Dalí
Surrealist with mustache
Salvador Dalí was a Spanish surrealist artist known for dreamlike, bizarre imagery—melting clocks, distorted figures, barren landscapes.
His flamboyant persona, with its upturned waxed mustache, became as famous as his paintings.
Used allusively to describe something surreal or fantastically strange: The whole evening felt very Dalí.
One who applies pigment
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- oilsViscous lipid liquids
brushwork · draftsmanship · technique · masterpiece · gallery · museum · retrospective · oeuvre
Tusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- antsSocial colony insects
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- crutchesMobility aids for injured
- drawersSliding furniture compartments
tigers · lobster · rhinoceros · bread · soft watches · swans · telephones · Venus de Milo
Liquefying timepieces
- persistence of memoryOngoing mental retention
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
irrationality · hallucination · Freudian · bizarre · fantastical · distortion · metamorphosis · juxtaposition
Strikingly bold in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
- self-promotionPublicizing one's own merits
celebrity · interviews · antics · cape · cane · ocelot · extravagant · narcissist
painter
One who applies pigment
oils · brushwork · draftsmanship · technique · masterpiece · gallery · museum · retrospective · oeuvre · prolific
elephants
Tusked, trunk-bearing mammals
drawers · tigers · lobster · rhinoceros · bread · soft watches · swans · telephones · Venus de Milo · crucifixion
melting clocks
Liquefying timepieces
- persistence of memoryOngoing mental retention
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
automatism · irrationality · hallucination · Freudian · bizarre · fantastical · distortion · metamorphosis · juxtaposition · absurdist
flamboyant
Strikingly bold in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
self-promotion · celebrity · interviews · antics · cape · cane · ocelot · extravagant · narcissist · controversial
film
Movie or coating
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- photographyCreating images from light
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
Hitchcock · jewelry · furniture · perfume · advertising · logo · theater · ballet · costumes · set design
DalíNorman Rockwell
Edward Hopper · photorealism · naturalism · documentary photography · realism
DalíVermeer
Baroque Dutch painter
J.D. Salinger · Thomas Pynchon · Emily Dickinson · self-effacing · understated
DalíRaphael
Renaissance painter from Urbino
Jackson Pollock · Mark Rothko · abstract expressionism · Vermeer · minimalism