Thread by @karolcummins

Please join me a virtual tour of the Dali Museum, which is located in the heart of the of the quaint village of Montmartre.

Within the museum one finds one the largest collection of Salvador Dalí artworks in France & can appreciate his eclectic variety of mediums & styles.

“Along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Dali is most renowned as a Surrealist artist who created many of the best known paintings of the movement.”

learnodo-newtonic.com/salvador-dali-…

The long legged elephant above is a recurring image in many of Dali's works.

It first appeared in his 1944 work Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening.

dalipaintings.com/elephants.jsp

Other intriguing sculptures below:

“Dali’s goal was to revolutionize the art of the twentieth century & Initially experimented with many different styles of art, such as Impressionism, Pointillism, Futurism, Cubism, and Neo-Cubism.”

The cubist painting above is a self portrait.
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“Dali sought a change in his life after the meeting with the Surrealists in 1928 in Paris.

Dali was armed with an exceptionally rich imagination & interest in the concept of the unconsciousness devised by Sigmund Freud.”

people.vcu.edu/~djbromle/mode…

Dali’s unique flamboyant & eccentric style may have seeded via an early childhood trauma. He was named after his dead brother.

He was traumatized seeing his older brother’s grave with his name engraved on the tombstone.

The vision haunted him throughout his life.

“All my eccentricities, all my inconsistencies are constant the tragedy of my life […] I want to prove that I am not the dead brother, but the living one”.

His precise style enhanced the nightmare effect of his paintings. By 1929 he had become a leader of surrealism.

⏱Surrealism⏱

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THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT: 1928-1937

In Paris, Dalí meets Breton, Eluard, Magritte and Ernst. He joins officially the surrealist group.

daliparis.com/en/salvador-da…

The Surrealist Manifesto

www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/cours…

THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT: 1928-1937
In Paris, Dalí meets Breton, Eluard, Magritte and Ernst. He joins officially the surrealist group.

daliparis.com/en/salvador-da…

The Surrealist Manifesto

www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/cours…

“During the summer 1929, the poet Paul Eluard and his wife Elena (Gala) return visit to the painter in his house of Cadaques. It is the thunderbolt between Dalí and this woman. She will be his “surrealist muse”, the inspirer of his life and work. “

dailyartmagazine.com/dali-gala-grea…

1939-1945
“During the World War II, Dalí and Gala settle in Europe, spending the 1940-48 period in the US.

The Modern Art Museum of NY offers Dalí his first retrospective exhibition in 1941.

In 1942, Dalí publishes his autobiography, Secret life.

daliparis.com/en/salvador-da…

As his style matured, Dali’s works were increasingly shaped into dreamlike illustrations. This was clearly seen in his most famous work the The Persistence of Memory, in which he depicted several clocks as melted in a desert setting with the ocean appearing below the horizon.⬆️

“Church of St. Pierre which is one of the oldest in Paris and even contains some original Roman columns.

The name Montmartre was originally Roman meaning "Mount of Mars" but was later changed by less pagan French to "Mount of Martyrs" or Montmartre.”

aparisguide.com/montmartre/

Next stop Sacre Coeur.

“The Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre, known in French as the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, is one of the most important religious buildings in Paris. Situated on the top of Montmartre, a 427 ft (130 m) hill, it offers an incredible view of the city.”

“One of the first things you’ll notice when you enter the Sacre Coeur will be the immense mosaic that decorates the ceiling above the altar.

It was designed by architect Luc-Olivier Merson in 1922 and represents the risen Jesus Christ.”

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Leaving Sacre Coeur we descend the long stairs, while enjoying the view as we head toward the Pigalle neighborhood, which I like to avoid (super touristy/lots of pickpockets) & looking for the Anvers Metro stop as our next stop is St Eustace & Les Halles.

St-Eustache is truly a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. St-Eustache was built between 1532 and 1632. Its enormous: 346 feet long with a 112-foot-high nave.

Delish ice cream is nearby as is Les Halles - a gianormus underground mall.

parisinsidersguide.com/st-eustache-pa…

Les Halles is so big it’s over whelming. Amazingly my sister remembered the location of a shop we liked last time we were there. Me utterly lost.

The juxtaposition of St Estasch & the ultra modern undulating roofline of Les Halles is breathtaking.

New park between SE & LH.

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