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What the meaning of Salvador Dalí's paintings is largely comes down to personal interpretation. The Spanish artist was a Surrealist who attempted to explore psychology and dreams in his artwork. On 1stDibs, you can find a range of Salvador Dalí.
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Salvador Dali -- Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969
Lithograph
Edition 110/160
Hand signed lower right
Image size: 53 X 42.5 cm
Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm
Published by Shorewo...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vénus De Milo Aux Tiroirs By Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Salvador Dalí
1904-1989 Spanish
Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
(Venus de Milo with drawers)
Signed "Salvador Dalí EA III/IV" (on base)
Bronze
One of th...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lady Guidivar - original etching of nude female horse rider by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Lady Guidivar" is a rare, original etching from 1969 by Salvador Dalí. It depicts lady Guidivar riding nude on a horse. Originally signed lower left ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm
1970
Signed in pencil and numbered
Edition : /CXX
References : Field 70-8
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press.
Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him.
In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness.
By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Heaven Canto 4 (The Divine Comedy)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 4 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame.
Cataloging:
Mi...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Dali 33 Vertical Portrait de Calderon engraving painting
By Salvador Dalí
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
Engraving of the series LA VIDA ES SUEÑO.
Printed signature and date, as issued
Catalog. OFFICIAL CATALOG GRAPHYC WORKS BY ALBERT FIELD Page...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving