It is said that Dalí and Gala once found a little bunny rabbit and they kept it as a pet. But since they usually, come November, left to spend the winters in the United States, they did not know what to do with their furry little pet. So, Gala called their cook and said to him, «tomorrow we have stuffed rabbit». The poor cook had to comply and with sadness in his heart and tears in his eyes, he cooked the rabbit. His tears rolled down his cheeks as he served Dalí and Gala the meat of what had been their beloved little pet.
And, to be able to create (see below) «Dalí Atomicus«. This 1948 photograph by Phillipe Halsman required 26 attempts, where they threw three cats and water into the air. How little regard for these poor animals they both showed.
A final anecdote is that Dalí often organised bullfights, and in one of them, he took and filled a dummy bull with live cats and bags filled with fish into the round and with some pyrotechnic devise blew it up so that the live animals inside would fly through the air landing on the spectators. Of course all of this was «surrealistic» and created by the self-named «genius» of modern art.
So, if you want to know why I have such a strong distaste for this non-genius, well here are some of them…
See also: Art History in One Minute (videos): Dalí
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Inside his souless cavity, thanks for showing us the depths of his depravity. Never knew any of this. Now how to delete the images… Great job, Francisco.
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Yes, they are hard to delete Pat, for sure. Thank you! Just bringing out the good and the bad, all must be said, no?
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Si, oui, da, hell yes!
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Now you’ve put it like that…
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Hehehe… A real gem he was, no?
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That’s not surreal art is it Francesc? In fact it’s not art at all, not in any way, shape or form
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No, definitely not art nor any form of behaviour that is acceptable. Plus, who knows who really painted the paintings attributed to Mr. Dalí? That is something I will write about soon… There are supposed to be thousands of fake Dalí’s out there and being that he changed his signature almost 600 times, it is quite easy to forge a Dalí. Something I would never do, as why would I even want to… All the best Malc, have a smashing good weekend!
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You too of course Francesc.
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🌹🌹
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😊🙏😊
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Both rabbit story and the cat photo are terrible but it won’t the fact that I still appreciate some of Dali’s work.
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No, you are right. I always separate the person from their work. But, in the case of the work of Dalí, how do we know how many, or which ones are authentic? They may have aesthetic value to whoever likes them but they may not have actually been painted by Dalí…
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Can that not be said of any deceased artist though ?
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Anything can be said, but what has been said about Dali’s paintings has been said because there are many indications that it is true, including the testimony of two of his «assistants» and even his hairdresser who wrote a book about it. Also it was filmed the event where Dali and his lawyer sat and Dali signed hundreds of blank papers so that his work would continue in perpetuity even after his death. So he even conspired in the creation of fake Dali’s…
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Oh boy.. so an eccentric fraud 🫤
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To me that is what it sounds like. But one can still appreciate a painting even if it is a forgery, after all it still is art. But…
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