By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian It’s curious how dots sometimes get connected in the world of Salvador Dalí. Often when you least expect them to. Often in most arcane and peculiar ways. A friend of mine, who’s an avid reader of this blog, as well as of The Salvador Dalí Society®, Inc.©’s…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian With all the award shows these days – Best of this, Best of that – I’ve decided to cite my own “Best of” when it comes to the paintings of Salvador Dalí. Dalí’s prints and drawings, too, might get their own “awards show” at some future date (one…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian As Dalí historian for The Salvador Dalí Society®, Inc.©, I’m often asked which Dalí images I like best. My answer is unwaveringly the same when it comes to the Master’s oil paintings. My favorite is the immense and majestic Santiago El Grande (St. James the Great), the most popular…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian Dalí the influencer. That’s the Dalí I want to talk about today. The man not only influenced virtually every aspect of contemporary art and popular culture during his prolific career, but continues to do so long after his passing nearly 30 years ago. We see the influence…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian Salvador Dalí could be a man of opposites. He would, at times, say one thing, yet mean something diametrically opposed to what he’d stated. He could, for instance, claim to not like children (he called them “embryons”), yet could be seen with his arm around his godchild. He…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian Salvador Dalí had a lifelong love and respect for the Old Masters. He acknowledged their influence in very specific ways, at times, in certain of his works. And he emulated their technique and affinity for craftsmanship in his sharp, careful painting style. References to great masters such as Leonardo da…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian When it comes to examining the extraordinary, complex, and often confounding life and work of Salvador Dalí, you never quite know how – or if – you’ll connect the dots. But sometimes the solution comes when you least expect it. Such was the case recently. In the…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian I recently expressed great joy in finally seeing Salvador Dalí’s appearance on the old Dick Cavett Show, after literally decades of not-so-patient waiting. Dalí was such a colorful, unpredictable, amusing and, yes, seemingly crazy character, that watching him talk and explain his ideas and thoughts in a forum…
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian Fellow Dalí nuts who know me well know that, for countless years, I lamented and expressed serious frustration over the fact that I was aware Salvador Dalí had appeared on the old Dick Cavett Show, but had never seen a clip of it. And honestly thought I never would. …
By Paul Chimera Salvador Dalí Historian Certain paintings, drawings, prints and other creations by Salvador Dalí have something about them that’s a bit of a mystery to me. They’re works that not only grab ahold of me, but seduce me into coming back to them time and again, insisting that each time I return…