One of the most recognized Spanish painters of the twentieth century, is Salvador Dalíconsidered the maximum representative of surreal art Not only for his eccentric works, but for his unconventional personality.
The author of «The persistence of memory», «The Great Masturbator» and «Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a grenade a second before the awakening», He resorted to Freud's psychoanalysis theories and his own fears to perform some of the most iconic works of surrealism.
Next, we tell you everything you should know about The life and work of Salvador Dalí, the maximum representative of surreal art.
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Who was Salvador Dalí?
Salvador Dalí was famous a painter, sculptor, recorder, set designer and writer Spanish of the twentieth century, considered one of the maximum representatives of surrealism Thanks to his shocking works with dream images.
Originally from Figueres, Salvador Dalí dedicated himself to drawing and painting From a young age. In 1922 he moved to Madrid to enter the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he met Luis Buñuel and Federico García Lorca. However, Dalí He was expelled in 1926 for refusing to be examined in a subject.
Dalí made his First surreal cadres in Catalonia: «Honey is sweeter than blood» and «apparatus and hand.» In 1929, the artist moved to Paris, where another Spanish artist, Joan Miró put him in touch with the members of Surrealism.
At this stage he was interested in Freud's psychoanalysis theories, which led him to paint «The great masturbator«,»The spectrum of the sex-uppeal « and «The persistence of memory«. These works also reflected some childhood traumas of Dalítheir concerns around sex and venereal diseases.