The third edition of this classic study a thorough introduction to one of the most popular and
recognizable artists of the 20th century. Salvador Dalí was and remains among the most
universally recognizable artists of the twentieth century. What accounts for this popularity?
His excellence as an artist? Or his genius as a self-publicist? In this searching text partly
based on interviews with the artist and fully revised extended and updated for this edition
Dawn Ades considers the Dalí phenomenon. From his early years his artistic friendships and the
development of his technique and style to his relationship with the Surrealists and
exploitation of Freudian ideas and on to his post-war paintings this essential study places
Dalí in social historical and artistic context and casts new light on the full range of his
creativity.
