Salvador Dali

Submitted by aristeidis9 on Sun, 02/10/2008 at 10:54am.

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (1904-1989), was a Spanish surrealistpainter born in Spain.

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renessence masters.Salvador Dalí's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. He collaborated with Walt Disney on the Academy-award-nominated short cartoon Destino, which was released posthumously in 2003. He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's film Spellbound.Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork.The purposefully-sought notoriety led to broad public recognition and many purchases of his works by people from all walks of life.

Dalí also experimented with Dada, which influenced his work throughout his life. At the Residencia, he became close friends with, among others, Pepín Bello, Luis Buñuel, and the poet Federico García Lorca. The friendship with Lorca had a strong element of mutual passion,but Dalí fearfully rejected the erotic advances of the poet

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by RedSoxpawn - 5 months ago
Lilongwe Malawi

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I have always loved his works I wish there were more people who would represent Salvador Dali

by mandelshtam - 5 months ago
Leipzig Germany

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 518

S. Dali was, as a person, an asshole.

In order to reach his goals he even collaborated with the Franco regime. He wrote a letter to the police, denunciating collegues of being communists, among them Federico Garcia Lorca.

(Those who don't know: F.G.Lorca was killed by the fascists.)

Later he confessed that he acted out of "opportunism"...

I studied his art, since I did not understand first. When I understood, I still didn't like it...

However, he used the UNCONSCIOUS more than any painter before him.

Hence he deserves a eminent place in art history, you may like him or his art, or not.

Mandelshtam

by aristeidis9 - 5 months ago
Thessaloniki Greece

Member Since: Nov 2007
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"S. Dali was, as a person, an asshole.In order to reach his goals he even collaborated with the Franco regime."

Yes,i agree with that!He was always looking for publicity.Actually he had obsession with publicity and to become famous and celebrity..When he left Europe in 1940 and went to United States for 8 years his life and his ways were very very extreme and he very quickly took advantage of the country's mass media..

"Hence he deserves a eminent place in art history, you may like him or his art, or not."

And most important i agree with that..This phrase includes everything about Dali..

I 've uploaded these photos not to judge him but his art.

by Stavisky - 5 months ago
Essen-Antwerp Belgium

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 347

I completely agree with the others, because for instance, Herbert Von Karajan was also, when he was a young boy, and in that circumstances a member of the Hitlerjugend and SS. So, when he had a concert in New York, the jewish community bought all the tickets to punish him for that !! A little bit simple and ridiculous, but it's analog to what happened with Dali. I love Dali not for what he did in the Franco regime, but for what he painted. By the fotos Aris add in his article were some I haven't seen before. Thank you Aris !! (see also Ratzinger with his foto when he was a member of the Hitlerjugend !! )

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