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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Salvador Dalí Double Rinocerontico Knob, Bronze, Mid-Century Modern
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Double Knob Rinocerontico designed by Salvador Dali produced by BD design. Three polished lacquered cast bronze pieces joined together. Double (for both sides of the door): 13 x 35...
Bronze
Salvador Dalí Rinocerontico Knob, Bronze, Mid-Century Modern, Spain
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Knob Rinocerontico designed by Salvador Dali produced by BD design. Three polished lacquered cast bronze pieces joined together. Measures: 13 x 19 x 24 H cm During the 1930s in P...
Bronze
$13,518 / item
Salvador Dali Double Rinocerontico Knob for BD
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Double Knob Rinocerontico designed by Salvador Dali produced by BD design. Three polished lacquered cast bronze pieces joined together. Double (for both sides of the door): 13 x 35...
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Bronze Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Bust of Salvador Dalí Nº265/999 by Arno Breker 1975
By Arno Breker
Located in Madrid, ES
The name of the artist and the date, "Arno Breker 1974-75," are incised on Dali's neck, indicating the period during which Breker sculpted Dali from life. On the back of the neck, yo...
Marble, Bronze
Dali Bronze Bas-Relief Fécondité
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989.) Fécondité, 1977. Bas relief in silvered bronze. Publishing Year : 1990-1992. Referenced in the catalogue raisonne "Dali Sculptures And ...
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Bronze TOTEM Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century bronze sculpture. In the form of a stylized totem. With a round plinth supported by 3 legs (and thus a little prone to tipping). Simply a wonderful sculp...
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Melting Clock" Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Melting Clock is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, representing a distorted, fluid clock draped over a slender branch. The abstract, pliant form reflects Dalí’s surre...
Marble, Bronze
$39,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 36.23 in W 23.63 in D 18.51 in
Leda Armchair, Sculpture Inspired by Salvador Dali “Femme á la téte rose” 1935
By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Taken from “Femme á la téte rose,” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece...
Brass
$32,100Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 36.23 in W 23.63 in D 18.51 in
Leda Low Table Sculpture After Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dali
By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí
Located in Brooklyn, NY
During the 1030s in Paris, Salvador Dali surrounded himself with a circle of friends involved in the application of art to varied disciplines, above and beyond the study of pure pict...
Brass
Bronze Sculpture – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet – Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Anthropomorphic Cabinet is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting a stylized human body transformed into a cabinet with multiple drawers. Each drawer, positioned...
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture – The Surrealist Angel – Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Surrealist Angel is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting an angel with elongated forms and stylized wings, representing the balance between the earthly and the...
Marble, Bronze
Mid Century/Modern Deco, Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very popular Deco sculpture of an Elegant lady in full dress walking down the Grand Steps. Cast in bronze with polished patina finish and cold painted peacock dress. Mounted on a solid set of Marble steps...
Bronze
$1,432Sale Price|34% Off
H 17.75 in W 8.5 in D 4.25 in
Bronze Figurative Sculpture After Salvador Dali
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze figurative sculpture after Salvador Dali (1904-1989) mounted on black marble pedestal. Measures: 17.75" High x 4.25" Deep x 8.50" Wide This eye-catching bronze figurative sc...
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet – Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Anthropomorphic Cabinet is a bronze sculpture depicting a stylized human body with integrated drawers, symbolizing layers of the unconscious and repressed memories. The piece ref...
Marble, Bronze
Salvador Dali's 'Melting Clock' Sculptural Lamp in Brass
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Dali's iconic melting clock image comes alive in sculptural form. Done in brass and mounted on a black acrylic pedestal, the piece is also wired to be a ...
Brass