Here's a link to an unusually thorough Wikipedia article on surrealism. It provides the full historical context for surrealism as a movement, along with comments that put Dali in perspective. read more
Salvador Dali, pioneer of European Surrealism and for more than half a century one of the best-known and most bitterly contested figures in the international art world, died yesterday at Figueras Hospital in Figueras, Spain. read more