Salvador Dali

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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was a Spanish Surrealist artist known for his technical skill and precise draftsmanship. Listen to this episode of The Mystery Behind Art History to learn more about Salvador Dali, a bizarre and striking artist. 

Salvador Dali was among the oddest artists of the 20th century. He was known not only for his surrealist paintings, but also his surreal life. From his waxed mustache that is said to have outlived the artist, to antics like driving a Rolls Royce filled with cauliflower, Salvador ...  Show more

John Cooper Clarke, poetry's Punk Laureate, nominates Salvador Dali, the surrealist behind melting clocks, lobster telephones, and that trademark moustache.

Matthew Paris asks whether Dali was a genius artist or just a gifted marketeer of his own brand image, who latterl ...

Lover and muse to multiple artists, Gala notoriously spit on people she didn’t like—or worse. Her marriage to the renowned artist Salvador Dalí was as surreal as his paintings, which he signed with both of their names even though she never held a brush.Starring Laura Ramoso as Ga ...  Show more