Monday, 24 February 2025

Salvador Dali - part 18


Salvador Dalí is among the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and, perhaps most famously, filmmaking in his collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock. Dalí was renowned for his flamboyant personality and role of mischievous provocateur as much as for his undeniable technical virtuosity. In his early use of organic morphology, his work bears the stamp of fellow Spaniards Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. His paintings also evince a fascination for Classical and Renaissance art, clearly visible through his hyper-realistic style and religious symbolism of his later work.

For more biographical details see Part 1, and for earlier works see Parts 1-17 also.

This is part 18 of an 18-part series on the works of Salvador Dali.

All artworks © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres. 

c1982 “Night” after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 67 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 “Day” after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 67 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 "Dawn" after the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo and catastrophe-form writing
oil on canvas 75 x 59 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After "Descent from the Cross" by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 75 x 60.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After "Crouching Boy" by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 95 x 65 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “Christ Contemplated by the Christian Soul” by Vélazquez
oil on canvas 92 x 117 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Adam after “The Creation of Adam“ of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 75 x 75 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 “Twilight” after the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo in the courtyard of El Escorial and
Catastrophe-Form writing
oil on canvas 75.5 x 60.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “The Infanta Margarita of Austria” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial
oil on canvas 73 x 59.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “Resurrection of Christ” by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “Resurrection of Christ” by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “Palestrina Pietà” by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 95.5 x 65.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “Palestrina Pietà” and the Christ of the “Pietà” by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 71 x 76 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After Head by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 75 x 75 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After "The Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback" by Velázquez
oil on canvas 57 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c198 After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez and Catastropheiform Writing
oil on canvas 75 x 59.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Exploding Head
oil on canvas 140 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Christ after “Palestrina Pietà” by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 65 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Atmospherocephalic Figures
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Giuliano de' Medici after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 140 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Giuliano de' Medici after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 140 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Christ after "Pietà" by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 The Three Glorious Enigmas of Gala, Christ after “Pieta” and the Persian Sibyl by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Seagulls for the King
oil on canvas 24 x 41 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Moses after the Tomb of Julius II by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Mirror Heads
oil on canvas 100 x 90.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1982 Homage to Michelangelo
oil on canvas 95 x 75 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Bed and two bedside tables ferociously attacking a cello
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Bed and two bedside tables ferociously attacking a Cello
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

c1983 Pietà
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Escorial contorting itself outrageously to transform into a woman
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Cutlet and match. The Chinese crab
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Chair, bed and bedside table ferociously attacking a cello
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 The Catastrophes Series
 oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Swallow’s tail and cellos, the Catastrophes Series
oil and collage on canvas 73 x 92 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Swallow’s tail, the Catastrophes series
oil and collage on canvas 73 x 60 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

c1983 Bed and two bedside tables ferociously attacking a cello, Topological Contortion
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 After "David" by Michelangelo, Sa Popa des vaixell
oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Topological contortion of a female figure
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1983 Topological contortion of a female figure becoming a cello
oil on canvas 60 x 63.5 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

c1983 We'll be arriving later, around five
oil and collage on canva 73 x 60 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


Friday, 21 February 2025

Salvador Dali - part 17

Salvador Dalí is among the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and, perhaps most famously, filmmaking in his collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock. Dalí was renowned for his flamboyant personality and role of mischievous provocateur as much as for his undeniable technical virtuosity. In his early use of organic morphology, his work bears the stamp of fellow Spaniards Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. His paintings also evince a fascination for Classical and Renaissance art, clearly visible through his hyper-realistic style and religious symbolism of his later work.

For more biographical details see Part 1, and for earlier works see Parts 1-16 also.

This is part 17 of an 18-part series on the works of Salvador Dali.

All artworks © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres. 


1979 The Golden Goat of the Castle of Quermançó
oil on plywood panel 122 x 244 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1979 “The School of Athens” and “The Fire in the Borgo”
oil on plywood panel 32 x 43 cm each panel
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1979 “The School of Athens” and “The Fire in the Borgo”
detail

c1979 “The School of Athens” and “The Fire in the Borgo”
detail

c1979 Allegory of Spring
oil on plywood panel 122 x 244 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1979 Battle in the Clouds
oil on canvas 100 x 100 each panel
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

c1979 Battle in the Clouds
detail

c1979 Battle in the Clouds
detail

c1979 More beautiful than Canova
oil on copper 32 x 24 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1979 Llullian Wheels
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1979 In Search of the Fourth Dimension
oil on canvas 122.5 x 246 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1979 Copy of a Rubens copied from a Leonardo
oil on plywood panel 18 x 24 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1979 Pentagonal Sardana
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm each panel
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1979 Pentagonal Sardana
detail

c1979 Pentagonal Sardana
detail

1980 Arabs
oil on plywood panel 32 x 43 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

1980 Landscape with Celestial figures
oil on canvas 43 x 57 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

1981 Hermes
 oil on copper 22.8 x 17.8 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

1981 After "Jason with the Golden Fleece" by Erasmus Quellinus
oil on canvas 130 x 89 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres

c1981 The Path of the Enigma
oil on canvas 140 x 94 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 The Path of the Enigma
oil on canvas 139 x 94 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 The Exterminating Angels
oil on plywood panel 122 x 122 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 Reading
oil on copper 12.8 x 17.7 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 Gala Contemplating the apparition of Prince Baltasar Carlos
(After "The Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback" by Velázquez)
oil on canvas 140.5 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 After "Mercury and Argus" by Velázquez
 oil on canvas 140 x 95 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 After "Aphrodite of Cnidus" by Praxiteles
oil on canvas 140 x 96 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981"Night" after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici and "Apollo" by Michelangelo
oil on canvas 43 x 31 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 The Pearl
 (The Infanta Margarita of Austria after “Las Meninas” by Velázquez)
oil on canvas 140 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 The Garden of Hours
oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 Spanish Nobleman with Fleur de Lis
 oil on copper 27.7 x 22.8 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 Landscape with Cypress
oil on copper 37 x 53 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 Character carrying the Golden Fleece
oil on canvas 89 x 130 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 Argos
oil on canvas 97 x 146.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 Ritual Scene
oil on copper 32.2 x 24 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 Woman on a Ram
oil on copper 24 x 32.2 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

c1981 Wing and harpoon lifting the skin of the sea
oil on canvas 96 x 139.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1981 Tower, grand piano and fountain
oil on copper 76 x 56 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 


c1981 Three Figures
oil on copper 28 x 42 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


c1981 The towers
oil on copper 56 x 76 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid


1982 Behind the window on the left side of which a spoon projects, Velázquez is dying
(After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial)
oil and collage on canvas 75 x 59.5 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, Figueres


c1982 Olé!
(After "The Jester Calabacillas" by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial)
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1982 Knight and King in the background
oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1982 Geological Echo
(After "Pietà" by Michelangelo)
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1982 Double Victory of Gaudí
oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres


c1982 Adam
(After “The Creation of Adam” in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo)
oil on canvas 60 x 75 cm
The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres