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Today, May 11, is the birthday of the great Spanish painter and sculptor Salvador Dali . His legacy will forever remain with us, because in his works many find a piece of themselves - that very “madness” without which life would be boring and monotonous.
« Surrealism is me“, - the artist shamelessly asserted, and one cannot but agree with him. All his works are imbued with the spirit of surrealism - both paintings and photographs, which he created with unprecedented skill. Dali proclaimed complete freedom from any aesthetic or moral compulsion and went to the very limits in any creative experiment. He did not hesitate to bring to life the most provocative ideas and wrote everything: from love and the sexual revolution, history and technology to society and religion.
Great masturbator
The face of war
Splitting the atom
Hitler's mystery
Christ of Saint Juan de la Cruz
Dali began to be interested in art early and took private painting lessons from the artist while still at school Nunez , professor at the Academy of Arts. Then, at school fine arts At the Academy of Arts, he became close to the literary and artistic circles of Madrid - in particular, Luis Buñuel And Federico Garcia Lorcoy . However, he did not stay long at the Academy - he was expelled for some overly bold ideas, which, however, did not stop him from organizing the first small exhibition of his works and quickly becoming one of the most famous artists Catalonia.
Young women
Self-portrait with Raphael's neck
Basket with bread
Young woman seen from the back
After that Dali meets Gala, which became his muse of surrealism" Arriving at Salvador Dali with her husband, she immediately became inflamed with passion for the artist and left her husband for the sake of a genius. Dali but, absorbed in his feelings, as if he didn’t even notice that his “muse” had not arrived alone. Gala becomes his life partner and source of inspiration. She also became a bridge connecting the genius with the entire avant-garde community - her tact and gentleness allowed him to maintain at least some kind of relationship with his colleagues. The image of the beloved is reflected in many works Dali .
Portrait of Gala with two lamb ribs balancing on her shoulder
My wife, naked, looks at own body, which became a ladder, three vertebrae of a column, sky and architecture
Galarina
Naked Dali, contemplating five ordered bodies, turning into carpuscules, from which Leda Leonardo, fertilized by the face of Gala, is unexpectedly created
Of course, if we talk about painting Dali , one cannot help but recall his most famous works:
A dream inspired by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate, a moment before waking up
Persistence of memory
Flaming Giraffe
Swans reflected in elephants
Pliable structure with boiled beans (Premonition civil war)
Anthropomorphic locker
Sodom self-satisfaction of an innocent maiden
Evening spider... hope
The Ghost of Wermeer of Delft, which can also serve as a table
Sculptures Dali brought his surreal talent to new level- from the plane of the canvas they jumped into three dimensional space, gaining shape and additional volume. Most of the works became intuitively familiar to the viewer - the master used in them the same images and ideas as in his canvases. To create sculptures Dali I had to spend several hours sculpting in wax and then creating molds for casting figures in bronze. Some of them were then cast in larger sizes.
Besides everything else, Dali was an excellent photographer, and in the century of the very beginning of the development of photography, together with Philip Halsman he managed to create absolutely incredible and surreal photographs.
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Salvador Dali's painting "The Face of War" was painted in 1940. It was created on the way to the USA, where the artist left Paris, having lost all hope for normal life in Europe.
The Old World is engulfed in war... Impressed by the global tragedy that has unfolded, Dali begins work on the painting while still on the ship.
The meaning of this picture is clear to everyone: in it the author abandons the intricate language of surrealism. Before the viewer is a dead head against the backdrop of a lifeless desert, in the eye sockets and mouth there are skulls, in the eye sockets of which, in turn, there are also skulls. Snakes stretch out from the head on all sides and try to bite the same head.
This is how Dali shows the horror of war, its senselessness, unnaturalness and destructiveness of all life on earth.
The handprint on the stone on the right indicates the presence of the viewer: he is watching a terrible apparition in the form of a head from the cave.
The atmosphere of suffering is heightened by muted tones and depressive shades.
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí was born in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain. Talent for painting manifested itself in early age. Already at the age of 4, he diligently tried to draw. His behavior was always marked by uncontrollable energy, frequent whims and hysterics.
My first painting on wooden board oil paints Salvador Dali painted it when he was 10 years old. Dali sat all day long in a small room specially allocated to him, drawing pictures.
