Throughout his life he “cultivated eccentricity and exhibitionism, claiming that this was the source of his creative energy.” (Web Museum) Dali was an extremely versatile artist. Aside from painting he made jewelry, glassware, clothing, tableware. He also directed movies, operas, ballets, and theatrical performances. Dali had quite an appearance different from others, not just physical, but his attitude and mentality was one of a kind. He had a large handlebar mustache, which he said acted as an antennae to cosmic forces.

As he became more interested in other genres of art, he became curious of the surrealists type of art. The Surrealist style of art means anything that is weird, bizarre, or dreamlike. “The surrealists rejected the logical world of reason and tried to explore the unthinking, or unconscious, part of their minds.” They were fascinated by dreams, and many of them painted weird, dreamlike visions. “Surrealists are also interested in the imaginations of children and the insane, both of which they saw as being uncorrupted by reason.” (Linda Bolton) The surrealists attempted to explore the unconscious part of their minds. They developed a method of “automatic writing and painting.” “Artists tried to approach their work without any prior thought, returning to a childlike state in order to produce works of pure imagination.” (Linda Bolton)

In 1982, Gala died and Dali fell into depression and tried to commit suicide by refusing to drink any liquids. According to Linda Bolton, “Even this act was surreal, because he believed that if he became dehydrated, he would be immortal, and then a drop of liquid could bring him back to life later.” After trying to commit suicide he became unable to swallow and had to be fed liquids through his nose for the rest of his life. He moved to a castle in Pubol, Spain. He had given this castle to Gala shortly before she died. He continued to sculpt and paint with a little spirit still trapped inside. In 1984, he was caught in a terrible fire, burning him severely. Later on he died of heart failure at the age of eighty-four.

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