Salvador Dalí

Dalí Atomicus, 1948. Photo by Philippe Halsman.

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubol (1904–1989), known as Salvador Dalí was a Catalan surrealist painter. Dalí's artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931.

Works

• The-persistence-of-memory-1931.jpg

  The persistence of memory, Oil on canvas, 24 cm × 33 cm, MOMa, 1931.

• Dali - The Sacrament of the Last Supper.JPG

  The Sacrament of the Last Supper, Oil on canvas, 166.7 x 267 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1955.

• Dali - Christ.JPG

  Christ of Saint John of the Cross,Oil on canvas, 205 x 166 cm, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1951.

• Dali - The Madonna of Port Lligat.JPG

  The Madonna of Port Lligat, Oil on canvas, 49.53 x 38.1 cm. Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1948.

Publications

• Babaouo, c'est un film surrealiste, Paris: Editions des Cahiers libres, 1932. (French)
• Les cocus du vieil art moderne, Éditions Bernard Grasset & Fasquelle, 1956. (French)
  • Los Cornudos Del Viejo Arte Moderno, trans. Carmen Artal, Barcelona: Tusquets, 2002. (Spanish)
• El mito trágico de ‘El Ángelus’ de Millet, 1963. (Spanish)
  • The Tragic Myth of Miller’s L’Ángelus, trans. Haim Finkelstein, 1998. (English)
• Journal d'un genie, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1964. (French)
  • Jurnalul unui geniu, trans. Tania Radu, Bucharest: Humanitas, 1994; 2nd edition, 2001, PDF, IA. (Romanian)

Literature

• Alain Bosquet, Conversations with Dalí, E.P. Dutton, New York City, 1969. (English)
• Federico Zeri, Dali. Persistenza della memoria, Milano: Rizzoli, 1998. (Italian)

Links

• Dalí on UbuWeb Sound
• Dalí at Wikipedia