Butterfly suite : Les Alpes - heliogravure - 1969 (Field #69-2 C)
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Salvador DalíButterfly suite : Les Alpes - heliogravure - 1969 (Field #69-2 C)1969
1969
About the Item
- Creator:Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989, Spanish)
- Creation Year:1969
- Dimensions:Height: 21.07 in (53.5 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU464314375552
Salvador Dalí
Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20th-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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