“…it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.” A birthday salute to Salvador Dalí (born May 11, 1904, died 1989), the innovative and eccentric artist who created some of the most arresting and memorable images of the 20th century! "Swans Reflecting Elephants" is one of his now classic works in which he employed his critical-paranoiac method to give artistic expression to his personal desires and obsessions.
Dalí’s surreal images, masterfully executed, quickly gained him acclaim
from critics and art lovers alike, and he thrived on the attention.
Eccentric, flamboyant, and often irreverent, Dalí became a shameless
self promoter; his fellow Surrealists expelled him from the movement for
his commercialism, yet having already set out on his own path, Dalí
continued to create art and live his life on his own terms, and is now
celebrated as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the
20th Century.
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