"Mariano Salvador Maella Mariano Salvador Maella Pérez (21 August 1739 – 10 May 1819) was a Spanish painter known primarily for his portraits and religious frescoes. Maella was born in Valencia. His artistic education began with his father, who was also a painter. In 1752, at the age of eleven, he moved to Madrid and received lessons from , a sculptor who helped introduce the Neoclassical style to Spain. This was followed by enrollment at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he attracted the attention of Antonio González Velázquez (whose daughter he would later marry). In"
"Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Dalí de Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known professionally as Salvador Dalí (; ; ), was a prominent Spanish surrealist born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist 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. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at times in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety"
"well as some notes on what Dalí did in particular years. Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Dalí de Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known professionally as Salvador Dalí (; ; ), was a prominent Spanish surrealist born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist 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. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at"
"Salvador Dalí and dance The Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is known above all as a surrealist painter: however, he also created or contributed to a number of ballets, and dance is a motif often found in his painting. Dalí as an artist was inspired by different people and aspects of his life; dance specifically was of great significance in his work and life. His involvement with ballet was at its greatest in the period 1938–1944, between the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Dalí claimed in 1974, that he had created 28 ballets, and according to Fleur"
"of media. Dalí attributed his ""love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes"" to an ""Arab lineage"", claiming that his ancestors were descendants of the Moors. 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. Salvador Dalí was born on 11 May 1904, at 8:45 am GMT, on the first floor of Carrer"
"The Burning Giraffe The Burning Giraffe (1937) is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. Dalí painted ""Burning Giraffe"" before his exile in the United States, which was from 1940 to 1948. Although Dalí declared himself apolitical, ""I am Dalí, and only that,"" this painting shows his personal struggle with the battle in his home country. Characteristic are the opened drawers in the blue female figure, which Dalí on a later date described as ""Femme-coccyx"" (tail bone woman). This phenomenon can be traced back to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytical method, much admired by Dalí. He regarded him as an enormous"
"the 30s and 40s Dalí began to paint a series of these double images. In ""El puente roto del sueño"" (1945) there are various figures who appear to be dancing over the bridge of Avignon. Dalí’s fascination with ballet undoubtedly influenced much of his art work. “For Dalí ballet meant the ordering of moving bodies in relation with cosmic laws that govern the celestial bodies,” in other words, it was a representation of the world as it should be. Salvador Dalí and dance The Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is known above all as a surrealist painter: however, he also"
"Picasso Málaga and Birthplace Museum. Salvador Dalí was a central artist within the Surrealist movement in Paris. Although Dalí was criticized for accommodating Franco's regime, André Breton, the Surrealist leader and poet, asked him to represent Spain at the 1959 Homage to Surrealism Exhibition which celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Surrealism. In line with the Surrealist movement's objectives, Dalí stated that his artistic aim was that ""...the world of imagination and of concrete irrationality may be as objectively evident ... as that of the exterior world..."", and this goal can be seen in one of his most familiar paintings, ""The"
"whom he had a difficult relationship. The technical mastery the young painter had achieved at that time can be seen in the cleanly drawn outlines, the treatment of light and shade and the expressive power of the sombre tone. Portrait of My Father (Dalí) Portrait of my father is a painting by Salvador Dalí currently exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). Dalí held his first exhibition at the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona in 1925, before making his first trip to Paris and turning towards Surrealism. One of the most outstanding paintings in the exhibition, considered one of"
"Monturiol, 20 (presently 6), in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain. Dalí's older brother, who had also been named Salvador (born 12 October 1901), had died of gastroenteritis nine months earlier, on 1 August 1903. His father, Salvador Rafael Aniceto Dalí Cusí (1872–1950) was a middle-class lawyer and notary, an anti-clerical atheist and Catalan federalist, whose strict disciplinary approach was tempered by his wife, Felipa Domènech Ferrés (1874–1921), who encouraged her son's artistic endeavors. In the summer of 1912, the family moved to the top floor of Carrer Monturiol 24"
"poet Roque Dalton are among the most important writers from El Salvador. Notable 20th-century personages include the late filmmaker Baltasar Polio, female film director Patricia Chica, artist Fernando Llort, and caricaturist Toño Salazar. Amongst the more renowned representatives of the graphic arts are the painters Augusto Crespin, Noe Canjura, Carlos Cañas, Giovanni Gil, Julia Díaz, Mauricio Mejia, Maria Elena Palomo de Mejia, Camilo Minero, Ricardo Carbonell, Roberto Huezo, Miguel Angel Cerna, (the painter and writer better known as MACLo), Esael Araujo, and many others. For more information on prominent citizens of El Salvador, check the List of Salvadorans. Salvadorans The"
