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Top auctionsHere is a brief biography of the famous charismatic artist Salvador Dali
The great Salvador DaliThe Salvador Dali Museum houses the largest collection dedicated to the Spanish artist.
Visit the Dali MuseumThe movement of surrealism was expressed through different mediums. Several artists chose painting and sculpture but many surrealist works were created using a camera or even a pencil. When we think of surrealist art we often think of its paintings that look like a fantastic dream but we cannot forget about the surrealist cinema or even automatic writing.
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All surrealist artistsIt was during a trip to Paris that the surrealist painter Salvador Dali was introduced into the movement of surrealism thanks to painter Joan Miro. It was the psychoanalytic techniques of Freud that fascinated him to the point of creating his own technique called "paranoiac-critical".
Salvador Dali painted the most famous surrealist paintings and has become an icon of the Surrealist movement. His work The Persistence of Memory is the most famous painting of the surrealist movement. Although he was a master of the surrealist, the latter rejected him later.
Salvador Dali SurrealismDiscover the paintings of the famous surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
Surrealist painting of the famous Salvador Dali.
A significant artworks and very intriguing by its interpretation.
The Dali's imagination was also at cinematographic works service.
Located in Florida, it houses the most important collection of the painter.