![]() They are his dreams and nightmares on canvas. His dreamscapes in vivid colors are morphological echoes, eccentric apparitions fueled by his megalomania and cult of personality. He captured images transcending from extraordinary fantasy to stupefaction, obsessive themes in which the universe is dominated by eroticism, sadism, scatology, and putrefaction, stepping on the fine line between genius and madness. His most famous canvas, painted in 1931, Persistence of memory is commonly referred to as the Melting Clocks, and is currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Sought after by art collectors, it is impossible not to recognize at least one of his paintings. He adapted a paranoiac-critical method, which is why he is often called the Great Paranoiac, with reference to his famous painting. However, this didn't stop him from referring to himself as the only artist capable of capturing and depicting surreal forms. He did not follow any rule, which is why he was at one point eliminated from the Surrealist group of artists. For him, surreality was contained by reality. However, he never gave up on his “objective” aesthetics. Perhaps I'll be despised and misunderstood, but I'll be a genius, a great genius, I'm certain of it.” Interesting how he could foresee his future with such accuracy.ĭali set off on an artistic journey from Eclectic Cubism to Purism and Surrealism. When he was only 16, he wrote down in his notebook: “I will be a genius, and the world will admire me. The mesmerizing city of Barcelona, with its Guell Park and Gaudi's Sagrada Familia inspired his first aesthetic impressions. At the age of six he wanted to be a cook, at seven he wanted to be Napoleon, and his ambitions continued to grow in time. A Catalan family of notable personalities and intellectuals, friends of Picasso's, encouraged the young Dali to embrace an artistic career. ![]() ![]() Salvador Felipe Jacinto first saw the light of day in Figueras, Spain on May 11, 1904.
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