DALÍ Salvador (Illustrator)

In this dream sequence by Salvador Dalí, the spectator's attention is fixed on the figure wearing a bold yellow dress very fashionably cut on the bias, the fabric falling in smooth, vertical folds. Dalí described his pictures as "hand-painted dream photographs" and his juxtaposition of the real and unreal presented fashion in a new way, bringing out its elegance and seduction. During the 1930s, with economic and political pressures mounting, fashion and fashion illustration took an escapist route, venturing into Surrealism, the dominant art movement of the decade. Cecil Beaton, Erwin Blumenfeld and George Hoyningen-Huene captured Surrealism's bizarre elements in their work. Vogue also commissioned artists such as Dalí, who collaborated with Schiaparelli in the design of fabrics and accessories, to make "photo-paintings", presenting fashion's relationship with Surrealism. 

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