Flordali II, 1981

SALVADOR DOMINGO FELIPE JACINTO DALI

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali | Domènech (Figures, 1904 – 1989) is one of the most important and eccentric figures in art history and is known worldwide for his surrealist works. Best known for his paranoid-critical approach to surrealism, he is the author of many famous works such as The Persistence of Memory (1931), Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: Premonition of Civil War (1936), Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Moment Before Waking (1944), The Elephants (1948), Galatea of the Spheres (1952). His artistic production, moreover, is not limited only to the creation of pictorial works, but, on the contrary, also ranges into the field of cinema with the realization together with Luis Buñuel of Un Chien Andalou (1929)or in the field of design with the design of famous objects such as the Lobster Telephone (1936) or Mae West’s Sofa-Lips (1937). In addition to his artistic talents, he is also known for his eccentric personality and the way he dressed and styled himself: to this day his moustache constitutes his particular and identifying mark Surrealism, of which Dali was a member for a time, is an artistic movement that emerged in the 1920s that highlights, through the works of its members, a new way of seeing reality, emphasizing the surreal and the dream.Per saperne di più