biografia di Salvador DALI (1904-1989)

Personal data


Birth : 05/11/1904 - Figueras, Spain
Death : 01/23/1989 - Figueras, Spain
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Spain

Family relations

Brother of Ana María DALI DOMÉNECH [ 1908-1990 ]

Education

1921 – 1924 : Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando – Alcalá 13 – Madrid, Spain
Friend of Federico GARCIA LORCA [ 1898-1936 ]

Professional data


Work and Life

1989:He died from heart failure with respiratory complications.
1986:A pace-maker was implanted.
1982 – 1984:After the death of his wife, Gala, in 1982, Dalí’s health began to fail. It deteriorated further after he was burned in a fire in his home in Púbol, Spain in 1984.
1974:Dalí opened the Teatro Museo in Figueras, Spain.
1940 – 1948:Dalí and Gala escaped from Europe during World War II, spending several years in the United States.
1930:He met Gala ELUARD when she visited him in Cadaqués, Spain with her husband, poet Paul ELUARD. She became Dalí’s lover, muse, business manager, and chief inspiration.
1929:He joined the Surrealists, led by former Dadaist André BRETON in Paris, France.
1925:First one-man show in Barcelona, Spain.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas - Tempera
Print-Multiple : Drypoint - Etching in colors - Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Metal - Object
Photography : Gelatin silver print
Drawing-Watercolor : Ballpoint pen - Charcoal - Collage - Gouache - Indian ink - Ink - Lead pencil - Pencil - Watercolour
Tapestry :

Subject

religion
reality/fiction

Artistic periods

1941-1989 : Classic Period
1929-1940 : Surrealism Period
1927-1928 : Transitional Period
1917-1927 : Early Years

Movements and styles

1929-1934 : Surrealism
Photosurrealism

Works

Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Velazquez
Date of creation : 1960
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 29 x 35 cm
 
Skull of Zurbaran
Date of creation : 1956
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 100 cm
 
The Sacrament of the Last Supper
Date of creation : 1955
Medium : Oil/canvas
 
Crucifixion
Date of creation : 1954
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 195 x 124 cm
 
Madonna Corpusculaire
Date of creation : 1952
Medium : Mixed media
Materials : pencil-ink
 
Lobster Telephone
Date of creation : 1938
Medium : Object
Size : 8 x 12 x 6 inch
 
Lion, Cheval, Dormeuse invisibles
Date of creation : 1930
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 50 x 65 cm
 
Parfois je crache par plaisir sur le portrait de ma mère
Date of creation : 1929
Medium : Indian ink
Supports : canvas
Size : 68 x 50 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2008

Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel
Liu Haisu Art Museum – Shanghai, China
04/29/2008 – 05/04/2008

2005

Da Da Dali
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
2005 – 01/23/2005

Dalí Revealed
Salvador Dalí Museum – Saint Petersburg FL, United States
2005 – 2005

It’s all Dali
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Rotterdam, Netherlands
03/05/2005 – 06/12/2005

Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia PA, United States
02/16/2005 – 05/15/2005

2004

Galerie d’Art Elysées – Paris, France
2004 – 06/30/2004

Palazzo Grassi – Venice VE, Italy
09/12/2004 – 01/16/2005

Oeuvre sculpté de Salvador Dali
Château de Fontaine-Henry – Fontaine-Henry, France
06/23/2004 – 08/22/2004

Centenaire de Salvador Dali
Halle Flachat – Asnières-sur-Seine, France
05/10/2004 – 05/28/2004

CaixaForum – Barcelona, Spain
01/27/2004 – 05/23/2004

Salvador Dalí, 1904-2004, le génie aurait eu 100 ans
ArtDif – Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France
01/08/2004 – 03/21/2004

2003

Dalí intime
Ancien Evêché – Sarlat, France
2003 – 08/26/2003

The Endless Enigma. Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning
Museum Kunst Palast – Düsseldorf, Germany
02/22/2003 – 06/09/2003

2002

The Goulandris Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art – Athens, Greece
2002 – 01/23/2003

Salvador Dalí : Gradiva
Thyssen Bornemisza Museum – Madrid, Spain
05/13/2002 – 09/08/2002

Salvador Dalí: Dream of Venus
MOCA Museum Of Contemporary Art – North Miami FL, United States
03/15/2002 – 06/30/2002

The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dalí Museum – Saint Petersburg FL, United States
03/08/2002 – 06/08/2002

