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Masterworks: Dali
Discusses Dali's career, personal life, and artistic style, and depicts his most important paintings
- GenresArt
144 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
About the author
Eric Shanes
91 books2 followersEric Shanes was a professional painter, independent art historian, and lecturer who was a leading expert on Turner. The vice president of the Turner Society, he authored many books on the artist.
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April 3, 2025
Really good, really informative book, providing a decent biography of both Dali and his weird relationship with his wife Gala.
I always knew Dali was "out there"...but I didn't realize quite how far out there he was. I think, between this and the previous Dali book I read, that I've determined that I'm more of a "greatest hits" fan of Dali's work than I realized.
Some of this has either simply left me disgusted, left me confused, or left me cold. The ones that work, I love. But I've figured out that most of it doesn't work for me.
Having said that, this book does a fantastic overview (and is not scared to get critical) of Dali's work.
I always knew Dali was "out there"...but I didn't realize quite how far out there he was. I think, between this and the previous Dali book I read, that I've determined that I'm more of a "greatest hits" fan of Dali's work than I realized.
Some of this has either simply left me disgusted, left me confused, or left me cold. The ones that work, I love. But I've figured out that most of it doesn't work for me.
Having said that, this book does a fantastic overview (and is not scared to get critical) of Dali's work.
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