Salvador Dali, Spiritus Promptus Est, Lithograph, 1964 for sale at Pamono

Spiritus promptus est is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgat edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Signed and dated on plate on the right margin. Perfect conditions. Prov. Private Collection, Southern France. Salvador Dal (Figueres, 1904 Figueres, 1989) is considered one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the XX century and the founding father of Surrealism. In the course of his long career, he successfully experimented with sculpture, fashion, writing, and filmmaking. In his early use of organic morphology, his work bears the stamp of Pablo Picasso and Joan Mir. His work is also characterized by a fascination with classical art, manifested in the realistic style and religious symbolism of his latest works. Dal was born near Barcelona to a middle class family. He soon demonstrated an interest in art, and, at the age of 18, he attended the Special Painting, Sculpture and Engraving School of San Fernando in Madrid. His eccentricity was notorious, and at first even more famous than his works. When he traveled to Paris, he met Pablo Picasso in his studio and took inspiration from Cubism. In 1928, he collaborated with Buuel on Un Chien Andalou, which eventually became a manifest of Surrealism. Surrealists considered recruiting Dal into their circle. In the next years, Dals paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia. He painted bodies, corps, objects that reflected sexuality, anxiety and fear. In the 1950s, Dals paintings focused on religious themes reflecting his interest in the supernatural. During that period, he stayed at the St. Regis hotel, where he met Andy Warhol, another eccentric personality that was considered a modern influence for the setting Dal produced earlier. Dal epitomizes the idea that life is the greatest form of art; Andr Breton said about him: It is with Dal that, for the very first time, the windows of the mind are wide open.