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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” -Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali. Lucas Hunter. Early Years. Born May 11 th , 1904 in Figueras , Spain. He had a younger sister whom his parents spoiled. As a toddler, he wanted to be a cook - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SALVADOR DALI
Lucas Hunter
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
-Salvador Dali
EARLY YEARS Born May 11th, 1904 in Figueras, Spain. He had a younger sister whom his parents
spoiled. As a toddler, he wanted to be a cook Started painting at age 6 and fell in love with
it His parents sent him to live with their family
friend and artist Pitchot. Dali has a distinct and creative imagination
as a child, this inspired many paintings
CHILDHOOD Dali’s goal was to be unique and put his own
mark on the world. His uniqueness led to violence and cruelty
toward his friends. He enjoyed pain and was a mad and
tormented child Dali loved pain and got pleasure by feeling it Dali would stand on his head for a long
period of time to make him hallucinate This outlandish childhood is symbolized in his
paintings.
INSPIRATION Dali was inspired by his friends Picasso and
Freud Freud’s discoveries and theories of the time
influenced his paintings Freud was attempting to explain dreams and
unconscious desires at the time Picasso’s inspiration came early in Dali’s
career when he tried impressionism and cubism
SURREALISM Originated in Paris in 1924 Use a lot of deep symbolism in their art Paintings of things as if you were on drugs The surrealist movement ended with the
start of World War II Following this most surrealist artist left
Europe for America
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY -1931
THE HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR. 1968-1970
THE MELTING WATCH- 1954
SHADES OF NIGHT DESCENDING - 1931
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LAST SUPPER -1955
LATER YEARS Dali left the surrealist movement in 1931 Some believe his praise of Hitler led to the
surrealist kicking him out He continued to be a well known artist
without actively participating in this group Last paintings date from 1983 Died on January 23rd, 1989
RESOURCES http://www.edali.org/salvador-dali-quotes.jsp http://www.surrealists.co.uk/dali.php http://www.duke.edu/web/lit132/dalibio.html http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/surr/hd_
surr.htm
http://www.salvador-dali.org/dali/en_biografia.html
http://www.philipcoppens.com/dali.html