Marc Chagall Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Here is an example of an affordable work that was printed from plates created by Chagall.

 

Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Original color lithograph, 1960. 14 1/8" x 10 3/8"

About Chagall:

Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,

 "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

Chagalls biography includes these comments:

"Chagalls ties with the Bible go very deep, his childhood in Russia had a big influence on his works"

Of the Bible, this is what Chagall said, "Ever since my earliest youth, I have been fascinated with the Bible. I have always believed…that it is the greatest source of poetry of all time…I have sought its reflection in life and art. The Bible is life, an echo of nature, and this is the secret I have endeavored to transmit."

He formed a business relationship with French art dealer Ambroise Vollard. This inspired him to begin creating etchings for a series of illustrated books, including Gogol's Dead Souls, the Bible, and the Fables of La Fontaine. These illustrations would eventually come to represent his finest printmaking efforts.

Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.

The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.

Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.

If you would like to own this print, call:

888-888-3254 Ext. 204 or ask for Dan

Email Me

Poseiden by Salvador Dali

Neptune (Poseidon)

19" x 30"

Printed in Paris France in 1963
Small worldwide edition of 270

There are restrikes of these, so all works must pass
inspection with a known Dali expert.

Printed on Arches with some printed on Japon paper.

From the "Mythology" series.

Condition is excellent!

RARE

Neptune was the Roman god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of Heaven, Earth and the Netherigions.

There seems to be confusion as to the title of this work.

The Archives created by Albert Field lists the title as Neptune with Poseiden in parenthasis.

Neptune had power over Sea Water and Fresh water both.

As both characters were worshipped by the Romans/Greeks, it makes

sense that Dali might have referenced both in the same work.

Our price for this work is far below what others are asking.

There are only a few of these on the market.

Call to check availability.

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

Email

Battle Around a Dandelion Tapestry by Salvador Dali

Battle Around a Dandelion

by

Salvador Dali

Large hand wove tapestry from 1988

Limited edition.

For info and price:

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

Email

What are the Chances? Salvador Dali

What would you say If I told you that back in 1968, Salvador Dali created a series of limited edition prints that included a work titled: Arise, Barak, and Lead? an image of a dark skinned character rising among a group of people. A leader named Barak? Well, Dali did exactly that.

Here is an image of the work:

This work is hand signed by Dali and limited edition,

and yes you can still buy one.

While original Dali works can sell for millions, these limited edition works

sell in the thousands and average people buy and sell them on a daily basis all

over the globe.

If you have questions about this, call:

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

310-533-1333

Email Me

See more Dali here

Salvador Dali works from Spain on display in Florida

Museum to feature Dalí paintings from Spain

The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg will welcome 12 works by its famous Spanish surrealist namesake never before seen in America.

"The Royal Inheritance: Dalí works from the Spanish National Collection" exhibit, co-curated by Dalí museum's senior curators Joan Kropf and William Jeffett, runs Oct. 1 through March 13, 2013.
The new exhibit comes to the museum by way of the National Collection of Modern Art in Spain — Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

"Composition"

(1928) is a large abstract work. The exhibit paintings have never been seen in America.

If you have any Dali realted questions:

888-888-3254 Ext. 204 or ask for Dan

Email Me

If you email me, mention the blog WhyBuyArt

Salvador Dali Viet Nam prints

Angel of Mercy Covering a Calmer World

23" x 16" on V Piera Paper

*Hand signed by Salvador Dali in 1973 in front of witnesses.

*The publisher filmed an interview with the creator of the Dali Museum in Fla., Reynolds Morse.

*The cancelled printing plates are the property of the publisher.

*The bon à tirer prints or Artists Proofs can be seen at the Dali Museum when they are on display.

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam,

Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

During the most publicized part of the Viet Nam War,

Salvador Dali was living in New York at the St. Regis Hotel and meeting with the

public on a regular basis.

The Viet Nam war protests and constant news stories shaped the culture of that day

and sparked unrest and chaos among the young people of the United States.

While most people might refer to the destructive nature of weapons,

Dali referred to the Aomic Bomb as "excited particles".

The extensive study of science as a youth gave Dali a unique perspective on things

having to do with energy or decay as a few examples.

The Angel in the image is similar to the iconic Angel we see

in many of Dali's better known graphics.

The Angel of Mercy is referred to in various religeons,

known for healing and compassion. So during a time of great conflict

and destruction, Dali created a series of works having to do with Peace in Viet Nam.

We have only one of these available.

Call us at 888-888-3254 Ext. 204



Invisible Sleeping Woman Horse Lion by Salvador Dali

Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion

Salvador Dali

 Musee National d-Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Great masterworks are born of pain. In his cottage at Port Lligat, Dali now set about painting like one possessed. Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion was surely the major work of this period; while The Invisible Man is the first double-image picture of a man and a 'woman, a fetish to protect the two lovers, Dali and Gala, from Dali's father and other dangers. Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion not only examines Dali's recurring theme of the persistence of desire, but is also an investigation of multiple-image possibilities such as the artist was to explore over and over again in the sequel. The multiple image, to Dali's way of thinking, could extend the "paranoiac" process by adding a second and even third visual dimension.

If you have questions about Dali, contact me at:

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

Detroit Institute of Arts Salvador Dali and other Spanish Masters

How big should an exhibition be? “Five Spanish Masterpieces” packs a mighty wallop, even though you can count the paintings on one hand.

The Detroit Institute of Arts’ great blue period Picasso, “Melancholy Woman,” has returned home after two years on loan to exhibitions across the globe. To celebrate, the DIA has surrounded it with dynamite paintings by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya and Salvador Dali.

