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Park West Gallery Presents Collection of Artist Salvador Dali

Park West Gallery Artist Biography series invites the public to experience the art of Salvador Dali. Born in 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figueres, Spain; Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech as an adult, he made his home with his wife Gala in nearby Port Lligat. Many of his paintings reflect his love of this area of Spain.



Early recognition of Dali'ss talent came with his first one-man show in Barcelona in 1925. He became internationally known when three of his paintings, include The Basket of Bread (now in the Park West Gallery Museum collection), were shown in the third annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928.



The following year, Dali held his first one-man show in Paris. Dali soon became a leader of the surrealist movement. His painting, The Persistance of Memory, with the soft or melting watches is still one of the best-known surrealist works.



Dali and Gala escaped from Europe during World War II, spending 1940-48 in the United States. These were very important years for the artist. The Museum of Modern Art in New York gave Dali his first major retrospective exhibit in 1941.



As Dali moved away from Surrealism and into his classic period, he began his series of 19 large canvases, many concerning scientific, historical or religious themes. Among the best known of these works are The Halluciongenic Toreador, and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in the Park West Gallery museum collection, and The Sacrament of the Last Supper in the collection of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.



Salvador Dali died on January 23, 1989 in Figueres from heart failure with respiratory complications.



As an artist, Salvador Dali was not limited to a particular style or media. The body of his work, from early impressionist paintings through his transitional surrealist works, and into his classical period, reveals a constantly growing and evolving artist. Dali worked in all media, leaving behind a wealth of oils, watercolors, drawings, graphics, and sculptures, jewels and objects of all descriptions.



Whether working from pure inspiration or on a commissioned illustration, Dali'ss matchless insight and symbolic complexity are apparent. Above all, Dali was a superb draftsman. His excellence as a creative artist will always set a standard for the art of the twentieth century.



Park West Gallery of Michigan founded in 1969 are America'ss largest art dealer, selling more individual artworks than any other art dealer in the United States. Since 1980, the company has occupied its own 63,000 sq ft art gallery and in 2002, Park West built a 181,000 sq ft distribution center and gallery in Miami Lakes, Florida. Park West conducts auctions across North America in fine hotels and maintains an active catalog and internet sales business. Park West Gallery is also the largest art dealer conducting auctions at sea and currently conducts auctions on more than 60 ships for the following cruise lines: Carnival Cruise Lines; Celebrity Cruises Inc.; Disney Cruise Line; Holland America Line; Radisson Seven Seas Cruises; Royal Caribbean International; Windstar Cruises. In addition to Dali discover the Park West Gallery Biography of artist Jean-Claude Picot.

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