Salvador Dali

Flamboyant, egocentric, enigmatic. These qualities best describe the Spanish artist, Salvador Dali. His ingenious talent, layered with virtuosity and technical brilliance, was rivaled only by his unforgettable personality.
Throughout his long career, Dali tirelessly explored new media and theories. He created world famous paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, jewelry, films and books, besides delving into molecular biology and nuclear physics. At the time of his death in 1989, he ranked with his fellow Spaniard, Pablo Picasso, as one of the two most influential and prolific figures in modern art.

An eccentric and masterful Surrealist in painting and in life, Dali transformed the definition of Surrealism. With his realistic detail, Dali's paintings describe a hallucinatory reality which is often contradicted by the vision and character his imagery describes. Although a collaborator with Surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel, Dali, whose work was identified with Surrealism more than any other artist by the public, was expelled from the movement in 1937. After visiting Italy the same year, he briefly changed his style of painting to reflect the academic influence of Raphael before returning to a more private mythology. Included in major museums worldwide, Dali's work continues to fascinate, most recently with a major exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1994 of the celebrated early Surrealist years.

Salvador Dali created several fragrances during his involvment with fashion design and advertising in the 1940's and 50's. They were produced in very limited quantities and have been reproduced in subsequent years. He designed the sculpted fragrance bottles and worked with perfume designers to create exotic and modern essences.

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