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There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. Salvador Dalí

Nellie Onwonga

PAP Spanish III-1st period

10/24/10

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Salvador Domingo Felipe

Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, was

born on May 11, 1904, at

8:45 a.m.(GMT) in the town

of Figueres, in the Empordá

region, close to the French

border in Catalonia, Spain.

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Education

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The Basket of Bread (1926)

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Figure at a Window, 1925

Figure at a Window (1925) was painted

using oil on canvas. The model was Ana Maria,

Dalí’s younger sister and only sibling. She was

the only female model Dalí used until Gala

replaced her in 1929. We can not see the face

of the girl and so our focus is drawn to the

view that she is looking at from her window.

The view is the bay of Cadaques, a Spanish

seaside town where the Dalis spent their

summers. The main colors of light blues and

lavenders give the painting a peaceful feel that

is unusual in much of Dali's work.18

Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on Her Shoulder, 1933

Portrait of Gala with

Two Lamb Chops

Balanced on Her

Shoulder (1933) was

painted using oil on olive

wood. He thought that

if he liked chops and he

liked his wife, Gala, why

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The Persistence of Memory, 1931

The Persistence of Memory (1931)

was painted using oil on canvas. This

is one of Dalí’s most famous works.

It is very widely recognized, and is

frequently referenced in popular

culture. It epitomizes Dalí's theory

of "softness" and "hardness", which

was central to his thinking at the

time. Many also consider that the

melting watches were there to

symbolize the irrelevance of time.20

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Mae West

Dalí drew this color drawing using gouache

on newspaper. Your first impression of the

painting would be that this is the face of a

woman (Mae West in particular). But then

you see that the mouth is a red sofa. And

the eyes are paintings on a wall . And the

hair is a curtain . The whole image depicts

the star’s face as a stage. The rounded

stage edge forms her chin and neck. What I

like about this particular drawing is that it

is able to depict two very different things

and make it into one.

The Face of Mae West, 1935

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