Artist Exploration and Analysis
Artist: Salvador Dali
Born: May 11, 1904 - Figueras, Catalonia, Spain
Died: January 23, 1989 - Figueras, Catalonia, Spain
What type of artist: Surrealist Painter
Art Period(s): Modern art
What stands out as the most important facts about the artist?
1. He successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and, perhaps most famously, film making.
2. Dali was renowned for his flamboyant personality as much as for his undeniable technical virtuosity.
3. 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.
What are some of this artist's most well known works?
1. Honey is Sweeter than Blood
2. The Persistence of Memory
3. Retrospective Bust of a Woman
What makes this person's art great?
The style of Salvador Dali was the most famous and most creative of the twenty-first century because he developed and nourished a style that was insignificant before his time.
Why did you choose this artist?
I chose this artist because of its uniqueness and cubism.
Be an Art Critic:
I
The work of art I am critiquing is called the persistence of memory.
The artist's name is Salvador Dali.
This is what I see when I look at the artwork. I see time banishing.
The one or two elements that stand out in this piece of work are: The shapes of the drawings they're amazing.
The mood for this artwork is depressing because it sort of looks like if the time was running out.
What message do you think the artist was trying to send with this work? I believe that he wants us to go out and enjoy ourselves because you never know when time can run out maybe.
I like this artwork because his surrealist art sends a clear message.
Born: May 11, 1904 - Figueras, Catalonia, Spain
Died: January 23, 1989 - Figueras, Catalonia, Spain
What type of artist: Surrealist Painter
Art Period(s): Modern art
What stands out as the most important facts about the artist?
1. He successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and, perhaps most famously, film making.
2. Dali was renowned for his flamboyant personality as much as for his undeniable technical virtuosity.
3. 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.
What are some of this artist's most well known works?
1. Honey is Sweeter than Blood
2. The Persistence of Memory
3. Retrospective Bust of a Woman
What makes this person's art great?
The style of Salvador Dali was the most famous and most creative of the twenty-first century because he developed and nourished a style that was insignificant before his time.
Why did you choose this artist?
I chose this artist because of its uniqueness and cubism.
Be an Art Critic:
I
The work of art I am critiquing is called the persistence of memory.
The artist's name is Salvador Dali.
This is what I see when I look at the artwork. I see time banishing.
The one or two elements that stand out in this piece of work are: The shapes of the drawings they're amazing.
The mood for this artwork is depressing because it sort of looks like if the time was running out.
What message do you think the artist was trying to send with this work? I believe that he wants us to go out and enjoy ourselves because you never know when time can run out maybe.
I like this artwork because his surrealist art sends a clear message.