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.
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| c1982 “Night” after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo oil on canvas 67 x 95 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 “Day” after the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo oil on canvas 67 x 95 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 After "Descent from the Cross" by Michelangelo oil on canvas 75 x 60.5 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 After "Crouching Boy" by Michelangelo oil on canvas 95 x 65 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 After “Christ Contemplated by the Christian Soul” by Vélazquez oil on canvas 92 x 117 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 After “Resurrection of Christ” by Michelangelo oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 After “Resurrection of Christ” by Michelangelo oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 After “Palestrina Pietà” by Michelangelo oil on canvas 95.5 x 65.5 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 After Head by Michelangelo oil on canvas 75 x 75 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 After "The Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback" by Velázquez oil on canvas 57 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 Exploding Head oil on canvas 140 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Christ after “Palestrina Pietà” by Michelangelo oil on canvas 65 x 95 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Atmospherocephalic Figures oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 Christ after "Pietà" by Michelangelo oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 Seagulls for the King oil on canvas 24 x 41 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Moses after the Tomb of Julius II by Michelangelo oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Mirror Heads oil on canvas 100 x 90.5 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Homage to Michelangelo oil on canvas 95 x 75 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Bed and two bedside tables ferociously attacking a cello oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| c1983 Pietà oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Escorial contorting itself outrageously to transform into a woman oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Cutlet and match. The Chinese crab oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Chair, bed and bedside table ferociously attacking a cello oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 The Catastrophes Series oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Swallow’s tail and cellos, the Catastrophes Series oil and collage on canvas 73 x 92 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Swallow’s tail, the Catastrophes series oil and collage on canvas 73 x 60 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| 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 |
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| c1983 After "David" by Michelangelo, Sa Popa des vaixell oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1983 Topological contortion of a female figure oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
