Salvador Dalí

Known for ActingBorn 1904-05-11Died 1989-01-23Figueres, Girona, Catalunya, Spain

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol GYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres in Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, sculpture, film, graphic arts, animation, fashion, and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays, and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art, popular culture, and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia article Salvador Dalí, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

As Far as Love Can Go

Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Buñuel in Hollywood

Babaouo

Jodorowsky's Dune

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

Gaumont, the Étrange Anthology

Le Grand Échiquier

À bout portant

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Dim Dam Dom

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders

V.I.P. Schaukel

Gala

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality

Filmmakers in Action

Destino

Screen Test #3

Who Gets to Call It Art?

Spellbound

Imagine: John Lennon

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Mike Wallace Is Here

Un Chien Andalou

The End of a Mystery

Impressions of Upper Mongolia

Enigma

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

Songs for After a War

Fun and Games for Everyone

The Merv Griffin Show

God Chose Paris

Dali's Greatest Secret

L'Âge d'or

Speaking of Buñuel

The Dali Dimension

Moontide

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Samedi soir

A Season with Mankind

Dali In New York

Johnny Minotaur

A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol