Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali uses his imagination in all of his work making for outstanding pieces. He was involved with the Surrealist movement which is shown in most of his art work. He attended a San Fernando art academy in Madrid. He also put together a museum filled with his art work in Figueres, the Teatro-Museo Dali. There is now a Dali museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. When Dali moved out the surrealist view towards his art, he then based his work on scientific or religious views. Dali had many talents besides drawing including watercolors, oils, sculptures, paintings, photographs, and many more.

Macbeth

This drawing is based Shakespeare play Macbeth Act IV Scene I. Macbeth is about his flights with enemies which Dali has displayed in this drawing. Dated to 1946

Aphrodisiac Rhino Horns, Monde fantastique, cornes de rhinoc

This drawing is in pen and ink. This piece was finished in 1965. The rhino horn is a symbol for chastity. This drawing was finished after the atomic bomb was dropped and changed Dali’s views were now being focused on mathematical views, nuclear physics, and Christianity.

This piece is part of the Drawers of Memory. Each detail in this work represents something. The drawers, for example, represent of her what she is and knows. The angel is also sitting in the thinking position. The crutch she is holding up towards the angel has been suggested that it could symbolize a cross.