Salvador Dali i Domenech (Figueres 1904-1989) Painter,
decorator and esculptor.
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Integrated in the group of poets and artists, later
known as the generation of 1927.
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The paintings of his first years, the Yellow Manifest
(1928), his articles and
conferences (1930) caused violent reactions.
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Residing in Paris from the beguinings of the twenties,
became the most relevant
figure of the pictorial surrealism; It was in Paris
where he met Paul Eluard´s whife,
Gala Helena D.Diakonova, whith whom he married.
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In 1939 he travels to U.S.A., alternating his stays
in Portlligat, whose landscapes
became the main reason for his work. He was expelled
from surrealism being
accused of fascist, by André Breton.
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Back to Spain in 1948 he followed, according to his
own words, the spiritual
tradition of Zurbaran, Murillo, Valdes Leal and other
great mystics of Castillian
Literature.
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His paintings, that part from the neocentism and
go through a cubist stage,
responds to what he calls "paranoic-critic activity"
consisting in the representation
of oniric scenes realized with an incredible technical
minuteness: "Persistence of
memory", "Soft watches","Presage of civil war", several
variations on the Angelus
of Millet, etc.
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At his return from Italy, after the Spanish civil
war (1936-1939), he approaches
religious, historical and allegorical subjects: "Saint
Anthony´s temptation (1947)",
"The Virgin of Port Lligat (1950)", "Discovery of
America by Christopher
Colombus (1959)","The battle of Tetuan (1962)", etc.
His interest for the visual
effects bring him to the use of the hallography and
to the making of stereoscopic
paintings as "The chair (1975)"
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He cooperates in the making of some films as "Un
chien andalou (1929)", "Golden
age (1931)" directed by Luis Buñuel, and Alfred
Hitchcock´s "Spellbound (1945)".
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He
created the scenography and fashion design for many ballets, and cooperated
with Visconti and Luis Escobar in the theatre.
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He ilustrated books, dessigned jewelry, sculptures,
and the most diverse objects.
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His main books are: "The secret Life of Salvador
Dalí (1942)"," Fifty Secrets
of Magic Craftsmanship (1948)"," Journal d’un genie
(1954)","Le mythe tragique
de
l’Angelus de Millet (1963)".
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In 1974 his monographic museum, "TeatreMuseu Dali"
is inagurated in the location
of Figueres, his hometown.
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In 1984, is being constituted the foundation "Gala-Salvador
Dali" which administer
his legacy.
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