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A picture by Dalí is worth a thousand words…

Curated by Abigail Wunderle and McKenzie Bengry

Salvador Dalí, known for his paintings, drawings, and even his own writings, was also an illustrator for many books.

“Dalí worked in this field of creation so often because, rather than an amusement, the work was a necessity for him.

Autobiography benvenuto cellini illustrated salvador dali museum

Dalí had to express himself and any medium that allowed him to do so was valid. That was why he never missed an opportunity to work in publishing,” (Dali, a life in books, p.344).

This series of digital exhibitions, broken up into several parts, will focus on illustrations Dalí created for commercial books, some of which are rarely seen.

This series will also focus on the symbols Dalí inserts into the illustrations, promoting his own iconography.  “Salvador Dalí used symbols repeatedly in his artwork.  He was influenced by Sigmund Freud’s idea that dreams can be understood symbolically – where each image has its own interpretation – Dalí appro