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.
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| 1979 The Golden Goat of the Castle of Quermançó oil on plywood panel 122 x 244 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| c1979 “The School of Athens” and “The Fire in the Borgo” detail |
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| c1979 “The School of Athens” and “The Fire in the Borgo” detail |
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| c1979 Allegory of Spring oil on plywood panel 122 x 244 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 Battle in the Clouds oil on canvas 100 x 100 each panel Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1979 Battle in the Clouds detail |
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| c1979 Battle in the Clouds detail |
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| c1979 More beautiful than Canova oil on copper 32 x 24 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 Llullian Wheels oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 In Search of the Fourth Dimension oil on canvas 122.5 x 246 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 Copy of a Rubens copied from a Leonardo oil on plywood panel 18 x 24 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 Pentagonal Sardana oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm each panel The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1979 Pentagonal Sardana detail |
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| c1979 Pentagonal Sardana detail |
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| 1980 Arabs oil on plywood panel 32 x 43 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 1980 Landscape with Celestial figures oil on canvas 43 x 57 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| 1981 Hermes oil on copper 22.8 x 17.8 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| 1981 After "Jason with the Golden Fleece" by Erasmus Quellinus oil on canvas 130 x 89 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 The Path of the Enigma oil on canvas 140 x 94 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 The Path of the Enigma oil on canvas 139 x 94 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 The Exterminating Angels oil on plywood panel 122 x 122 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 Reading oil on copper 12.8 x 17.7 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| 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 |
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| c1981 After "Mercury and Argus" by Velázquez oil on canvas 140 x 95 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 After "Aphrodite of Cnidus" by Praxiteles oil on canvas 140 x 96 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1981 The Garden of Hours oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 Spanish Nobleman with Fleur de Lis oil on copper 27.7 x 22.8 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 Landscape with Cypress oil on copper 37 x 53 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 Character carrying the Golden Fleece oil on canvas 89 x 130 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 Argos oil on canvas 97 x 146.5 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 Ritual Scene oil on copper 32.2 x 24 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 Woman on a Ram oil on copper 24 x 32.2 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 Wing and harpoon lifting the skin of the sea oil on canvas 96 x 139.5 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1981 Tower, grand piano and fountain oil on copper 76 x 56 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 Three Figures oil on copper 28 x 42 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| c1981 The towers oil on copper 56 x 76 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1982 Knight and King in the background oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Geological Echo (After "Pietà" by Michelangelo) oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| c1982 Double Victory of Gaudí oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres |
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| 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 |