Elizabeth Pisciotta Mrs. Honda CP Am Lit 11 F 6 December 2014 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is one of the most well known artists. Dali’s paintings are widely known. “Dali emerged as the most popular and influential painter associated with the surrealist movement” (Auffenberg 1). His style of painting was strange and rather random. He is considered by some as the “Greatest artist of the surrealist art movement” (Wanczura 1). Some believe that “he is hugely popular around the world for creating a new genre in art- surrealism” (Salvador Dali 1). Dali is remembered today for his artwork. Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Spain on May 11, 1904 (Schaefer 1). He was the son of Salvador Dali I and Felipa (Auffenberg 1). His parents were very …show more content…
During his career, “Dali experimented with a wide variety of styles that were revolutionizing the art world, including Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism and Futurism” (Auffenberg 1). The 1920s were the best years for Dali’s artwork (2). Dali said that “the purpose of his art was to systematize confusion and discredit the perceived world of reality” (Auffenberg 2). One of the most well known and famous works of Dali was “The Persistence of Memory. (Schaefer 1). “The Persistence of Memory” was painted in 1931 and “reflected the core of surrealism soft, melting pocket watches for the first time” (Salvador Dali 4). Dali’s paintings were weird and strange. The paintings “were filled with haunting, bizarre, and even grotesque images. He often depicted familiar objects in an altered or distorted state” (Schaefer 1). In the paintings Dali completed later on in his life, he changed the focus to religious views and his paintings reflected this way (Schaefer 1). Dali had a “financially successful” career (Auffenberg …show more content…
In fact, “In August 1929 Dali met his future wife, Elena Ivanovna Diakonova who was the artist’s inspiration and better known as Gala” (Salvador Dali 2). They got married and moved in together (4) Besides from painting, Dali was also a very good writer and produced two films (Schaefer 1). He wrote several books and “In 1942 Dali published his autobiography, “The Secret Life of Salvador Dali’” (Salvador Dali 4). Books, paintings and films were not the only thing Dali created. He also “created many Surrealist objects, such as his Aphrodisiac Jacket (1936) and a sofa designed in the shape of Mae West’s lips” (Auffenberg 2). The end of Dali’s life was very sad. For instance, “Dali’s wife died on June 10 1982” (Salvador Dali 4). He spent a lot of time alone after Gala passed away (Schaefer 1)“ In 1984 Dali had a fire in his house, and moved to “the Galatea Tower of the theatre-museum built in his honor in his native Figueras” (Auffenberg 3). Dali’s health started to fail and “In November Dali was admitted to the hospital after heart failure” (Salvador Dali 4). Salvador Dali died on January 23, 1989 (Salvador Dali