"later at the famous banquet to Rousseau, he was awe inspiringly religious. Ramon Pichot Ramon Pichot Gironès (; 1871 – 1 March 1925) was a Catalan and Spanish artist. He painted in an impressionist style. He was a good friend of Pablo Picasso and an early mentor to young Salvador Dalí. Dalí met Pichot in Cadaqués, Spain, when was only 10 years old. Pichot also made many trips to France. Once in a while, Dalí and his family would go on a trip with Pichot and his family. He married Germaine Pichot, a well-known artist's model, in 1906. Together they"
"Dali's Mustache Dali's Mustache is an absurdist humorous book by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) and his friend, the photographer Philippe Halsman (1906–1979). The first edition was published in October 1954 in New York; slightly modified French editions followed in the 1980s and 1990s. The book is subtitled ""A Photographic Interview"". On one page a short question is addressed to Dalí, which the artist answers at the bottom of the following page. An additional, corresponding black and white photograph by Halsman – absurd, ironic or self-ironic portraits of Dalí with very different uses of his iconic mustache – complements"
"Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (; ; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist ""Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"" (1907), and ""Guernica"" (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica"
"Damián Domingo Damián Domingo y Gabor (February 12, 1796 – July 26, 1834) was the father of Philippine painting. Domingo established the official Philippine art academy in his residence in Tondo in 1821. Damian Domingo was born in Tondo, Manila and is a Chinese Filipino mestizo. He began his career as a painter specializing in miniature portraits and religious imagery. He also created albums of illustrations of native costumes. This he did primarily to sell to collectors. Such skills made Domingo one of the most famous and sought-after artists of his time in the Philippines. Domingo is regarded highly in"
"Portrait of My Father (Dalí) Portrait of my father is a painting by Salvador Dalí currently exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). Dalí held his first exhibition at the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona in 1925, before making his first trip to Paris and turning towards Surrealism. One of the most outstanding paintings in the exhibition, considered one of the best from his early period, is this portrait of his father. Dalí concentrated on the severe expression of the face and, especially in the piercing eyes, on the forceful character of his father, a notary in Figueres, with"
"held by the Museum of Modern Art, and the Society for Contemporary Art. His papers are held at the Archives of American Art. He was elected into the National Academy of Design in 1973 as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1976. Julian E. Levi Julian Edwin Levi (1900–1982) was an American painter. He was a 1968 Resident of the American Academy in Rome. He should not be confused with the New York art dealer Julien Levy, who introduced Salvador Dalí to American patrons at his Julien Levy Gallery. He was born in Yorkville, New York. He"
"the surrealists is that I am a surrealist"". Salvador Dalí has been cited as a major inspiration by many modern artists, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and most other modern surrealists. Salvador Dalí's manic expression and famous moustache have made him something of a cultural icon for the bizarre and surreal. He has been portrayed on film by Robert Pattinson in ""Little Ashes"" (2008), and by Adrien Brody in ""Midnight in Paris"" (2011). He was also parodied in a series of painting skits on ""Captain Kangaroo"" as ""Salvador Silly"" (played by Cosmo Allegretti) and in a ""Sesame Street"" muppet"
"his official estate. The US copyright representative for the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation is the Artists Rights Society. On 26 June 2017 it was announced that a judge in Madrid had ordered the exhumation of Dali's body in order to obtain samples for a paternity suit. Maria Pilar Abel Martínez, who works as a psychic and tarot card reader from Figueres, Girona, born in 1956, had stated that her mother, a maid, had been having an affair with the painter in 1955. Ms Abel claimed that her mother had told her that Dalí was her father. At the time of the"
"Living Still Life Living Still Life (French: Nature Morte Vivante"")"" is a painting by the artist Salvador Dalí. Dali painted this piece during a period that he called “Nuclear Mysticism.” Nuclear Mysticism is composed of different theories that try to show the relationships between quantum physics and the conscious mind. The different theories are composed of elements that range from “Catalan philosophers” to “classicism, pop art, and nuclear physics.” The painting, done in 1956, currently resides at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The name ""Nature Morte Vivante"" translates in English to “living still life.” It comes from"
"ten years before dedicating himself to painting. His work is influenced by his Latin American upbringing, his Chinese heritage, and his formal education in the United States. He mixes the bright colors of Central America with the harmony and simplicity of traditional Chinese painting and the boldness found in contemporary American art. He has received several awards in the United States and El Salvador. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions across the U.S., as well as in El Salvador at the Museo Nacional de Antropología Dr. David J. Guzmán, and in Spain, and has been featured on a"
"The Accommodations of Desire The Accommodations of Desire is a 1929 surrealist oil painting and mixed media collage on board by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí. Dalí was inspired to create the piece after a walk with his future wife Gala Dalí, who was at the time married to fellow surrealist Paul Éluard, with whom Dalí was having an affair. The painting purportedly represents Dalí's anxiety over the situation, and what the future would hold for him. The painting also mythologizes Dali's relationship with his father. The painted work consists primarily of seven large pebbles, each with a different symbol that"
"million (€8.9 million). Duchamp works Essays by Duchamp General resources Audio and video Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (; ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century,"
"Lopez de Tejeiro and their children. During the Spanish Civil War the house was respected because Rubert, who lived during the fight in the ""Llombart Hotel"" of Figueres, used his Puerto Rican nationality. The estate passed to his three daughters Isabel, Juana, and Antonia. On 8 September 1973 Dalí visited the Molí de la Torre, with the painter Antoni Pitxot and guided by Antonia Rubert, to cover all the corners of the house. Dalí told that from the terrace of the house had painted several landscapes of the Empordà. The North American collector Albert Reynolds Morse, founder of the Salvador"
"Ramon Pichot Ramon Pichot Gironès (; 1871 – 1 March 1925) was a Catalan and Spanish artist. He painted in an impressionist style. He was a good friend of Pablo Picasso and an early mentor to young Salvador Dalí. Dalí met Pichot in Cadaqués, Spain, when was only 10 years old. Pichot also made many trips to France. Once in a while, Dalí and his family would go on a trip with Pichot and his family. He married Germaine Pichot, a well-known artist's model, in 1906. Together they had a restaurant near the Bateau Lavoir, called La maison rose. Pichot"
"surrealist painter Salvador Dali in his 1960 work ""Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Velázquez"" which is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art""."" French-Senegalese artist Iba N'Diaye restaged the Velazquez portrait in his 1985-86 painting ""Juan de Pareja agresse par les chiens (Juan de Pareja menaced by dogs)"" . A central theme of the 2012 play ""Disgraced"" by Ayad Akhtar is a painting of the protagonist, a South Asian Muslim man, as painted by his white wife in the style of the ""Portrait of Juan de Pareja"". Representation of slavery in European art Portrait of"
"1932. A district encompassing the city of Pampas, near his birthplace, has been named after him. Daniel Hernández Morillo Daniel Hernández Morillo, (1 August 1856, Salcabamba - 23 October 1932, Lima) was a Peruvian painter in the Academic style who spent most of his working life in Paris. He also served as the first Director of the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. His mother was Peruvian and his father was from Spain. He was brought to Lima at the age of four and began his artistic education at fourteen, in the studios of Italian-born Leonardo Barbieri (1818-1896), who had worked"
"Dalí Paris The Espace Dalí is a permanent exhibition in France devoted to Salvador Dalí and more particularly to his sculptures and engravings. The museum, near the Place du Tertre in the Montmartre district of Paris, has around 300 original artworks. The collection features three-dimensional sculptures of Dalí's best known surrealistic paintings. The collection exhibited is part of the Dali Universe collection, curated by Beniamino Levi, Italian gallerist and collector. Sculptures such as ""Space Elephant"" and ""Alice in Wonderland"" are presented, and the visitor can also see other aspects such as ""Moses and monotheism"", ""Memories of Surrealism"", ""Don Quixote"", etc."
"life of his own, without the complacency of a typical still life. Living Still Life Living Still Life (French: Nature Morte Vivante"")"" is a painting by the artist Salvador Dalí. Dali painted this piece during a period that he called “Nuclear Mysticism.” Nuclear Mysticism is composed of different theories that try to show the relationships between quantum physics and the conscious mind. The different theories are composed of elements that range from “Catalan philosophers” to “classicism, pop art, and nuclear physics.” The painting, done in 1956, currently resides at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The name ""Nature"
"is not entirely certain. The painting is oil on canvas and is located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dalí painted it in 1936, but there are studies dating back to 1934. Dalí and his wife, Gala, were trapped in the middle of a general strike and an armed uprising by Catalan separatists in 1934, in Catalonia, and this may have influenced his Spanish Civil War motif. Salvador and Gala escaped to Paris, where they were married. Dalí and Gala had hired an escort to take them safely to Paris, but the escort died on his return because of the"
"Antoni Pitxot Antoni Pitxot (; Figueres, Girona, January 5, 1934 – June 12, 2015) was a Spanish Catalan painter and a longtime friend and collaborator of Salvador Dalí. Pitxot was born into a family with many artists in its ranks, among them, his uncle Ramon Pichot. He began studying drawing at the age of thirteen, and he exhibited regularly in Lisbon, Bilbao, Barcelona, and Madrid in his twenties and thirties, winning many prizes, including the Gold Medal painting prize in Barcelona's La Punyalada competition in 1965. At the beginning of the 1960s, he was a close friend of the French"
"flexible work of art"". Gertrude Stein, who knew Dalí personally and admired him, judged ""that moustache is Saracen there is no doubt about that"" and thought of it to be the ""most beautiful moustache of any European"". With advancing age, the mustache got shorter again. One of the last photographs of the artist – taken by Helmut Newton in Dalís home in 1986, three years after the painter had presented his last work – shows the 82 year old with a grey and drooping moustache. Both, Salvador Dalí und Luis Buñuel, friends since study times, admired the actor Adolphe Menjou."
"Josep Maria Sert Josep Maria Sert i Badia (; Barcelona, 21 December 1874 – 27 November 1945, buried in the Vic Cathedral) was a Catalan muralist, the son of an affluent textile industry family, and friend of Salvador Dalí. He was particularly known for his grisaille style, often in gold and black. Sert initially studied art in Rome before moving to Paris in 1899. There, he became involved with a group of decorative artists known as Les Nabis, gravitating around Paul Ranson, who had studied at the renowned private Académie Julian, founded in 1868 by painter Rodolphe Julian. Sert was"