Monday, April 20, 2015

Brush your young ... Early work by Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

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Brush your young ... Early work by Salvador Dali (1904-1989)




In the selection includes works by Spanish artist Salvador Dali for the period 1918 -1926 years, ie made in the 14-22 years of age. Later, he abruptly changed direction, going first to neokubizmu presyurrealizmu and then - surrealism ... In his later works to me, not all is clear, and I decided to start discovering this mysterious genius artist with his early work, the more familiar the eye. But the post with some surreal responsible my taste may also wait for their turn.



Every morning, waking up,
I feel the supreme pleasure:
be Salvador Dali.

Salvador Dali


Bunch of 1924

The Pianist (music from the movie) - Apocalyptica-Ruska


Oh, Dali, yes you sounds olive vote!
Brush your young and immature work,
but turn a blind eye on your shortcomings,
admiring how accurately aimed arrows.

I enviable Catalan and your mind,
explanation of all individuals stubbornly,
and chest astronomer Chervona heart
from the French deck. Without a single scar.

FG Lorca from "Ode to Salvador Dali", 1926


Spin girls 1926

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in the Spanish town of Figueras (Catalonia). His real name is Salvador Dali Jacinto Domench Kusi Farres. Father called him El Salvador, which translated from Spanish means "Savior." The first son, which appeared in the family, died, and the parents wanted to become their second consolation, the savior of the ancient race.


Cadaques, 1923



Dali wrote in his shocking "Diary of a genius": "In the six years I have wanted to become a chef, seven - Napoleon. Since then my ambition has been steadily growing. And today I thirst not be none other than Salvador Dali." Most loved Dali himself about such people say - Narcissus. He talked a lot about myself, personal diaries published. He was sure of its exclusivity.


Bather, 1924



Dali claimed to be a genius in the mother's womb. He adored his mother, because she endured the Savior, that is it, and when his mother died, he could not recover from the blow. But it was not so much time, and Dali promotional purposes inscribed on one of his own paintings hanging at an exhibition in Paris, blasphemous words: "I spit on your mother." Father Salvador forbade his son to return home, and Dali was like: family and home he began painting.


Festival of St. Lucia in Villamalla, 1921



Dali is a genius or not - we will not judge, it is always evaluated in different ways, but the talent has always been there. Preserved a great landscape, which he wrote at age 6 and 14 years he had a solo exhibition at the Municipal Theater №1 Figueres. At 17, he entered the Royal Academy of Arts (another name - Higher School of Fine Arts). Teachers rated it figures quite high.


Portrait of Luis Bu?uel, 1924



The poet Rafael Alberti recalled: "I have a great love for Salvador Dali - boy. His talent from God was supported by an amazing capacity for work. Very often locked in her room, working furiously, he forgot to go down to the dining room. Despite his rare talent, Salvador Dali each Day attended the Academy of Fine Arts, and learned to paint there until exhaustion. "


Three Pines, 1919



But in the mind of the young talent has always lived a thought: how to become famous? How to stand out from the huge range of talent? How unusual to enter the world of art to be remembered? Vanity - powerful lever for gifted man. Someone it leads to heroism, someone makes the best hand to show character and soul, Dali decided to go a completely different way: he decided to shock!


The figure at the window, 1925



But in the mind of the young talent has always lived a thought: how to become famous? How to stand out from the huge range of talent? How unusual to enter the world of art to be remembered? Vanity - powerful lever for gifted man. Someone it leads to heroism, someone makes the best hand to show character and soul, Dali decided to go a completely different way: he decided to shock!


Beach in Cadaqués, 1921



In 1926, Dali expelled from the Academy for the rage, then he gets a short time in prison. Well, it is only these scandals at hand! Starting an independent way of painting, Dali began to struggle with common sense.


Roma from Figueres, 1923



Besides the fact that he wrote his nonstop creepy fantasy, he behaved very original. For example, some of his antics. Once in Rome, he appeared in the park Princess Pallavicini, lit torches from cubic eggs and gave a speech in Latin. In Madrid, Dali once said speech to Picasso. The purpose of it - Picasso invitation to Spain. "Picasso Spaniard - and I am also a Spaniard! Picasso's genius - and I'm also a genius! Picasso Communist - and I do not!". The audience groaned.


Olive trees. Landscape in Cadaqués, 1922



In New York, Dali appeared, dressed in a space suit and gold from inside the outlandish machine of his own invention - a transparent sphere.