2001

Dalí en las colecciones españolas
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente – Segovia, Spain
2001

1990

Musée des Beaux-Arts – Montréal QC, Canada
1990

1980

Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1980

1979

MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1979

1941

MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1941

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany

St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : Galerie Arte e Arte – Bologna BO, Italy

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nathalie Seroussi – 34 Rue de Seine – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

art-vienna, n° 1
Technisches Museum – Vienna, Austria
05/10/2001 – 05/13/2001
Represented by : Moderne Graphik Buchinger – Bethlehemstrasse 5 – Linz, Austria

Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Altesse – Churerstrasse 69 – Nendeln, Liechtenstein

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Leonard Fox – Suite 606 790 Madison Avenue – New York NY, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy

Art Jonction, n° 14
Nice, France
09/14/2000 – 09/18/2000
Represented by : Galerie Obra Contemporanea – 5 Muelle Tomas Olabarri – Guecho, Vizcaya, Spain

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Roesinger – Alteburger Strasse 111 – Cologne, Germany

Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Pierre Vasarely – 66 Cours Sextius – Aix-en-Provence, France

International Artexpo Florida
Coconut Grove FL, United States
01/06/2000 – 01/10/2000
Represented by : Apropos Art Gallery / New River – 1016 East Las Olas Boulevard – Fort Lauderdale FL, United States

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Orangerie-Reinz – Helenenstrasse 2 – Cologne, Germany

Art21
Las Vegas NV, United States
11/03/1999 – 11/06/1999
Represented by : CFM Gallery – 112 Greene Street – New York NY, United States

AAF – The First Affordable Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
10/28/1999 – 10/31/1999
Represented by : Images – Woolmead Avenue 248 Verulam Court – Hendon, London, United Kingdom

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy

1998

Art Moscow – III International Art Fair
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
03/05/1998 – 03/09/1998
Represented by : Galerie Albert Benamou – 16 Avenue Matignon – Paris, France

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Arnold Herstand – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2006

Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso
Omma Centre of Contemporary Art – Santa Barbara CA, United States
02/01/2006 – 02/26/2006

2003

Art et jeux d’eaux
Cannes, France
06/21/2003 – 09/15/2003

Pour l’amour de Vénus
Donjon de Vez – Vez, France
06/14/2003 – 09/30/2003

Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003

De Picasso à Barceló, les artistes espagnols
Fondation Pierre Gianadda – Martigny, Switzerland
01/31/2003 – 06/09/2003

2002

Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002

La Révolution Surréaliste
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
03/06/2002 – 06/24/2002

París-Barcelona
Museu Picasso / Museo Picasso – Barcelona, Spain
02/28/2002 – 05/26/2002

2001

Paris – Barcelone, de Gaudí à Miró
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/11/2001 – 01/14/2002

Portraits photographiques d’artistes
Salle Rossini – Paris, France
10/04/2001 – 10/06/2001

Surrealism : Desire Unbound
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
09/20/2001 – 12/16/2001

2000

Hypermental : Rampant Reality 1950-2000 from Salvator Dali to Jeff Koons
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2000

1928

3rd Carnegie International
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1928

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Books

1951

Manifeste mystique
1951


On the artist


Books

2000

L’art au XXème siècle – Peinture, Sculpture, Nouveaux Médias, Photographie
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
2000
ISBN : 3822857319

1999

Les Arts au XXème siècle
Publisher: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH – Bonner Strasse 126 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
1999
ISBN : 3829017189


CD-Rom

1999

Le Centre Georges Pompidou “La Collection”
Publisher: MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 19 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France
Publisher: Infogrames Entertainment – 1 place Verrazano – Lyon, France
1999


Dictionaries

2001

Dictionnaire des Arts Plastiques Modernes et Contemporains
Publisher: Editions Gründ – 60, rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Author: Delarge Jean-Pierre
03/2001
ISBN : 27000559

1991

L’art du XXème siècle
Publisher: Larousse – 21 rue du Montparnasse – Paris, France
Author: Breuille Jean-Philippe
1991
ISBN : 2035113083


Periodicals

2004

KAMPIANNE Harry – Délire Dalí
in: Art Actuel n° 32 p. 88
Paris, France
05/2004-06/2004

VAN OFFEL Hugo – 2004, l’année Dalí
in: Art Actuel n° 30 p. 26
Paris, France
01/2004-02/2004

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