by Stephanie Schultz | Jun 11, 2024 | Salvador Dali
Venus in Furs was a novel by Austrian author, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose word and name are the inspiration and origin of the word “masochism.” It is a novel about a man whose chief pleasure was to be thrashed by a beautiful woman wearing nothing more than a fur...
by Stephanie Schultz | Jun 11, 2024 | Salvador Dali
Amid the Cultural Revolution in China, soon followed by the May 1968 riots in France, Pierre Argillet brought the book “Poems” by Mao Zedong to Dali. Tickled, the artist decided to create eight illustrations, some of which were political satires. Turtle Mountain...
by Stephanie Schultz | Jun 10, 2024 | Salvador Dali
Dali’s work was heavily influenced by literature. As a result, he used the works of Guillaume Apollinaire as inspiration for this suite. The artist’s original plan for the suite was to illustrate songs by Georges Brassens. However, the singer’s agent recommended so...
by Stephanie Schultz | Jun 10, 2024 | Salvador Dali
Dali’s work was heavily influenced by literature. As a result, he used the works of Guillaume Apollinaire as inspiration for this suite. The artist’s original plan for the suite was to illustrate songs by Georges Brassens. However, the singer’s agent recommended so...
by Stephanie Schultz | Jun 10, 2024 | Salvador Dali