Still Life, 1924



In Nice, Daly announced its intention to proceed with the creation of the movie "Cars in the flesh" with actress Anna Magnani brilliant in the lead role. And he claimed that the plot of the heroine falls in love with a wheelbarrow. Salvador Dali was a genius of self-promotion, so it is very clear the following tirade: "Our time - the era of the nerds, the era of consumption, and I would be an idiot if I did not shake out of this era nerds all that is possible."


Lane to Port Lligat with views of Cap Creus, 1921



... Dali, unconventional love all, all "on the contrary", was married to an amazing woman who was completely under him to become. Her real name - Elena Dmitrievna Dyakonov, although it has entered into history under the name of Gala. Gala in French means "feast". In fact, it was: the Dali Gala has become a holiday inspiration, the main model. They did not leave in '53.


Portrait of the artist's mother, 1920



... Marriage Dali and Gala was rather strange, rather it was a creative union. Dali could not live without her "half": at home he was quite impractical, a notorious man, afraid of everything: the ride in the elevator, and contracting. Gala said: "In the morning, Salvador makes mistakes, and in the afternoon I correct them, tearing them lightly signed contracts." They were a couple of eternal - ice and fire.


Basket with bread, 1926



Gala died June 10, 1982. The newspaper "Soviet Culture" published an article by correspondent Alexey Medevedenko transmitted from Madrid the following information: "Dali was going to fulfill his wife's last wish: to bury her in Pubol, located 80 kilometers from Port-Lligat, in the castle, at one time donated by Dali his beloved. However, the ancient Spanish law published during the plague, forbidden to carry the body without permission.



Dalí for Gala is a violation of the law. Naked body of the deceased was wrapped in a blanket and put in the back seat "Cadillac". Behind the wheel the driver sits Arturo. They are accompanied by a nurse. We agreed that if they stopped by the police, they will say that Gala died on the way to the hospital ... An hour later he delivers the deceased Pubol. There is all prepared for burial. The coffin with the body of a transparent cover Gala was buried in the crypt of the castle on June 11 at six o'clock in the presence of Dali and few servants ... "



In the year of the death of Gala Spanish King Juan Carlos I signed a decree: "Given the merits and circumstances of a unique artist Salvador Dali Domencha, whose works are one of the outstanding works of our time, confirming my high appreciation of his royal person and in recognition of his contribution to the Spanish culture of the XX century, I will grant the title of Marquis de Pubol Dali him and his descendants and frees his work from taxation ... "


The man raised the child as if drinking from a bottle of 1921



Dali himself again seven years later "threw number" is the last. He willed to be buried next to no Galoy his Madonna, and in the city where he was born in Figueres. Dali embalmed body, clothed in a white tunic and buried in the museum theater of Figueres, a geodesic dome.


Picnic 1921



Dali formulated the "ten instructions to the person who wants to become an artist," which quite clearly characterize him as a person:

"1. The artist is better to be rich than poor, learned to work with a brush so that from under her born gold and precious stones.

2. Do not be afraid of perfection: you'll never reach it!




3. First of all learn to write and draw, as the old masters. Then you can write the way you want, everyone will respect you.

4. Do not lose an eye, a hand, much less a head, if you will become an artist, they will be useful to you.

5. If you are one of those who believes that contemporary art has surpassed the art of Vermeer and Raphael, not try for this book (meaning "Fifty magical secrets" Dali) and blissfully idiocy.

6. Do not be sloppy in painting, or after your death the painting itself ignores you!



7. Do not laziness masterpieces!

8. The artist, draw!

9. The artist, do not drink alcohol and in his life do not smoke cannabis more than five times.
10. If the painting does not love you, all your love for her will be to no avail. "

IA Andrianov, "the great painter." M., "Astrel", 2002.


Figure from behind, 1925


The woman at the window in Figueres, 1926



Boat, 1918


Anna Maria 1924


Nude 1925

Venus and a sailor 1925


Portrait of Anna Maria, approx. 1924


Seated Monk, 1925


Portrait of Jaume Miravidles, 1921-1922


Meditation (Portrait of my sister), 1925


Portrait of a girl in a landscape, 1924-1926

The plant, 1924

Friday, April 17, 2015

Charmed paths photographer Ildiko Neer

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Charmed paths photographer Ildiko Neer

Photos from Budapest Ildiko Neer manage to make stunning, breathtaking photos of forest roads and trails that seem to lead directly into a fairy tale. His series, called Dreamland, invites viewers to wander through the enchanted paths, delving deeper into the forest full of secrets.