He received his first lessons in craftsmanship from Professor Joan Nunez, under whose guidance Dali’s talent took on real forms.
At the age of fifteen, Dali was expelled from the monastic school “for obscene behavior,” but was able to successfully pass the exams and enter the institute (as in Spain they called a school providing a completed secondary education).
From the age of 16, Dali began to put his thoughts on paper, from that time literary creativity has also become an integral part of it creative life.
In the early 20s, Dali became interested in the works of the futurists. The extravagant appearance of Dali himself amazed and shocked those around him.
He managed to graduate from the institute in 1921 with excellent grades. He then entered the Art Academy in Madrid.
In 1923, for violating discipline, he was suspended from the academy for a year. During this period, Dali's interest was focused on the work of Pablo Picasso.
In 1925, the first solo exhibition of Dali's works was organized at the Dalmau Gallery. This exhibition featured 27 paintings and 5 drawings by the emerging great genius.
The school of painting in which he studied gradually disillusioned him, and in 1926 Dali was expelled from the academy for his freethinking. In the same 1926, Salvador Dali went to Paris in search of something he liked. Having joined Andre Breton's group, he began to create his first surreal works.
At the beginning of 1929, the premiere of the film “Un Chien Andalou” took place, based on the script by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel. They wrote the script in just six days! In 1930, Salvador Dali's paintings began to bring him fame. The constant themes of his creations were destruction, decay, death, as well as the world of human sexual experiences (the influence of the books of Sigmund Freud).
In the early 30s, Salvador Dali entered into a political conflict with the surrealists. His admiration for Adolf Hitler and his monarchical inclinations ran counter to Breton's ideas. Dali broke with the surrealists after they accused him of counter-revolutionary activities.
In January 1931, the second film based on Dali’s script, “The Golden Age,” premiered in London.
In 1934, Dali married Elena Dyakonova, ex-wife writer Paul Eluard. It was this woman (Gala) who became the muse and inspiration of the genius Dali for the rest of his life. Amazing feature married couple Dali was that they felt and understood each other. Gala lived the life of Dali, and he, in turn, deified her and admired her.
In 1940, after the occupation in France, Dali left for the USA (California), where he opened a new workshop. It is there that the great genius writes one of his best books “ Secret life Salvador Dali, painted by himself."
In 1951, on the eve cold war, Dali develops the theory of “atomic art”, published in the same year in the Mystical Manifesto. Dali's goal is to convey to the viewer the idea of the constancy of spiritual existence even after the disappearance of matter. This idea was embodied in his painting “The Exploding Head of Raphael.” In 1953, a large exhibition of retrospective works by Salvador Dali was held in Rome. It featured 24 paintings, 27 drawings, 102 watercolors!
In 1959, Dali and Gala finally set up their home in Port Lligat. By that time, no one could doubt the genius of the great artist. His paintings were bought for huge sums of money by fans and lovers of luxury. The huge canvases painted by Dali in the 60s were valued at huge sums. Many millionaires considered it chic to have paintings by Salvador Dali in their collection.
At the end of the 60s, the relationship between Dali and Gala began to fade. And at Gala’s request, Dali was forced to buy her a castle, where she spent time, preferably in the company of young people.
In 1973, the Dali Museum opened in Figueres. This incomparable surreal creation still delights visitors to this day. The museum is a retrospective of the life of the great artist.
Closer to the 80s, Dali began to have health problems. Doctors suspected Dali had Parkinson's disease. This disease once became fatal for his father.
Gala died on June 10, 1982. Although their relationship by this time could not be called close, Dali perceived her death as a terrible blow.
By the end of 1983 his mood had improved slightly. He began to sometimes walk in the garden and began to paint pictures. But old age took precedence over a brilliant mind.
On August 30, 1984, a fire occurred in Dali's house, as a result of which Dali received burns to 18% of his skin.
By February 1985, Dali’s health had improved somewhat and he was able to give an interview to the largest Spanish newspaper.
But in November 1988, Dali was admitted to the clinic with a diagnosis of heart failure.
Salvador Dali's heart stopped on January 23, 1989. The body was embalmed at his request, and for a week he lay in state in his museum in Figueres. Thousands of people came to say goodbye to the great genius.
