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Salvador Dalì
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalà i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalà de Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known as Salvador Dalà , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain.
Dalà was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissancemasters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. DalÃ's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalà attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes" to an "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors.
Dalà was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a painting by Salvador Dalà made in 1951. It depicts Jesus Christ on the cross in a darkened sky floating over a body of water complete with a boat and fishermen. Although it is a depiction of the crucifixion, it is devoid of nails, blood, and a crown of thorns, because, according to DalÃ, he was convinced by a dream that these features would mar his depiction of Christ. Also in a dream, the importance of depicting Christ in the extreme angle evident in the painting was revealed to him.
