September 7, 2016 dali & his illustrations explore the lesser known world of Dalí’s commercial illustrations
September 7, 2016
dali & his illustrationsexplore the lesser known world of Dalí’s
commercial illustrations
dali and gala’s love of books
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Enthusiasts and connoisseurs of the
world of books
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leaping into illustration
“…[Dali] made the leap to illustrating books and magazines, which began with Les Bruixes de Llers (1924) and L’Oncle Vicents
(1926)”- p.343, Dali: a Life in Books
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“These two books are filled with vignettes and culs de lampe,
inspired in Noucentisme, with occasional touches of Cezanne and
Cubism.”
From Dali: A Life in Books, p.351, Ricard Mas10
noucentismeA Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that
originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme, both in art and ideology, and was, simultaneously, a perception of
art almost opposite to that of avantgardists. In 1906, Eugeni d'Ors coined the term.
More of a Classicist approach
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from Payasos, pierrots y saltimbanquis: su dimensión autobiográfica y social en Picasso y Federico García Lorca Clowns, pierrots and acrobats: their autobiographical and social dimensions in Picasso and Federico García Lorca
Plaza Chillón, José Luis* Fecha de terminación del trabajo: marzo de 2012
Rafael Barradas’ “clownism” – erasing pupils from the eyes – it was his particular version of fauvism
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Example of Dali’s
“clownism”
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cityscape
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vignette of a tailor
cul de lampe or “tail piece”
an ornamental piece placed at the bottom of the page at the end of a
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illustrating in the 40s and
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relationship between the poetic and the pictorial, which occurs most famously in Horace's Ars Poetica
Latin phrase literally meaning "as is painting so is poetry.“According to the Gala-Dali Foundation in Spain,
Dali refers to this expression all the time.
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ut pictura poesis
©GIULIO GHIRARDIWORK
“…in any of these publications we can see how Dali put every care
into expressing his artistic world…”- Daniel Giralt-Miracle from Dali: a Life in Books
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“…with the illustrations he made for some of the great works of world
literature, he does more than simply immerse himself in the texts that
particularly interested and attracted him, for he continued to penetrate into
his own world, his own technique and iconography.”
- Monste Aguer Teixidor from Don Quixote de la Mancha Ilustrado por Salvador
Dali, p.7724
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Speak of the Devil, 1945 Doubleday
This is an anthology of sorts that includes writings focused on the
devil.
Involvement in the editing and publication
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“…Dali doesn’t stop at doing the illustrations but follows the publishing process very
closely…”
Before it goes to print, Dali writes “important this image must be reproduced backwards so
the back is in the right place. Careful! Don’t glue over the painted parts!”
from Dalilibre
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Dali iconography:
Eyes and ants
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The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha, The
Illustrated Modern Library, 1946
Dating from 1945 – 1946, Dali created 38 watercolors and
drawings for this version of Don Quixote.
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Dali’s interest in this book was most likely due to “the personality
of Don Quixote.” “Don Quixote and his madness…inspired the finest
Dali and thereby opened the door for him to apply his paranoic-
critical method…”From Don Quixote de la Mancha: Ilustrado Por Salvador Dali, p.78
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the windmill scene
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Dali iconography: eggs and familiar landscape
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Macbeth, 1946 Doubleday
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Macbeth, 1946 DoubledayRepeating pattern which is apparently the letters of Dali’s
name layered on top of each other.
From Salvador Dali Book Collector Blog
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Dali created 12 black and white
illustrations for this edition.
This illustration is found in Act IV, Scene 1. It is
the depiction of the 3 witches adding
ingredients to a cauldron.
Dali iconography: Crutch, keys,
spiral, drawers, double images
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Essays of Michel de Montaigne, 1947 Doubleday
Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by Salvador Dalí
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Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was one of the most significant
philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
Dali’s interest in this book could be due to the “philosopher’s great curiosity about all expressions of mankind.”
from Don Quixote de la Mancha: Ilustrado Por Salvador Dali, p.78
Dali created 37 works that illustrated his own selection from Montaigne’s
Essais.from Don Quixote de la Mancha: Ilustrado Por Salvador Dali, p.77
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Doubleday published a limited edition of 1000 copies in 1947 of which Dali signed all of them.
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'Of Democritus and Heraclitus'
‘Of Age’
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'That To Study Philosophy Is To Learn To Die'
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'The Force of Imagination'
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‘Of Vanity’
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, 1948 Doubleday
Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist who
also wrote a famous autobiography and poetry.
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This book tells of his adventures in Italy and France, his relations with popes, kings and other
fellow artists.
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Dali created 41 watercolors and drawings for the Autobiography of
Cellini.
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Visit with the pope and cardinals
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Discussing feuds and factions in his ancestor’s
history.
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Wine, Women and Words, 1948 - American hardback and softcover, British hardcover
Billy Rose’s memoirs
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Billy Rose 1899-1966was an American impresario, theatrical showman and
lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" (1927), "Without a Song"
(1929), "It Happened in Monterrey" (1930) and "It's Only a Paper Moon" (1933).
He and Dali met while producing events at the 1939 World's Fair.
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Dali created 15 original full page illustrations for this book along with several
smaller illustrations.
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As You Like It, 1948 Bestetti Publishing1953 The Folio Society, London
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The publishing house included Dali’s drawings made for the staging and the costumes of the play.
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“My sets have been inspired by an autumnal, ammoniacal, thoroughly sterilized mimeticism…”
from Dali Shakespeare Visconti, p.9
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“…my costumes are morphological and, the
better to serve my viewers, even
prophetic.”
from Dali Shakespeare Visconti, p.9
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La Verdadera Historia de Lidia de Cadaques, 1954
Dali created 4 illustrations – cover,
frontispiece and 2 inside illustrations
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Dali describes Lidia in a manuscript held at the Foundation in Spain: “”Of fine bearing, and well-rooted in the living rock, in
the pure mineralogy…so that no gale could uproot her from Cap de Creus.”
THANK YOULidia was a Cadaques fishseller, who
believed she was the character of Teresa from Eugeni d’Ors’ book La Ben
PlantadaIt wasn’t until 7 years after Lidia’s death, that Eugeni d’Ors took any
interest in her, though Lidia had been writing him letters for years
He went to Cadaques and asked Dali if he would like to illustrate the book he
would soon begin writing about her.Dali was elated and immediately
agreed. He, at the time, was also planning to write a book about her. Dali knew Lidia from a young age, and used to listen to her stories. Later on, it was
she who sold Dali and Gala the fisherman’s cabin in Portlligat.
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lidia
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These commercial illustrations provided an
income while he and Gala were living in America, but
they also demonstrate Dali’s relationship with books, which
were seen as almost sacred objects. Through these book
illustrations and many others, Dali epitomizes the concept of
“ut picture poesis,” successfully merging the poetic and the pictorial.
THANK YOU