Salvador Dali
Name: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech
Birth: 8.45am on 11 May 1904 in Spain
School: San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid
Background of Salvador Dali
- 1925, first one man-show in Barcelona
- 1928, internationally known when 3 of his painting was shown in the third annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
Basket of Bread
- Dali became the leader in the Surrealist Movement.
- 1934, Dali was expelled from Surrealist Movement because of a disagreement.
- Salvador Dali was not limited to a particular style or media.
- Early impressionist paintings -> surrealist works -> his classical period
- reveals a constantly growing and evolving artist.
- Dali worked in all media (oils, watercolors, drawings, graphics, and sculptures, films, photographs, performance pieces, jewels and objects of all descriptions.)
- He left for posterity the permission to explore all aspects of one’s own life and to give them artistic expression.
The greatest known Surrealist artist is the world famous Salvador Dali.
Background of Surrealism
- It is a cultural movement and artistic style.
- Founded in 1924 by Andre Breton.
- Uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art with logic.
- It attracted many Dadaist.
- Influenced by psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung.
- The movement was begun primarily in Europe.
The Persistence of Memory
This is Salvador Dali's most famous artwork. (It is one of the best known surrealist work.)
The Persistence of Memory is generally interpreted as the soft watches are a rejection of the assumption that time is rigid.
Elements of Design
Lines are fine.
Shape are odd (not the regular shapes)
Direction is not constant, to give the emphasis of the picture.
Sizes is depending on the distance of the object.
Texture is smooth.
Color(Hue) are dark colors.
Value(Tone) the bottom of the painting uses a darker value compare to the top.
Principle of Design
Balance is used in this picture as the cliff is smaller, showing that is further behind.
Gradation, from light to dark, allow us to look at the picture as a whole.
Repetition is used in his painting (e.g. there are many clocks) but there are many variations to the clocks, making the picture looks interesting.
There isn't much Contrast in his painting.
Harmony is used to make object, usually look odd together. look normal.
There are no Dominance in the picture as the story is told together.
Unity give the picture a eye soothing feeling even if the items are bizarre.
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