Salvador Dali was buried in the center of his museum under an unmarked slab.
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Surrealism is the complete freedom of the human being and the right to dream. I am not a surrealist, I am surrealism, - S. Dali.
The formation of Dali's artistic skills took place during the era early modern, when his contemporaries largely represented new artistic movements such as expressionism and cubism.
In 1929, the young artist joined the surrealists. This year marked an important turning point in his life, as Salvador Dalí met Gala. She became his lover, wife, muse, model and main inspiration.
Since he was a brilliant draftsman and colorist, Dali drew a lot of inspiration from the old masters. But he used extravagant forms and inventive ways to compose a completely new, modern and innovative style of art. His paintings are distinguished by the use of double images, ironic scenes, optical illusions, dreamscapes and deep symbolism.
Throughout his creative life, Dali was never limited to one direction. He worked with oil paints and watercolors, creating drawings and sculptures, films and photographs. Even the variety of forms of execution was not alien to the artist, including the creation of jewelry and other works applied arts. As a screenwriter, Dali collaborated with the famous director Luis Buñuel, who directed the films “The Golden Age” and “Un Chien Andalou.” They displayed unreal scenes reminiscent of surrealist paintings come to life.
A prolific and extremely gifted master, he left a tremendous legacy for future generations of artists and art lovers. The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation launched an online project Catalog Raisonné of Salvador Dalí for a complete scientific cataloging of paintings created by Salvador Dalí between 1910 and 1983. The catalog consists of five sections, divided according to the timeline. It was conceived not only to provide comprehensive information about the artist’s work, but also to determine the authorship of the works, since Salvador Dali is one of the most counterfeited painters.
The fantastic talent, imagination and skill of the eccentric Salvador Dali are demonstrated by these 17 examples of his surrealist paintings.
1. “The Ghost of Wermeer of Delft, which can be used as a table,” 1934
This small painting with a rather long original title embodies Dali's admiration for the great Flemish master 17th century, by Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer's self-portrait was executed taking into account Dali's surreal vision.
2. “The Great Masturbator”, 1929
The painting depicts the internal struggle of feelings caused by attitudes towards sexual intercourse. This perception of the artist arose as an awakened childhood memory, when he saw a book left by his father, open to a page with depictions of genitals affected by sexually transmitted diseases.
3. “Giraffe on Fire,” 1937
The artist completed this work before moving to the USA in 1940. Although the master claimed that the painting was apolitical, it, like many others, depicts the deep and disturbing feelings of anxiety and horror that Dalí must have experienced during the turbulent period between the two world wars. Certain part reflects his internal struggle regarding the Spanish Civil War, and also refers to the method psychological analysis Freud.
4. “The Face of War”, 1940
The agony of war was also reflected in Dali's work. He believed that his paintings should contain omens of war, which is what we see in the deadly head filled with skulls.
5. “Dream”, 1937
This depicts one of the surreal phenomena - a dream. This is a fragile, unstable reality in the world of the subconscious.
6. “Appearance of a face and a bowl of fruit on the seashore,” 1938
This fantastic painting is especially interesting, since in it the author uses double images that endow the image itself with multi-level meaning. Metamorphoses, surprising juxtapositions of objects and hidden elements characterize Dali's surrealist paintings.
7. “The Persistence of Memory,” 1931
This is perhaps the most recognizable surreal painting Salvador Dali, which embodies softness and hardness, symbolizes the relativity of space and time. It draws heavily on Einstein's theory of relativity, although Dali said the idea for the painting came from seeing Camembert cheese melted in the sun.
8. “The Three Sphinxes of Bikini Island,” 1947
This surreal image of Bikini Atoll evokes the memory of war. Three symbolic sphinxes occupy different planes: a human head, a split tree and a mushroom nuclear explosion, talking about the horrors of war. The film explores the relationship between three subjects.
9. “Galatea with Spheres”, 1952
Dali's portrait of his wife is presented through an array of spherical shapes. Gala looks like a portrait of Madonna. The artist, inspired by science, elevated Galatea above the tangible world into the upper ethereal layers.
