SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)
Monte Cornetto (2, 179m - 7, 149 ft)
Italy
In Lago de Garda, 1949, watercolour, Private collection
The mountain
Monte Cornetto (2, 179m - 7, 149 ft) is part of the fifteen mountains that surrounds Lake Garda and forms a Southern Eastern Alps massif whose Mont Caldria is the highest point. They rise in Italy (border between Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardy and Veneto).The mountains are oriented north-south around the basin formed by Lake Garda and are surrounded by the Adamello-Presanella massif to the west, the Brenta massif to the north and the Vicentine Prealps to the east.
The climate of the mountains around Lake Garda is very mild because of its southern location within the Alps and the influence of the Mediterranean Sea. In the Sarche Valley and on the shores of the lake, snow rarely falls during the spring and fall, when temperatures are often measured between 15 and 20 ° C.
The massif is bordered by the Adige (including Val Lagarina) to the east.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory (above) was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes" to an "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.
The painter
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Púbol, known professionally as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory (above) was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes" to an "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.
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