Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20th-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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Salvador Dali Sculpture Lamp Drawers, Black Label Limited Edition
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Drawers lamp designed by Dali manufactured by BD. Carved structure in black varnished limewood. Lampshade in black linen. The black label collection came to market in a limited edi...
Linen
Set of Two Salvador Dali Limited Edition Sculpture Lamp Drawers and Muletas
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Salvador Dali Limited Edition Sculpture Lamp Drawers and Muletas Muletas and Drawers Lamp. Carved structure in black varnished limewood. Lampshade in black linen. The ...
Linen
Salvador Dali Muletas Lamp Sculpture, Black Label Limited Edition by BD
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Muletas Limited Edition lamp designed by Salvador Dali manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona. Limited Edition Dyed Lime Wood satin in black. Lampshade in Transparent Black Chiff...
Fabric
Salvador Dali Muletas Lamp Sculpture, Black Label Limited Edition by Bd
By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Muletas lamp designed by Salvador Dali manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona. Limited Edition Dyed Lime Wood satin in black. Lampshade in Transparent Black Chiffon. Refined mat...
Fabric
Pair of Salvador Dali Muletas Lamps Sculpture, Black Label Limited Edition by BD
By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Muletas Pair of lamps designed by Salvador Dali manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona. Limited Edition Dyed Lime Wood satin in black. Lampshade in Transparent Black Chiffon. Re...
Fabric
Salvador Dali Surrealist Bracelli Lamp Black Label Limited Edition for BD
By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bracelli lamp designed by Dali manufactured by BD since 2009. Panel structure covered in fine gold leaf darkened. Lampshade in black color cotton and rayon. Measures: 37 x 64 x H.1...
Fabric
20thCentury Black Limited Ed. Sculptural table lamp model Cajones Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Barcelona, ES
In 2009 we commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the death of Salvador Dalí and BD wished to add its special homage by producing a special limited edition of his fantastic furniture c...
Wood
Lamp by Salvador Dali
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jolie lampe surréaliste d’après Salvador Dali,
Fabric, Ash
Ca Jones table lamp by Salvador Dali for BD Barcelona Design
By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí
Located in Ravenna, IT
The Ca Jones lamp, designed by Salvador Dalí for BD in 1937, has an aesthetic rooted in the artist's Surrealist phase and is an obsession that persists in Dalí's works, as seen in hi...
Silk, Wood
Muletas Lamp, Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Geneve, CH
Muletas lamp, Salvador Dalí Dimensions: 45 x 45 x 187 H cm Materials: Carved structure in pale varnished lime-wood. Lamp shade in beige linen. ...
Linen, Wood
Tom Dixon Style Ebonized Hairpin Table Lamp
By Tom Dixon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tom Dixon style ebonized Hairpin table lamp, the ebonized and randomly reeded wood hairpin, rests on a 5" D x 10.5" block base. 27.5" inches high to...
Wood
Elusive Nature of Perception No. 02 Table Lamp by Maximilian Michaelis
By Maximilian Michaelis
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural table lamp - Maximilian Michaelis Title: The elusive nature of perception, No. 02 Measures: ca. 39 x 55 x 27 cm Material: polished stainless steel, Belgian bluest...
Stone, Stainless Steel