Curated by Salvador Salort-Pons, head of European Art at the DIA, the exhibition is spread over three galleries — this is one show that’s not overhung — and sweeps through about 300 years of Spanish art.

Dali and Picasso get their own rooms. Dali style changed later in his career, but his gruesome antiwar picture, “Soft Construction with Boiled Beans” (1936), remains a surrealist landmark.

But it’s the center gallery that makes the show, with portraits of an unknown man by Velázquez and a matador by Goya, plus El Greco’s “The Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John the Baptist” (1600).

— Detroit Free Press

Stolen Dali Returned to Gallery

READ STORY HERE

Salvador Dali Homage to Venice

Homage to Venice

Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small

islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, and is a top
destination for travlers and tourists.

The name Venice is derived from the ancient Veneti people
who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C.

Dali and his wife Gala traveled to Venice for vacation with
Coco Chanel and others.

Venice was a favorite spot for Dali as he was influenced by its

architecture and its artworks, and inspired a number of well

known works including this one.

The print shown is embossed.

Here is an image of a portion of the back of the print to show some

of the indented portions of the image thus creating more a

painted look.



Surreal Art

There are many who create surreal art, but is the art of their own imagination or are they borrowing from others. Some even create art that looks like works by Dali, they add Dali's name and other things related to Dali to the keywords of posts etc., to try and draw the public to images that they then "imply" are by the hand of Salvador Dali. It is important that when you are looking at surreal art and surrealism, to make sure you are clear as to what artists you are looking at, I recently had an email come in from someone asking, "What is the title of this Dali painting?" My reply was very simple... "That is not a Dali painting"

Here is the best known of all Dali works:

The Persistence of Memory

by

Salvador Dali

Call if you have any questions about Dali or Surrealism / Surreal art etc.

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

Ask for Dan

Dali Stolen from NY Gallery

READ STORY HERE

Dali sculpture sells for over 400K

READ IT HERE

Salvador Dali exhibit in TaiPei

Why are people investing in art?

Why are people investing in art?

Published on 14 June 2012.

13 June 2012, Art Media Agency (AMA)

Despite the economic crisis, the art market does not stop breaking records. Since 2008, eleven of the twenty most expensive art purchases have taken place. Less than a week after the sale of Munch’s The Scream ($120m), Orange, Red, Yellow by Marc Rothko sold for $87m.

Several economists assert that art is not the best way to invest. Artwork resale can be extremely complicated because few artists keep the same value on the art market over the years. Moreover, the world of art is unpredictable, and valuing an artwork is not an easy task: it is subjective, although guiding criteria do exist. Sergey Skaterschikov published a report on art investment proving that no artwork purchased for $30m has ever consequently made a profit.

The Times of India concludes that wealthy people buy art to show off.

Ask how you can own this work by Dali.

888-888-3254 Ext. 204

Mention "Gala Looking at the Mediterranean" when you call.

Dali Alice in Wonderland Lobster Quadrille

“You may not have lived much under the sea—” ("I haven’t,” said Alice)—"and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—" (Alice began to say, “I once tasted—” but checked herself hastily, and said, “No, never”) “—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster-Quadrille is!” “No, indeed,” said Alice. “What sort of a dance is it?”

If you have any questions about Salvador Dali's "Alice in Wonderland"

feel free to call 888-888-3254 and ask for Dan

Fine Art Info Appraisals etc

For information about fine art appraisals or if you have any questions at all about art, send us

a message on This Website.

Salvador Dali Art Restoration

Interesting video about preserving and cleaning a Salvador Dali orginal museum painting.

See video here

Rare photograph of Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali showing a work he has just completed.

A rare photograph by Giancarlo Botti the well known

photographer and artist.

We have more rare photos of Dali we will upload soon!

FOLLOW THIS BLOG!

Salvador Dali in Turkey

ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency

An exhibition featuring more than 100 works by peerless Spanish artist Salvador Dali attracted a record number of visitors to Ankara’s Cer Modern Center, according to the museum’s press relations manager.

“We expected to see lots of visitors, but the figures show that the interest is more than we expected,” said Sara Adıbelli. “Cer Modern has opened a new page in the cultural and artistic life of Ankara.”
Some 40,000 people came to the exhibition, with 2,500 people typically coming to see Dali’s work on weekends, she said.
“Many people, both young and old, visited the museum. This is such good news for us because we want a diverse visitor profile. Many visitors also came from other cities near Ankara, such as Kayseri, Mersin, Adana and Eskişehir.”
Many different people who had never come to a museum before traveled to see the Dali exhibition, Adıbelli said.
The traveling exhibition, which was previously in Istanbul, includes 121 lithographs and watercolors from Dali’s print series “The Divine Comedy,” “Traces of Surrealism” and “Dinner with Gala,” which critics regard as exemplary of his symbolist and surrealist style. The series consists of 100 prints, one print for each canto of Dante’s epic poem “Divine Comedy,” plus one cover print. “Traces of Surrealism” is made up of nine lithographic color printings that were made by Dali in Paris in 1971. The surreal atmosphere in the works provides images of a plastic universe that critics say makes it impossible to separate dream from reality. Dali’s main goal was to convert the everyday life to the home of “dream” in a sarcastic manner.
Dali’s “Dinner with Gala” series features 12 colored lithographs. Dali had wished to become a chef since childhood and finally realized this dream at the age of 68. This series includes the menus and recipes of legendary restaurants and chefs, as well as their surrealist gastro-aesthetics stories.
The exhibition started March 23 and ended late last month.
More Dali News