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We’re celebrating the late Salvadore Dali’s 106th birthday (born May 11th, 1904) with a SUPER SURREAL BIRTHDAY BASH, featuring rare 35mm screenings of his classic, shocking and downright amazing collaborations with filmmaker Luis Buñuel, UN CHIEN ANDALOU / An Andalusian Dog (1929) and L’AGE D’OR / The Golden Age (1930), assorted surreal cinematic surprises, Dali-inspired birthday cake, free fake mustaches and more!
Know Your Dead Artists Web Series. Salvador Dali (1904-1989, Spain) 6 year old Sophia learns that Dali was an unusual artist. He painted his dreams and nightmares. He believed aliens would send him messages via his mustache and by eating camenbert cheese before going to bed, his dreams would be more interesting to paint. He believed artists were not smart at all and would take offense to being called one. He thought of himself as a genius. He became famous for being a Surrealist painter and for his unusual personality. This was also a kid friendly interview, basic facts. No Sophia has not seen any of Dali’s “other” work. This is a PG 
More info: en.wikipedia.org “Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11, 1904 — January 23, 1989) was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his “love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes” to a self-styled “Arab lineage,” claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Dalí was highly imaginative, and …
Film z cyklu telewizyjnego “Arcydzieła” Salvador Dali – Płonąca Żyrafa
Take a tour of Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain — part of the World’s Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats. The Salvador Dali Museum in Spain is dedicated to the painter that it showcases. This building is a rival in weirdness for some of Dali’s own works. Within the walls of the museum are hundreds of his pieces, and various exhibits. Some of the features here are interactive and all are interesting for adults and kids. Dali’s impressive works in Surrealism, Futurism, Cubism, and Impressionism can all be found here. The museum’s exterior is decorated with bright colors, gleaming statues and… eggs on the roof.
www.luxstock.net A documentary made in 1986 about the artist Salvador Dali