1971
Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20th-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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Individual Marguerite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Woodmere, OH
Salvador Dalí's Hand-Colored Copper Etchings on Japon are distinguished artworks that blend the meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used c...
Etching
Hippies Suite: Woman in The Waves
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Woodmere, OH
Salvador Dalí's Hand-Colored Copper Etchings on Japon are distinguished artworks that blend the meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used c...
Copper
Apollinaire Suite: Woman with Parrot
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Woodmere, OH
Salvador Dalí's Hand-Colored Copper Etchings on Japon are distinguished artworks that blend the meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used c...
Etching
Apollinaire, The 1914-1918 War
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Woodmere, OH
Salvador Dalí's Hand-Colored Copper Etchings on Japon are distinguished artworks that blend the meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used c...
Etching
Individual Notre Dame
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Woodmere, OH
Salvador Dalí's Hand-Colored Copper Etchings on Japon are distinguished artworks that blend the meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used c...
Etching
Denise by Priscilla Treacy
By Priscilla Treacy
Located in Woodmere, OH
Etching
Etching
Diane de Poitiers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Color etching with full margins. Signed by the artist and numbered 147/250 in pencil in lower right and left margins respectively. Printed and published by DeFrancony, Paris. Ca...
Etching, Color
Les Négresses
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Négresses Etching from 1969. 66/145 on Japan papaer. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Reference: ...
Etching
Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers, Published 1971 Medium: Copper Etching on Arches Paper Edition: 108/150 Artwork Size: 25 x 20 in Framed Size: 33 x 28 in T...
Etching
Femme à le béquille
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femme à le béquille Etching from 1969. 66/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Refere...
Etching
Les Aigrettes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Aigrettes Etching from 1969. 66/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Reference: M...
Etching
Sainte Lucie
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sainte Lucie Etching and watercolour from 1974. The edition 219/450. Dimensions of work: 90 x 63.5 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Field, 73-3; Michler, ...
Watercolor, Etching
