Salvador Dali (1904-1989),after Unicorn Lithograph, signed

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

After Unicorn Lithograph, signed

Limited 139 / 250

Measures:34 x 52 cm

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, and one of the most celebrated figures of the Surrealist movement, famous for his dreamlike imagery and flamboyant personality.

Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí showed prodigious artistic talent from an early age and studied at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Influenced by Freud’s theories on the subconscious, he developed a unique visual language of melting clocks, distorted forms, and hyper-realistic dreamscapes, exemplified by his masterpiece The Persistence of Memory (1931).

Beyond painting, Dalí explored film, photography, fashion, and sculpture, collaborating with artists such as Luis Buñuel (Un Chien Andalou, 1929) and Alfred Hitchcock (Spellbound, 1945). His eccentric persona—marked by his iconic upturned mustache, theatrical public appearances, and love of self-promotion—made him a cultural icon far beyond the art world.

Dalí spent his later years between Spain and the United States, producing works that fused science, religion, and surrealism. He died in 1989 in his hometown of Figueres, where the Dalí Theatre-Museum now houses many of his creations. Today, Dalí remains a symbol of imagination, innovation, and the power of the subconscious in modern art.

Salvador Dalí incorporated unicorns into a number of his paintings, illustrations, and prints. The unicorn for him symbolized:

Purity and eroticism (typical Dalinian duality)

Myth and dream states

Chivalric or medieval fantasy

Idealized femininity

Dalí often used mythical creatures to explore subconscious desires and surreal combinations of beauty and strangeness.

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