1. Salvador Dali: The Father of
Surrealist Art
Presenter:
Rida Khan

2. Outline
• Date/Country of birth/death
• Type of work
• Fame
• Contribution
• Famous works

3. Birth and demise
• Birth: 1904 in Figueras, Spain
• 20th century
• Death: 1989 in Figueras

4. Type of work
• Surrealist painter
• Sculptor
• Graphic artist
• Designer

5. Rise to fame
• Surrealist work:
- Reflection of unreal dreams and paranoiac state of mind
- Subconscious mind depicted through
bizarre/hallucinatory images
• Paintings: dream world – distorted, metamorphosed and
juxtaposed objects
• Best-known surrealist artist
• Exhibitionism and eccentricity

7. Contribution
• Films:
- An Andalusian Dog – 1928
- The Golden Age – 1930
• Renaissance: paintings [Raphael]; religion, childhood
and Gala – expulsion from Surrealism
• Theatrics, shop interiors, jewelry and exhibitions
• Books:
- The Secret Life of Salvador Dali
- Diary of a Genius
- Oui: The Paranoid Critical Revolution

9. Famous Works

11. Persistence of Memory
• Melting watches in serene landscape
• Einstein’s theory: time is relative and eternal, not fixed
• Ocean: vastness
• Ant-covered clock: death/misuse of time
• Idea: melting Camembert cheese on a hot day

13. Disintegration in the Persistence
of Memory
• Reflection of new science
• Quantum & mechanics in physics
• Splitting of matter into atoms
• Olive tree breaking apart
• Fish – symbolic of life
• Idea: atomic bomb explosions of 1945

15. Lobster Telephone
• Representation of food items
• Motive: ordered grilled lobster, never given boiled
telephone

17. Sculptures

18. •
Space
Elephant,
London, UK

19. Profile
of
Time,
UK

20. Horse
Saddle
with
Time,
UK

21. Saint
George and
the
Dragon, Sin
gapore

22. Statue of
Salvador
Dali,
Spain

23. References
• www.britannica.com
• http://www.virtualdali.com

24. • Thank you
• Questions?