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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali, the most famous of surrealist artists, was a highly imaginative artist who was best known for his striking and bizarre images. His most well-known work is "The Persistence of Memory." Asking and answering questions about his life and his work is the purpose of this category.
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How many years did it take Dali to paint the persistence of memory?
Dreamlike, seemingly realistic pictures.
Salvador Dali married to Gala Dalí (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova) in 1934
yes because he made many painting's that people enjoyed and pain money for
What does Salvador Dali's painting the 'Ascension of Christ'?
The picture is showing Christ on the Cross. We appear to be looking at it from God's point of view - looking down. The cross is floating in a dark sky which could be oppressive, but the world represented by the seascape is full of light in contrast. Jesus' head is down but His arms and shoulders show strength so there is a sense of power about Him, as though He is not defeated. There is no blood, nails or thorn of crowns so the sense of violence and despair is not oppressive either. The cross seems to act like a bridge between us and God - as Jesus said He was. 'I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself' John 12:32. Jesus was troubled that His hour of death was near, but knew that this was why He came, so that God's name would be glorified The world appears to be represented by fishermen. Jesus called His disciples to be fishers of men to bring people to know him, for He is the way and the truth and the light. Jesus asks us to serve God by following Him, as He asked the fishermen to do. Christians believe that Christ's death on the cross is God's act of love to us - He so loved the world that he gave us His only son. The body of Jesus on the cross shows us the depth of God's suffering and his humiliation for us. Jesus asks us to follow Him by giving ourselves to God, by putting other people first. He says 'Whoever serves me must follow me and that then the Father's name will be glorified' and people will be able to see God, through Jesus and through us. The painting was voted as Glasgow's most popular, taking 29% of the votes and so it must mean a great deal to some people. I liked it better in St Mungo's Museum, where it was moved whilst its home at Kelvingrove was being rennovated. It was hung over a stairwell and viewers could see it from below and also from above if they stood on the staircase. Dali saw a drawing by a Carmelite friar who had seen Christ on the cross in a vision and he was inspired to paint his picture from the same viewpoint. Dali's painting has received critiscism from the art world because they thought it too mundane after his other works and thought that he was trying to show the Catholic Church that he still had feelings. The painting has been vandalised twice so it must arise passion in some people. Paintings show people what is inside them and makes them think. What do you think when you look at it?
What was salvador Dali's fears?
I read this in a biography. He was afraid of ants, because as a kid, he was taking care of an injured bat. The next day, he came back to nurse the bat, but ant were crawling over its dead corpse. Needless to say, it was a disturbing motif, that he later used in his artwork to represent death and decay. For example, in the Persistence of Memory, ants crawl on some of the clocks.
What are some self portraits of Salvador Dali?
''Self-Portrait in the Studio' ca 1919. 'Self-Portrait with Raphaelesque Neck' 1921-1922 'Self Portrait with L'Humanite' 1923 'Cubist Self Portrait with La Publicitat' 1923
Who or what influenced or inspired salvador Dali?
His wife and his dreams.
Many different things, but most of all his wife, Gala.
Politics, religion, insanity and his wife Gala was a always a underlying theme in his paintings
Dali's skills of painting are often accredited to the influence of Renaissance masters. He was deeply influenced by Sigmund Freud's writings about the unconscious and dreams. Also his association with the French Surrealists influenced him but he was eventually disliked by many in this group.
Where did Salvador Dali get his inspiration?
By going to art school in Figueres and Art Academy in Madrid.
What did the art mean to Salvador Dali?
Dali used events in his childhood and throughout his young life in his symbolism. The Majority of his symbolism is based on his fears and phobias, for example the aggressive and dominating figure of his father is often painted by Dali in the form of a Lion, and a chest of drawers slightly open suggests the supressed sexuality of females and sexual discovery.
Each symbol has its own meaning, but most of them depict a certain fear of his using an image related to his fear extracted from an event in his life.
What was the subject of salvador Dalis paintings?
The subject matter of Salvador Dali's work varied among his different art periods. He started with simple landscapes of his home and then started focusing on "erotic desires" concerning grotesque dreams and sights.
What is the difference between Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali?
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Pablo Picasso, on the other hand, was a famous painter who was born in Spain, and lived mostly during the twentieth century. He is known mostly for his unrealistic, cubist paintings of people.
In short--two very, very different men. As a small matter of curiosity, where on earth did you get such a question?
What is Salvador Dali's 'Mae West' painting worth?
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Did Salvador Dali have any brothers and sisters?
Yes, Francisco Goya did have four siblings. Goya was a Spanish painter and considered to be the last of the Old Master painters.
What kind of impact do Salvador Dali have?
He himself claimed his own contribution to art was: 'nothing, absolutely nothing' in a 1970's interview.
He then said he was a bad painter and if he ever painted anything good, he would die the next week.
What were major events during Salvador Dali's life?
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech, known as Salvador Dali, was a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter. Dali never won any big time awards for his artistic works.
What was the nationality of Salvador Dali?
Salvador Dali was born in Figueres in Spain on May 11, 1904. So he was Spanish.
What is the name of the film Salvador Dali made?
Salvador Dali has been working on more than one movie in one way or another. The most famous one, and the one you are probably referring to is Un Chien Andalou (the Andalusian Dog) in which he starred and that he co-wrote with Luis Buñuel. He also worked on a second movie with Buñuel called L'age D'or.
Other movies he's been part of are Destino, in which he worked with Walt Disney, Spellbound in which he co-operated with Alfred Hitchcock. The last
movie he directed is called Impressions de la haute Mongolie (Impressions of Upper Mongolia), which he made in 1975.
