Essential Dalí (U) - SKU 167325

Salvador Dali had an enormous impact on twentieth-century painting and was revered as a great artist for most of his long and prolific career. Although he embraced Surrealism briefly, he never stopped experimenting with new painting techniques, theories, media, and images. Alongside his more avant-garde work, however, he was often tempted to take up commissions purely for financial gain, and he was notorious for enjoying the attention and patronage of the rich and famous. Written with a comprehensive introduction, Essential Dali looks in detail at all aspects of the art of Salvador Dali, with detailed commentary on 120 examples of his work. While many of these are among his most famous, others may be less well-known, but they are all essential to the development of Dali's artistic philosophy.