10. “Molten Clock,” 1954
Another image of an object measuring time has received an ethereal softness, which is not typical for hard pocket watches.
11. “My naked wife contemplating her own flesh, transformed into a staircase, three vertebrae of a column, the sky and architecture,” 1945
Gala from the back. This remarkable image became one of Dali's most eclectic works, combining classicism and surrealism, tranquility and strangeness.
12. "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans", 1936
The second title of the painting is “Premonition of Civil War.” It depicts the supposed horrors of the Spanish Civil War as the artist painted it six months before the conflict began. This was one of Salvador Dali's premonitions.
13. “The Birth of Liquid Desires,” 1931-32
We see one example of a paranoid-critical approach to art. Images of the father and possibly the mother are mixed with a grotesque, unreal image of a hermaphrodite in the middle. The picture is filled with symbolism.
14. “The Riddle of Desire: My Mother, My Mother, My Mother,” 1929
This work, created on Freudian principles, became an example of Dalí's relationship with his mother, whose distorted body appears in the Dalinian desert.
15. Untitled - Design of a fresco painting for Helena Rubinstein, 1942
The images were created for the interior decoration of the premises by order of Elena Rubinstein. This is a frankly surreal picture from the world of fantasy and dreams. The artist was inspired by classical mythology.
16. “Sodom self-satisfaction of an innocent maiden,” 1954
The painting depicts a female figure and an abstract background. The artist explores the issue of repressed sexuality, as follows from the title of the work and the phallic forms that often appear in Dali's work.
17. “Geopolitical Child Watching the Birth of the New Man,” 1943
The artist expressed his skeptical views by painting this picture while in the United States. The shape of the ball seems to be a symbolic incubator of the “new” man, the man of the “new world”.
Without exaggeration, Salvador Dali can be called the most famous surrealist of the 20th century, because his name is familiar even to those who are completely far from painting. Some people consider him the greatest genius, others - a madman. But both the first and the second unconditionally recognize unique talent artist. His paintings are an irrational combination of real objects deformed in a paradoxical way. Dali was a hero of his time: the master’s work was discussed both in the highest circles of society and among the proletarians. He became a true embodiment of surrealism with the freedom of spirit, inconsistency and shockingness inherent in this painting movement. Today, anyone can access masterpieces created by Salvador Dali. The paintings, photos of which can be seen in this article, are capable of impressing every fan of surrealism.
The role of Gala in Dali's work
Huge creative heritage left behind by Salvador Dali. Paintings with titles that evoke mixed feelings among many today attract art lovers so much that they deserve detailed consideration and description. The artist’s inspiration, model, support and main fan was his wife Gala (an emigrant from Russia). All his most famous paintings were written during the period life together with this woman.
The Hidden Meaning of "The Persistence of Memory"
When considering Salvador Dali, it is worth starting with his most recognizable work - “The Persistence of Memory” (sometimes called “Time”). The canvas was created in 1931. The artist was inspired to paint the masterpiece by his wife Gala. According to Dali himself, the idea for the painting arose from the sight of something melting under the sun's rays. What did the master want to say by depicting a soft clock on canvas against the backdrop of a landscape?
The three soft dials decorating the foreground of the picture are identified with subjective time, which flows freely and unevenly fills everything. free space. The number of hours is also symbolic, because the number 3 on this canvas indicates the past, present and future. The soft state of the objects indicates the relationship between space and time, which was always obvious to the artist. There is also a solid clock in the picture, depicted with the dial down. They symbolize objective time, the course of which goes against humanity.
Salvador Dali also depicted his self-portrait on this canvas. The painting “Time” contains in the foreground an incomprehensible spread object framed by eyelashes. It was in this image that the author painted himself sleeping. In a dream, a person releases his thoughts, which while awake he carefully hides from others. Everything that can be seen in the picture is Dali’s dream - the result of the triumph of the unconscious and the death of reality.
Ants crawling on the body of a solid watch symbolize decay and rotting. In the painting, insects are arranged in the form of a dial with arrows and indicate that objective time destroys itself. A fly sitting on a soft watch was a symbol of inspiration for the painter. Ancient Greek philosophers spent a lot of time surrounded by these “Mediterranean fairies” (this is what Dali called flies). The mirror visible in the picture on the left is evidence of the impermanence of time; it reflects both objective and subjective worlds. The egg in the background symbolizes life, the dry olive symbolizes forgotten ancient wisdom, and eternity.
