num_pages: 32
description: "Salvador Dali is the central figure in surrealism and one of the most eccentric artists of the modern age. A brilliant painter and draughtsman, Dali described his style as 'paranoid-critical'. Sexual and religious content is mixed with highly subjective and personal sensations. Death, decay and destruction are repeated themes." Dali's life was marred with an early identity crisis, which led to him living his life oscillating between exaggerated self-promotion and psychological self-destruction. Gala, his wife and muse, had to save him from many crises. Meanwhile, Dali invented himself as a commercial object.
language: English
title: Dali
titlecomplete: Dali
genres: Art History, Biography, Collections, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 229
series: World of Art
publisher: TASCHEN