Dali once said “Surrealism is destructive but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision” (Salvador Dali). Dali freed his mind of the shackles that are reality, giving him the ability to create his wacky paintings such as The Elephants. His works inspired many painters to join the surrealism movement, one of his more notable pieces being these elephants. Created in 1948, Dali’s painting pictures two elephants walking through the desert carrying two large figures (obelisks) on their backs. They are drawn with long, multi jointed, spindly legs that force them up into the sky which are used to symbolize desire. These elephants were drawn to show immense strength, as they carry the burden on the obelisks on their backs. Dali would continue to paint pictures such as these until his timely death in 1989 at the age of 84.
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Since the beginning his parents encouraged him to express himself through art. As he got older and more serious about his art he moved on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920’s Dali moved to Paris in order to meet and work with bigger artists such as Picasso, who would inspire his surrealist work. When the uprising of fascism came about and the surrealist movement was ordered to come to a halt, Dali continued to paint. His endless works were created all the way up until his death in 1989 which was cause by congestive heart failure. Though he had passed Dali’s work would live on and continue to inspire searlist artists. The movement began with Salvador in the 1920’s, and proved to be extremely influential in both literature and art. One powerful influence for this movement was the study of psychoanalysis. The whole point of surrealism is to incorporate fiction into reality, almost like a daydream. Many of these paintings would feature several uses of symbolism. For example Dali’s elephants were equipped with spindly legs that were used to symbolise
Since the beginning his parents encouraged him to express himself through art. As he got older and more serious about his art he moved on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920’s Dali moved to Paris in order to meet and work with bigger artists such as Picasso, who would inspire his surrealist work. When the uprising of fascism came about and the surrealist movement was ordered to come to a halt, Dali continued to paint. His endless works were created all the way up until his death in 1989 which was cause by congestive heart failure. Though he had passed Dali’s work would live on and continue to inspire searlist artists. The movement began with Salvador in the 1920’s, and proved to be extremely influential in both literature and art. One powerful influence for this movement was the study of psychoanalysis. The whole point of surrealism is to incorporate fiction into reality, almost like a daydream. Many of these paintings would feature several uses of symbolism. For example Dali’s elephants were equipped with spindly legs that were used to symbolise