Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali

Dali’s training as an art student was contributed to by both a formal education, and also friendships he made with other young intellectuals. He attended San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, starting in 1921. Salvador got himself into trouble with his school on several occasions. He was expelled, then reinstated, and expelled again. One thing that school did for him was bringing him into contact with a group of students that would contribute to his intellectual maturity. Among these fellow students were Luis Buñuel and Federico Garcia Lorca. Both were involved in collaborations with Dali in later years.

In 1929, Salvador Dali traveled to Paris on behalf of his friend, Lu

In “Christ of St. John of the Cross” which was painted in oil on canvas in 1951, Salvador Dali portrays an image that relates to a very controversial subject. Religions are so different in their views and unique in their own ways. Some see artist’s works that involve religion as intriguing, others may think of them as disrespectful or insulting. Though this is not normally how we see Christ, Dali’s intentions were not to intrude on the value of its religious meaning, but show his own new innovative ideas on ways to view this subject matter. This work depicts Christ very much differently than other conventional representations of him. Dali claimed the idea of Christ viewed from above with his head bowed came from an old sixteenth century drawing. This positioning of Christ avoids the conflict on how Christ’s face should be represented. Realists try to capture Christ’s face in a way that is acceptable to the worshipper. Others tend to show the pain and suffering in his face. We see much of the painting as very dark. This shows the sadness, pain, and death associated with the crucifixion of Christ. At the end of the horizon the sky still remains blue, which could represent the salvation in the future. Near the bottom of the work, we see what seems to be a fisherman and his boat standing at the shore. It almost appears that Christ is looking down upon the fisherman which could be him reflecting on or seeing his life and those close to him.

In 1935, the middle of the surrealist movement, Dali painted “The Angelus of Gala”, an oil painting on canvas that takes on the style of a realist. He may have done this to show his skill to portray reality accurately. The woman appears to be staring emotionless at the other figure sitting across from her. They are both wearing the same shirt. This could mean they are similar, maybe even the same, a reflection of herself. There is one difference. The figure whose face we cannot see appears to have almost gray hair, to show she has aged, opposed to the

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