Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion, 1954, Salvador Dali, Oil on canvas
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Began in Europe in 1924
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Based on the world of dreams and fantasy
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Unusual use of time, space, and symbols
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Artist use realistic objects in an unrealistic way
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Artist often includes visual surprises
“It is not necessary for the public to know whether
I am joking or whether I am serious,
just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.”
-Salvador Dali
Lobster Telephone, 1938
Salvador Dali
Painted metal, plaster and plastic
19 x 31 x 16 cm
The Edward James Foundation, West Dean College, Chichester, UK
Tell me what you see? Describe the artist’s use of color and shape?
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
9 ½ X 13”
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Is this painting full or empty? What takes up most of the space?
Sleep, 1937
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
51 x 78 cm
Private Collection
What kind of lines are used in this picture? Straight or curved?
The Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
51 x 78 cm
Tate Modern, London
Do the objects in the
painting seem to be
moving or still?
The Architectonic Angelus of Millet, 1933
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
73 x 61 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,
Madrid, Spain
The Endless Enigma, 1938
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
114 x 144 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
What are Surrealist trying
to accomplish?
Paranoic Face, 1935
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
62 x 80 cm
Edward F.W. James Collection, Sussex
Is this image serious or
light hearted?
Galatea de las esferas, 1952
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
65 x 54cm
Gala-Dali Foundation, Figueres, Spain
Star in a Dream, 1958
Jean Arp
Bronze
38 x 30 ½ x 17 ½”
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Dutch Interior, 1928
Joan Miro
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm
The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, New York
Dali worked in all media,
leaving behind a wealth of
oils, watercolors, drawings,
graphics, and sculptures, films,
photographs, jewels and
objects of all descriptions.
Surrealism is not limited to
a particular style or media.
The Soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon, 1941
Salvador Dali
Oil on canvas
61 x 50 cm
Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, Figueres, Spain
"Dali's Elephant"
Gala Dalí Castle House-Museum, Púbol, Spain
Mae West Lip Sofa, 1936
Face of Mae West may be used as an apartment, 1935
The photo
was taken by
Phillippe Halsman,
who met Dalí in
1941 and started
collaborating
with him in
the late 1940s.
The Eye of Time, 1941
Jewel, 1941
"The Rhino Dressed in Lace"
Puerto José Banús, Marbella, Spain
Powerpoint presentation created by Cindy McClary
References
Fichner-Rathus, L., (1986). Understanding Art. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Linderman, M., (1990). Art in the elementary school: drawing, painting, & creating for the classroom. Dubuque, IA: Wm.C. Brown Publishing.
Mittler, G., Ragans, R., Sannell, F., & Unsworth, J. (2005). Introducing art. Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
Retrieved July 16, 2010, from the The Art Story, an e-approach to art history website, http://www.theartstory.org/artist-dali-salvador.htm
Retrieved July 16, 2010, from the Salvador Dali Art Gallery website, http://www.dali-gallery.com
Retrieved July 15, 2010, from the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation website, http://www.salvador-dali.org/dali/en_biografia.html
Retrieved July 15, 2010, from The Dali Museum website, http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/history/biography.html
Wenzel, A. (2007). Adventures in art: The mad, mad, mad world of Salvador Dali. London: Prestel Publishing.