Salvador Dali
One of my Favorite Artists
Similarities...
Dali was extravagant and eclectic and I think he might have been a bit of a Drama Queen.
As part of the 1939 World's Fair exhibition was a type of "fun-house" titled "Dali's dream of Venus" which appears to be more risque for that year and time that I can ever imagine.
He wasn't afraid to break the "standards" of the day.
With his wife Gala
who was also his business manager.
I love this... he's painting on her forehead.
Gala passed away in 1982.
According to Wikipedia for his first Art Exhibit in the U.S. he arrived with a glass case on his chest containing a brassier.
When attending a masquerade party in NYC Dali dressed as the Lindbergh baby his wife dressed as the baby's kidnapper. Needless to say the costumes were not received very well by the press.
A few of his many paintings:
The Sardana of the Witches
Dali created this illustration for McCall's Magazine.
Saint James the Great
The Arrival
The Woman with the Pitcher
The Persistence of Memory
The Swallow's Tail
The Butterfly Ship
The Lobster Phone aka The Aphrodisiac Telephone
A collaboration by Dali and Edward James in 1936 only four copies exist.
Photo Courtesy of The Guardian.com
One of my Favorites
Ruby Lips created with real rubies and pearls, 1949.
Photo courtesy of The Curated Object
1904 - 1989
One of the reason's I think such a big fan of his is not only his art but that he was a rebel back in the day.
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