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Paysage Aux Papillons
Christ of St. John
of the Cross
Archeological Reminiscence
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SPANISH PAINTER, graphic artist and film-maker — the most controversial member of the Surrealists. Dali was born in Catalonia and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, until his outrageous behaviour caused his expulsion. Before this, he had already made contact with the poet Lorca and the film-director Buñuel. In the early 1920s, he dabbled in a variety of styles, including Futurism and Cubism, although it was the metaphysical paintings of De Chirico which made the deepest impact on him.
The key stage in Dalis career came in 1929, when he made Un Chien Andalou with Buñuel, met his future wife Gala, and allied himself with the Surrealists. His relationship with the latter was rarely smooth and, after several clashes with Breton, he was forced out of the group in 1939. In the interim, he produced some of the most memorable and hallucinatory images associated with the movement, describing them as ‘hand-painted dream photographs’. Dali remained very much in the public eye in later years, gaining great celebrity and wealth in the US, but for many critics his showmanship overshadowed his art.
Excerpt from Art. The World of Art, from Aboriginal to American Pop, Renaissance Masters to Postmodernism.
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Le Sommeil
Soft watch at the moment of first explosion
Still life - fast moving
The great masturbator
 Apparatus and Hand
Harlequin
Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate
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Salvador Dali
1904-1989