He is a spanish catalan surrealist painter, with his velazquez moustache and wildly eccentric. Originally published in the guardian on 24 january 1989. In his masterpiece, dali uses melting watches and rocks to represent the soft and hard aspects of the world respectively. Vladimir kush book of books painting for sale vladimir kush book of books is handmade art reproduction. Anthony by dali salvador dali swans reflecting elephants salvador. It features the official catalog of the graphic works of salvador dali by albert field, published in 1996 by. This concept may be illustrated in a number of ways like the human mind moving from the softness of sleep to the hardness of reality. Dali was born salvador felipe jacinto dali y domenech on may 11, 1904, in figueres, spain, located 16 miles from the french border in the foothills of the pyrenees mountains. Dali uses the concept of hard and soft in this painting.
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