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Salvador Dalí

Spanish artist (1904-1989) · Spain · Artists · Died at 84

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The melting clocks were his, but so was the waxed mustache and the pet ocelot - a painter who made Surrealism famous by being as strange as the dreamscapes he rendered with old-master precision.

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A life in dates

1989Died23 January 19891986Gold Medal for Tourism MeritAward1981Grand Cross of the Order of Charles IIIAward1971Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine ArtsAward1964Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward1942“Having reached the surface [in the Paris' Metro] I remained crazed for a long time, gathering my spirits.”In their wordsQuote from The Secret Life of Salvador Dali - first publication in 1942 - Vision Press, London 1976, p. 210

1935“My whole ambition in the pictorial domain is to materialise the images of concrete irrationality with the most imperialist fury of precision.”In their wordsChapter: 'My Pictorial Struggle', p. 12

“Paranoiac-critical activity is an organizing and productive force of objective chance.”In their wordsChapter: 'My Pictorial Struggle', p. 16

1933“One might think that through ecstasy we would have access to a world as far from reality as that of the dream.”In their wordsQuote in 'Le phénomene de l'extase', in 'Minotaure' 1933; as quoted in Dali and Me, Catherine Millet, - translation Trista Selous -,

1927“One morning with Ripolin [French paint] I painted a new-born that I then left to dry on the tennis-court.”In their wordsQuote from 'Mon amie et la plage' [My girlfriend and the beach], Salvador Dali, 1927; as quoted in Dali and Me, Catherine Millet, -

1920“Telephone, pedal washbasin, white refrigerators gleaming with Ripolin [French paint], bidet, small phonograph.. ..objects of authentic and pure poetry (MPC p. 11)..”In their wordsQuote, 1920's; MPC p. 13; as quoted in Dali and Me, Catherine Millet, - translation Trista Selous -, Scheidegger & Spiess AG, 8001 Zurich

1904Born11 May 1904

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The Dalí family in 1910: from the upper left, aunt Maria Teresa, mother, father, Salvador Dalí, aunt Caterina (later became the second wife of father), sister Anna Maria, and grandmother AnnaThe Dalí family in 1910: from the upper left, aunt Maria Teresa, mother, father, Salvador Dalí, aunt Caterina (later became the second wife of father), sister Anna Maria, and grandmother AnnaDalí with Federico García Lorca, Turó Park de la Guineueta, Barcelona, 1925Dalí with Federico García Lorca, Turó Park de la Guineueta, Barcelona, 1925Dalí (left) and fellow surrealist artist Man Ray in Paris on 16 June 1934Dalí (left) and fellow surrealist artist Man Ray in Paris on 16 June 1934Dalí, Paris, 16 June 1934Dalí, Paris, 16 June 1934Dalí, photographed by Studio Harcourt in 1936Dalí, photographed by Studio Harcourt in 1936Portrait of Dalí by Allan Warren, 1972Portrait of Dalí by Allan Warren, 1972

In their own words 10

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10 statements, newest first

  1. Having reached the surface [in the Paris' Metro] I remained crazed for a long time, gathering my spirits.

    1942, Quote from The Secret Life of Salvador Dali - first publication in 1942 - Vision Press, London 1976, p. 210, Own words

  2. In that privileged place, reality and the sublime dimension almost come together.

    1941, Quote from Wikipedia: The Great Masturbator, Own words

  3. My whole ambition in the pictorial domain is to materialise the images of concrete irrationality with the most imperialist fury of precision.

    1935, Chapter: 'My Pictorial Struggle', p. 12, Own words

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Awards

Gold Medal for Tourism Merit1986
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III1981
Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts1971
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1964
Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia

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Born in Figueres, Catalonia in 1904, Dalí trained in Madrid and moved through Impressionism and Cubism before joining the Surrealist group in 1929. The Persistence of Memory arrived in August 1931 and became his calling card. He spent the Spanish Civil War in France, then fled to the United States in 1940, where commercial success came easily. Returning to Spain in 1948, he declared himself Catholic again and launched into "nuclear mysticism," blending classicism and recent science. His repertoire stretched across painting, film, sculpture, fashion, and writing, but his flamboyant public persona - and his support for Franco - often overshadowed the work itself. Two museums now bear his name: one in Figueres, one in Florida.

Country
Spain
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1989 · aged 84

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