‘Happy Birthday Dear Dali!’
Dapper Dali!
It’s legendary artist Salvador Dali’s birthday today! He would have celebrated his 105th birthday (and been in the Guinness Book of Records) is he’d have lived! He died in Figueres Spain (his birthplace) of heart failure in 1989, aged 84.
Salvador Dali MetamorphosisOf Narcissus. Dali's paintings are full of Freudian symbolism
He is in my opinion the personification of a painter: talented, original and as mad as a hatter lol! We went to the Dali Universe in London a few years ago.
Dapper Dali!
Salvador Dali MetamorphosisOf Narcissus. Dali's paintings are full of Freudian symbolism
There's something fishy going on with this lobster telephone
Apart from the easily recognised Dali sculptures (lobster telephones etc), the best bit was Dali’s actual drawings and illustrations: absolutely exquisite pieces of work and lots of them. Each one a marvel and absolute delight to gaze upon. Dali was an excellent draughtsman and his sculptures are well…surreal like the man himself!
Facts about Dali here
Here is a list of links to post I have made so far concerning artist’s birthday. I have tried to make it a rule that I actually LIKE the artists’ work! Some artists I do like, I have not included so far, as their birthdays have clashed with something else I was writing about. Some birthdays I have only found out about when it was too late to include them , I mean to rectify this at a later date.
There's something fishy going on with this lobster telephone
Apart from the easily recognised Dali sculptures (lobster telephones etc), the best bit was Dali’s actual drawings and illustrations: absolutely exquisite pieces of work and lots of them. Each one a marvel and absolute delight to gaze upon. Dali was an excellent draughtsman and his sculptures are well…surreal like the man himself!
Facts about Dali here
Here is a list of links to post I have made so far concerning artist’s birthday. I have tried to make it a rule that I actually LIKE the artists’ work! Some artists I do like, I have not included so far, as their birthdays have clashed with something else I was writing about. Some birthdays I have only found out about when it was too late to include them , I mean to rectify this at a later date.
More of my posts that feature Surrealism;-
‘Sleight of Mind and Psychic Art’
And what about the Women Surrealists? Read my review of the ‘Angels of Anarchy’ exhibition HERE
Fellow Surrealist Marcel Duchamp HERE and Photographer Man Ray HERE
July 12, 2009 at 11:44 am
vše nejlepší salvadore byl si ten nej malíř na sevětě
July 19, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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March 5, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I just recently discovered this artist when i was doing a project in my art class. his work is most definatily interesting and fun to look at.
March 5, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Hi Brittany! He’s a wonderful artist and was quite a character! I was very suprised at how small his paintings actually are when I saw them in exhibitions. Good luck with your art – check out his fellow surrealists, they’re an interesting lot. Thanks for visiting!
June 26, 2010 at 7:52 pm
dear lynda,
salvador dali is one of my favorite surrealist painters like rene magritte. i like the intellectualism that their art evokes. it makes you ponder greatly and you will discover a myriad meanings like when you pop a bottle of champagne. a splendid fireworks of the imagination. great post and thanks for espousinng such interest to showcase the works of the masters.
all the best.
June 26, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Yes, I couldn’t agree more! I like the games with the subconscious, sometimes a truth is staring you in the face, unlikely juxtopositions can free and reveal truths that may have been missed! Thanks for commenting Marvin – appreciated!
May 11, 2011 at 12:30 pm
[…] artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) As I have already written a post about the artist (here) I thought it might be fun to take a look at the personality of Dali the man – the fun bits. […]