Dalí ‘Horns’ in on Interpretation of Vermeer’s ‘Lacemaker’

By Paul Chimera Dalí Society® Historian/Writer “I always want the public to completely understand what I do, and how I do it, right from the start,” said no Spanish Surrealist master named Salvador Dalí, ever! It was, of course, very much the opposite. Dalí thrived on consternation, bewilderment, confusion, and mystery. He was a living…

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All in a Day’s Work for Dalí . . .

By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí historian   If this Dalí painting doesn’t make you smile, you may need serious counseling.   Salvador Dalí had a sense of humor the size of California, and “Celestial Ride” (1957) is a great example of it. Who else but Dalí would depict a rhinoceros (average weight 3,300 lbs.) towering over a landscape,…

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