ISBN: 3822859893 9783822859896

Category: Art / European

Page count: 96

A genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head Picasso called Dal� "an outboard motor that's always running." Dal� thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head.<br> <br> Painter, sculptor, writer and film maker, Salvador Dal� (1904 - 1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the art of painting. Dal� brought extraordinary sensitivity, imagination and concern for precision to bear upon submerged levels of consciousness.<br> <br> This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist Dal� in full colour and in his own words. His provocative ideas are all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe. And the fantastic phenomenon that was Salvador Dal� is grasped entire and placed in his various contexts. About the Series:<br> Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: <ul> <li>a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance</li> <li>a concise biography</li> <li>approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions</li> </ul>