“Giraffe on Fire”: interpretation of images
By studying the paintings of Salvador Dali with descriptions, you can study the artist’s work more deeply and better understand the subtext of his paintings. In 1937, the artist’s brush produced the work “Giraffe on Fire.” This was a difficult period for Spain, since a little earlier it began. In addition, Europe was on the threshold of World War II, and Salvador Dali, like many progressive people of that time, felt its approach. Despite the fact that the master claimed that his “Giraffe on Fire” has nothing to do with the political events shaking the continent, the picture is thoroughly saturated with horror and anxiety.
In the foreground, Dali painted a woman standing in a pose of despair. Her hands and face are bloody, and it looks like their skin has been torn off. The woman looks helpless, she is unable to resist the impending danger. Behind her is a lady with a piece of meat in her hands (it is a symbol of self-destruction and death). Both figures stand on the ground thanks to thin supports. Dali often depicted them in his works to emphasize human weakness. The giraffe, after which the painting is named, is painted in the background. He is much fewer women, his upper body is engulfed in flames. Despite his small size, he is the main character of the canvas, embodying the monster bringing the apocalypse.
Analysis of "Premonitions of Civil War"
It was not only in this work that Salvador Dali expressed his premonition of war. Paintings with titles indicating its approach appeared by the artist more than once. A year before “Giraffe,” the artist painted “Soft Construction with Boiled Beans” (otherwise known as “Premonition of the Civil War”). Construction from parts human body, depicted in the center of the canvas, resembles the contours of Spain on a map. The structure on top is too bulky, it hangs over the ground and can collapse at any moment. Beans are scattered below the building, which look completely out of place here, which only emphasizes the absurdity political events, taking place in Spain in the second half of the 30s.
Description of "Faces of War"
“The Face of War” is another work left by the surrealist to his fans. The painting dates from 1940 - a time when Europe was engulfed in hostilities. The canvas depicts a human head with a face frozen in agony. She is surrounded on all sides by snakes, and instead of eyes and mouth she has countless skulls. It seems that the head is literally stuffed with death. The picture symbolizes concentration camps, who took the lives of millions of people.
Interpretation of "Dream"
“The Dream” is a painting by Salvador Dali, created by him in 1937. It depicts a huge sleeping head supported by eleven thin supports (exactly the same as those of the women in the painting “Giraffe on Fire”). Crutches are everywhere, they support the eyes, forehead, nose, lips. The person has no body, but has an unnaturally stretched back thin neck. The head represents sleep, and the crutches indicate support. As soon as each part of the face finds its support, the person collapses into the world of dreams. It's not just people who need support. If you look closely, in the left corner of the canvas you can see a small dog, whose body is also leaning on a crutch. You can also think of supports as threads that allow your head to float freely during sleep, but do not allow it to completely lift off the ground. The blue background of the canvas further emphasizes the detachment of what is happening on it from the rational world. The artist was sure that this is exactly what a dream looks like. The painting by Salvador Dali was included in his series of works “Paranoia and War”.
Images of Gala
Salvador Dali also painted his beloved wife. Paintings with the names “Angelus Gala”, “Madonna of Port Ligata” and many others directly or indirectly indicate the presence of Dyakonova in the plots of the works of the genius. For example, in “Galatea with the Spheres” (1952), he depicted his life partner as a divine woman, whose face shines through large number balls. The wife of a genius hovers above real world in the upper ethereal layers. Became his muse the main character such paintings as “Galarina”, where she is depicted with her left breast exposed, “ Atomic Leda", in which Dali presented his naked wife in the form of the ruler of Sparta. Almost everything female images, present on the canvases, inspired the painter by his faithful wife.
Impression of the painter's work
Photos depicting paintings by Salvador Dali, high resolution allow you to study his work before the smallest details. The artist lived long life and left behind several hundred works. Each of them is unique and incomparable inner world, depicted by a genius named Salvador Dali. Pictures with names known to everyone since childhood can inspire, cause delight, bewilderment or even disgust, but not a single person will remain indifferent after viewing them.
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