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Selena in Dior | 1995

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Salvador Dali. Working in his studio.

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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

Spanish Surrealist artist

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Dalí was a skilled artist draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most recognisable Surrealist paintings. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at times in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.

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Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork.

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It was not until the late 1920s that two events brought about the development of his mature artistic style: his discovery of Sigmund Freud’s writings on the erotic significance of subconscious imagery and his affiliation with the Paris Surrealists, a group of artists and writers who sought to establish the “greater reality” of the human subconscious over reason. To bring up images from his subconscious mind, Dalí began to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as “paranoiac critical.”

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In the late 1930s Dalí switched to painting in a more-academic style under the influence of the Renaissance painter Raphael. His ambivalent political views during the rise of fascism alienated his Surrealist colleagues, and he was eventually expelled from the group. Thereafter, he spent much of his time designing theatre sets, interiors of fashionable shops, and jewelry as well as exhibiting his genius for flamboyant self-promotional stunts in the United States. In the period from 1950 to 1970, Dalí painted many works with religious themes, though he continued to explore erotic subjects.

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In 1980 at age 76, Dalí's health took a catastrophic turn. His right hand trembled terribly, with Parkinson-like symptoms. His near-senile wife allegedly had been dosing him with a dangerous cocktail of unprescribed medicine that damaged his nervous system.

After Gala's death, Dalí lost much of his will to live. He deliberately dehydrated himself, possibly as a suicide attempt.

He died of heart failure at age 84.

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Famous movies:

The Golden Age

An Andalusian Dog

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Famous paintings:

The Persistence of Memory

Swans Reflecting Elephants

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans

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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989)

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Destino, a Short Film by Salvador Dali & Walt Disney

Note: The following is a slightly edited version of text found on Wikipedia’s page for Destino.

Destino is an animated short film released on June 2, 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was originally a collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez and performed by Dora Luz.  

Destino (Spanish for destiny) was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.

In 1999, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Walt Disney Studios Paris, the company’s small Parisian production department, was brought on board to complete the project. A team of approximately 25 animators deciphered Dalí and Hench’s cryptic storyboards (with a little help from the journals of Dalí’s wife Gala Dalí and guidance from Hench himself), and finished Destino’s production. The end result is mostly traditional animation, including Hench’s original footage, but it also contains some computer animation. (x)

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Bernard  Pras 

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salvador dalí lockscreens

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Ben Akl. Inspired by Salvador Dali. 2014. London.

Costume from Kylie Minogue ‘Kiss Me Once’ Tour 2014 Directed by William Baker. Costume by Stevie Stewart

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Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí

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Salvador Dalí  -  Mínotaur   (patinated bronze, 1981)

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By Dalí

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Salvador Dali, 1977

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Salvador Dali’s house near Cadaques, Spain

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