tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post7284942584615386193..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: J. S. Aanand writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-43935470269559122232018-12-30T18:21:13.197-08:002018-12-30T18:21:13.197-08:00Montague Dawson was the grandson of the marine pai...Montague Dawson was the grandson of the marine painter Henry Dawson. Though he had no formal art training he became the highest-paid painter of his time, except for Pablo Picasso. His more famous contemporary Salvador Dalí was a leading surrealist. In the 1940s he lived in the US and worked prolifically in a variety of media, designing jewelry, clothes, furniture, stage sets, and retail store display windows. In 1944 he designed the nightmare scene for Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" and collaborated with Walt Disney on an animated short (which was eventually completed as "Destino" in 1999). It was during this period (1942-1943) that Dalí painted over "Wind and Sun," a 1938 chromilitograph (a type of multi-colored lithograph) by Dawson to create the gouache (opaque watercolor) "Caravela." Essentially, Dalí retained the ship's sail but replaced the hull with arms and added a torso.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com