Salvador Dalí
- Acting
- May 11, 1904 · Figueres, Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- January 23, 1989
Biography
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol GYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres in Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, sculpture, film, graphic arts, animation, fashion, and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays, and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art, popular culture, and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia article Salvador Dalí, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Last Election · Self
- Enigma · Self
- Gaumont, the Étrange Anthology · Self
- Donyale Luna: Supermodel · Self
- L'Âge d'or de la pub · Self
- Mike Wallace Is Here · (archive footage)
- The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders · Self
- Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique · Self
- Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality · Self
- Salvador Dalí. In Search of Immortality · Self
- Andy Warhol, Fluorescent · (archive footage)
- Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar · Self
- A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol · Self
- Dali's Last Masterpiece · Self
- Dali's Greatest Secret · Self
- Jodorowsky's Dune · Self
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino · Self
- Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments · Self
- Moires with Prof. Oster and Salvador Dalí · Self
- Salvador Dalí at Work · Self
- Filmmakers in Action · Self
- Who Gets to Call It Art? · Self
- The Dali Dimension · Self
- Destino · Story
- Gala · Self
- The End of a Mystery · Self
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture · Self
- Speaking of Buñuel · Self
- Buñuel in Hollywood · Self
- Babaouo · Novel
- Eurovizija.LT · Art director(archive footage)
- Imagine: John Lennon · Self
- Good Morning, Mr. Orwell · Self
- Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers · Thanks
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma · Self
- Viaje a la Alcarria · Sound
- Songs for After a War · Self
- Impressions of Upper Mongolia · Self, Director
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- As Far as Love Can Go · Salvador Dalí (uncredited)
- V.I.P. Schaukel · Self
- Johnny Minotaur
- Samedi soir · Self
- Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks · Self
- Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali · Self
- Fun and Games for Everyone
- God Chose Paris · Self
- À bout portant · Self
- Night-Club · Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- A Season with Mankind · Self
- Screen Test #3 · Self
- Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
- Salvador Dalí · Self
- Screen Test [ST68]: Salvador Dalí
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests · Self
- Dim Dam Dom · Self
- Dali In New York · Self
- Pour le plaisir · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- Salvador Dalí Home Movie · Self, Director
- What's My Line? · Self
- Spellbound · Art Direction
- Moontide · Set Designer
- L'Âge d'or · Screenplay
- Un Chien Andalou · Seminarist (uncredited), Screenplay