Salvador Dalí's father, named Salvador Dalí i Cusí, was a middle-class lawyer, and was very strict with his son. Dalí respected his father, but was quite frightened. The boy's mother however, spoiled him.
The fact that his mother died when he was very young, is probably one of the reasons of his paintings being bizarre and almost frightening.
Already as a small child Dalí had talent, and he got most of his inspiration from a town where the family used to vacate called Cadacez. He painted this when he was 15 years old:
Dalí was in his early 20's when he heard about an artistic movement creating a strange art that was being called surrealism.
Surrealism
Surrealism was an artistic movement that was started by Andre Breton in 1924. It was in a way a response to the first world war, but it was also inspired by the theories of the physicist Sigmund Froid, who believed that everyone had an inner unconscious world where our feelings are captivated, and that the only way to express ourselves was to release these feelings without any form of cencorship. Dalí quickly found out that this was the form of art, perfect for him. He could freely express his emotions, fears and desires, which he, as we all know, had tons of.
As we can see in the painting below, which is one of Dalí's earliest surrealist paintings, he is greatly inspired by Froid's theories, and clearly expresses his anxieties in what looks like the shores of Cadacez.
Why Salvador rich and famous?
One of the main reasons of Dalí's fame was his attention-seeking nature. He always came with shocking statements that made the media circle around him like flies. The fact that he was this famous led to his paintings being worth quite a lot of money, with some of his paintings being sold for over a million dollars. Another thing that made Salvador attractive to the media, was that he wasn't just a painter. He also made a movie, sculptures, jewelry, furniture/household items, and clothing. He even starred in this commercial for the french chocolate "Lanvin". In the commercial he says in french: "I am crazy about lanvin chocolate"
Was Salvador Dalí a great artist?
Yes, I think Salvador Dalí was a great artist because he created strange, bizarre, almost scary artwork that in a way makes us able to look inside his mind, but most of all, he creates art that many people (including me) likes to look at.
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