Salvador Dali

by Salvador Dalí

The Great Artist series of easy-to-read biographies offer an engaging and comprehensive look at the lives of some of the most notable artists of all time. Each book provides insight to an artist's childhood, influences, and works. From Impressionism to modern art, this series explores the artists' unique styles and will supplement young readers' art history curriculum.
- Full-color examples show the artist's work.
- A timeline highlight the artist's achievements.
- Detailed sidebars, glossary, and index are found in each book.
- Full-color Photographs
- Examples of artist's work
- Timeline
- Index
- Glossary

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol, was a Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia.

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931.

Salvador Dalí's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. He collaborated with Walt Disney on the Academy Award-nominated short cartoon Destino, which was released posthumously in 2003. He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's film Spellbound.

Dalí insisted on his "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors who occupied Southern Spain for nearly 800 years (711-1492), and attributed to these origins, "my love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes."

Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork. The purposefully-sought notoriety led to broad public recognition and many purchases of his works by people from all walks of life.

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm pretty sure most of the reviews on the page I found do not relate to this young reader introduction to Salvador Dali--another in ABDO Publishing Company's Great Artists series. Interesting facts. Art included. History that I had no idea about. Good for introducing students to different art forms--surrealism. Controversy is explored briefly.

[Luis González · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mi cerebro no dio una con la vasta colección de Dalí. Y es que sus pinturas pueden verse tan sólo extravagantes, pero tienen un significado aún más poderoso y escondido que sólo pueden ver algunos cuantos. Yo no fui elegido, pero disfruté bastante este pequeño viaje a través de una de las mentes más prodigiosas y extraordinarias del mundo.