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What is the meaning of Salvador Dalí's paintings?

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What is the meaning of Salvador Dalí's paintings?
What the meaning of Salvador Dalí's paintings is largely comes down to personal interpretation. The Spanish artist was a Surrealist who attempted to explore psychology and dreams in his artwork. On 1stDibs, you can find a range of Salvador Dalí.
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Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press. Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

“Immaculate Conception”
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Salvador Dali Immaculate Conception lithograph signed and numbered. Comes with an coa from the dali foundation.Measures 36x26
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

“The Doctor”
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Salvador Dali lithograph signed and numbered. Comes with an coa from the dali foundation.Measures 37x30
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

“Framboisier
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Warren, NJ
Salvador Dali original lithograph “. In good condition measures 37x29. Signed and numbered
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

“King Richard, from Ivanhoe, 1978”
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Dali signed and numbered lithograph 150 made . Measurements Overall: each 34 1/2 by26 1/4 inches Sight: 28 1/2 by 20 1/2 inches
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Don Quichotte - Original etching (Field #65-7D)
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (1904-1989) Cinq portraits espagnols, Don Quichotte, 1966 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 35.5 x 28 cm (c. 14 x 11 in) REFERENCES : -...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

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