí Figure on the Rocks.jpg|"Figure on the Rocks" |
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| + | Image:Dalí The Persistence of Memory.jpg|"The Persistence of Memory" |
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| + | Image:Dalí Venus and Sailor.jpg|"Venus and Sailor" |
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| + | Image:Dalí The Rotting Donkey.jpg|"The Rotting Donkey" |
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| + | Image:Dalí The Invisible Man.jpg|"The Invisible Man" |
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| + | Image:Dali The Virgin of Guadalupe.jpg|"The Virgin of Guadalupe" |
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| + | </Gallery> |
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| − | Image:Hitler.jpg|"MOAR I SAY, MOAR!" | + | [[Image:Dalí The Christ of St. John of the Cross.jpg|center|The Christ of St. John of the Cross]] |
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| − | Image:Hitler.jpg|"MOAR I SAY, MOAR!" | + | '''The Christ of St. John of the Cross''' |
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| − | Image:Hitler.jpg|"MOAR I SAY, MOAR!" | + | == See also == |
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| + | *[[Painting Masterpieces]] |
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| + | *[[Painting Schools]] |
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| + | == External links == |
| − | Image:Hitler.jpg|"MOAR I SAY, MOAR!" | + | *[http://www.salvador-dali.org/en_index.html Salvador Dalí Foundation] |
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| + | *[http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html Salvador Dali Museum] |
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| + | *[http://www.dalionline.com/sculpture.html Salvador Dali Sculpture] |
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| + | == References == |
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