From an exceptionally young age, Salvador Dali understood that he was different from other people. An extremely shy young boy, he went out of his way to draw attention to himself, and when the attention arose, he reveled in it. From his early years at home when he pushed a friend off of a cliff, to his years in art school when he flung himself down a flight of stairs, to his obsession with thinking he remembered being in the womb and being birthed, to his determination in perfecting his own hallucinatory images and fabricating memories that would later serve as inspiration for a countless number of his drawings, Salvador Dali remains an artist that will always be the focus of conversation and intrigue. Born in 1904, in Northeast Spain, Salvador
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While in Paris, he had encountered countless influential artists such as: Picasso, Miro, and Rene Magritee. During this time, his paintings began to associate with these themes: “1) man’s universe and sensations 2) sexual symbolism and 3) ideographic imagery” (biography.com). All of the above led to Dali’s first Surrealistic period in 1929. Influenced by Renaissance artists, his art took on a precise hallucinatory style and appearance. “Dali’s major contribution to the Surrealist movement was what he called the ‘paranoiac-critical method’, a mental exercise of assessing the subconscious to enhance artistic creativity” (biography.com). “Dali was the most prominent representative of the Surrealist Movement. The ‘Persistence of Memory’ is his most celebrated piece, though his ‘Lobster Telephone’ and ‘Mae West Lips Sofa’ are icons of Surrealism” …show more content…
In 1945, Dali worked with Alfred Hitchcock on the motion picture, “Spellbound”. He made illustrations for works by Shakespeare and was even engaged by Walt Disney to work on producing the film, “Destino” (Salvador). Dali is largely notable for his clock paintings that give the impression that they are melting. On his deathbed, he was questioned if his clock paintings were correlated to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in some way, to which Dali retorted they were not. His clock paintings were his perception of Camembert cheese, melting in the sun
While in Paris, he had encountered countless influential artists such as: Picasso, Miro, and Rene Magritee. During this time, his paintings began to associate with these themes: “1) man’s universe and sensations 2) sexual symbolism and 3) ideographic imagery” (biography.com). All of the above led to Dali’s first Surrealistic period in 1929. Influenced by Renaissance artists, his art took on a precise hallucinatory style and appearance. “Dali’s major contribution to the Surrealist movement was what he called the ‘paranoiac-critical method’, a mental exercise of assessing the subconscious to enhance artistic creativity” (biography.com). “Dali was the most prominent representative of the Surrealist Movement. The ‘Persistence of Memory’ is his most celebrated piece, though his ‘Lobster Telephone’ and ‘Mae West Lips Sofa’ are icons of Surrealism” …show more content…
In 1945, Dali worked with Alfred Hitchcock on the motion picture, “Spellbound”. He made illustrations for works by Shakespeare and was even engaged by Walt Disney to work on producing the film, “Destino” (Salvador). Dali is largely notable for his clock paintings that give the impression that they are melting. On his deathbed, he was questioned if his clock paintings were correlated to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in some way, to which Dali retorted they were not. His clock paintings were his perception of Camembert cheese, melting in the sun