Salvidor Dali

The extraordinary Salvador Dali has been described as flamboyant, egocentric and enigmatic. Few art critics would deny that this talented and brilliant man is considered today to be one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Paintings such as The Persistence of Memory and The Sacrament of the Last Supper reflect various artistic influences. Although considered to be the great surrealist, Dali was influenced by much more than just the Surrealism movement. From the moment of his birth, this unusual individual would draw from himself and his acquaintances some of the most memorable art the world would ever see.

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904. He was named after his brother, the first Salvador Dali, who died August 1, 1903, at the age of twenty-one months. Dali himself has claimed “that his parents had committed a ‘subconscious crime’ by giving him the same name as his brother and thereby forcing him to live up to an impossible ideal”(qtd. in Gibson 52). He created a tribute to his brother in 1963 when he painted Portrait of My Dead Brother, but remained resentful of being made to live in the shadow of a brother he never met. Throughout his life, Dali would behav

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Salvador Dali: Eccentric and Genius. According to Gibson this rebellious young group of Spaniards admired such art forms as dadaism, and futurism, “and believed that art should now express the spirit of an age represented by the Eiffel Tower, machines, skating rinks, dynamos, ragtime and foxtrots, streamlined motor cars, radio and cinema” (135). Its influence on him can be seen in the hauntingly beautiful painting, Girl At A Window. e like two different people; the hardworking artist locked up in his studio for days at a time in casual clothes and then, the very public avant-garde flashy Dali, with heavily waxed mustache, purple cape, and cane. Dali’s paintings would be her passport into the arts and into society. His legacy to future painters is one that is impossible to define because Salvador Dali was unique; as a man and as an artist. It was during this period that Dali joined forces with Banuel to create the surrealist film, Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog), which brought instant fame to both creators, and to the Surrealist movement itself. As time passed, the two became closer with Lorca accompanying Dali home during school breaks. In his art he would include such things as atomic power, Hitler, telephones, money, religious icons, sexual representations, and much more. He created a new movement in art and it reflected his own brand and his many influences.

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