![]() ![]() His childhood friends included future FC Barcelona footballers Sagi Barba and Josep Samitier. In 1949, she published a book about her brother, Dalí as Seen by His Sister. Dalí also had a sister, Anna Maria, who was three years younger. Of his brother, Dalí said, "we resembled each other like two drops of water, but we had different reflections." He "was probably the first version of myself but conceived too much in the absolute." Images of his long-dead brother would reappear embedded in his later works, including Portrait of My Dead Brother (1963). His father, Salvador Rafael Aniceto Dalí Cusí (1872–1950) was a middle-class lawyer and notary, an anti-clerical atheist and Catalan federalist, whose strict disciplinary approach was tempered by his wife, Felipa Domènech Ferrés (1874–1921), who encouraged her son's artistic endeavors.Īs a child Dalí was taken to his brother's grave and told by his parents that he was his brother's reincarnation, a concept which he came to believe. ![]() Dalí's older brother, who had also been named Salvador (born 12 October 1901), had died of gastroenteritis nine months earlier, on 1 August 1903. Salvador Dalí was born on , in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. Dalí 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 descendants of the Moors. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at times in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Dalí de Púbol ( – 23 January 1989), known professionally as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.ĭalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. These original Salvador Dali works have impressive provenance and history. We currently have 6 originals available, including mixed media paintings and sketches. Other artists' work to be sold at the auction include Damien Hirst and Turner.Cutter & Cutter Fine Art features one of the nation's largest collections of available Salvador Dali original paintings, etchings and lithographs. The auction takes place on 1 October at Duke's and collectors from around the world are expected to bid. It appeared on a page of a book of photographs featuring Picasso by the renowned American photographer David Douglas Duncan which was published in 1959. The horse stands still with its hind legs apparently crossed. The doodle that is being auctioned is much gentler. Picasso drew horses throughout his career, perhaps most memorably the terrified, violated horse in Guernica. The picture comes with a letter from Picasso's daughter, Maya Widmaier, saying it is authentic. "This is a strong drawing with immediate appeal and is likely to go to someone with a passion for horses who likes the idea of owning an original work by Picasso." ![]() Auction house Duke's, in Dorchester in Dorset, is selling the doodle, which is owned by a private collector based in Britain.Īuctioneer Guy Schwinge said: "Many collectors have an ambition to own a work by Picasso - one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. ![]()
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