Dali Paintings

[Flippy the Squirrel]

So, in a chatbox discussion this morning, we talked about the great artist Salvador Dali, and I'm overcome with the desire to share his work. Deal with it.

We'll begin with my personal favorite Dali painting. It is twenty-six feet tall and currently resides in the Salvador Dali museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was an impressive experience to stand before this masterpiece.

It is called Hallucinogenic Toreador.

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Visage of War

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Geopoliticus Child Watches the Birth of the New Man
This one is supposedly expressive of Dali's belief about the political culture around the 1930's and 1940's ... notice America emerging and pushing the other countries, specifically those in Europe, away. He kicks towards the west, where the Japanese power was growing at the time. There are even those who suggest that the white umbrella over the top was a representation of a mushroom cloud, but since this was painted long before the development of the bomb, it's hard to believe.

 

[Crashman]

Those are great. I like this one a lot too:

Cannibalism in Autumn

 

[HaloRacer]

Back in 9th grade in art class we looked at Dali's works. I'm not an art person, but I remember the crazy stuff he did. He was a bit of a lunatic in person, but his paintings were without a doubt some of the most interesting I've seen.

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at Twenty Meters becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Dali was famous for these double-images.

 

[Crashman]

I like how he even includes a small version of the Lincoln painting almost as if to give you a clue.

Small version for comparison:

And we can't leave out the classic

Persistence of Memory

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Metamorphosis of Narcissus
This is also one of my favorites. I have a print of it hanging in my room.

 

[Crashman]

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Metamorphosis of Narcissus
This is also one of my favorites. I have a print of it hanging in my room.
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I only have a lone Picasso print in my room at the moment, but that would be a really cool one to have.