Salvador Dali was one of the most inventive and unpredictable painters the art world has ever seen. A major part of the Surrealist movement, Dali's work often defies description, so innovative and strange are his pieces. His art, however, contained within it an inherent contradiction: while the paintings themselves are certainly otherworldly, interpretation of these pieces is in many cases incomplete without discussion of the real-world issues that inspired them.

The titles of Dali's pieces are often as outrageous as the paintings themselves. One would be hard-pressed to imagine just what an "Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid Graces" would look like; the painting is as incredible as its name would suggest. "Endless Enigma" is just that, featuring a large bearded face intertwined with what looks like the headstock of a musical instrument--an instrument that ends in a hoof. These images are set without rhyme or reason against the backdrop of a mountain range.

Many of Dali's paintings deal with religion. He created a number of paintings depicting Christ on the Cross, including "Christ of St. John on the Cross, 1951" (featuring an extreme angle showing the back of Christ's head) and "Crucifixion Corpus Hypercubus" (in which the cross takes on exaggerated three-dimensional features). "Ecumenical Council" shows a chaotic meeting of earthly and ethereal forces and includes a small self-portrait of Dali before the canvas in the lower left-hand corner.

Here at ARTinaClick.com, we carry both famous and obscure Dali lithographs and reproductions. Famous works such as "The Persistence of Memory" are also offered as hand-painted oil reproductions for the ultimate art displays. We offer our customers several pre-configured framing options, as well as custom designed frames and mountings.

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