Today is the birthday of the Spanish surrealist 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. This video I think shows the artist’s very individuality. Dali illustrates that he is all things to all people (and especially to himself) as he struggles slightly to understand the English language There is also a childishness, a naivity which I find very charming about the artist. I suspect that under all the bluster there may have been a rather shy, quiet person.
Dali is one of those people who can be unintentionally funny – though sometimes you are not quite sure what he intends (he was after all a surrealist so strange behaviour is almost compulsory) The advertisers certainly got their money’s worth from the dramatic Dali in this short advertisement. Who knew eating chocolate could be such a surreal experience 😀
The last video shows some of the prolific Dali’s paintings. Where did all the eccentric artists go? There doesn’t seem to be any to measure up to Dali the man, for his sense of humour, his talent and his bizarre way of looking at things. What a great artist and character he was!
Thanks to kembrew and bestofcomputer3000 and ravenst for the videos!
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