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Wow! This Courageous Man Survived at Sea for 438 Days!

Salvador Alvarenga loved his fiberglass boat – no cabin, no roof, just a 25-foot long canoe-shaped boat that was designed to carve through the waves like a huge surfboard with an engine mounted on the back. Alvarenga was a 37-year-old Salvadoran fisherman living and working in Mexico.

These 10 Famous Salvador Dali Paintings Will Amaze You

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was a Spanish artist who is well-known for his works of Surrealism, an important 20th-century movement that focused primarily on literature and art. Surrealist art rejects the rationale and aims to channel the unconsciousness in order to unlock the power of imagination.

This Surreal Art Really is Something to Marvel At

His work was greatly influenced by Salvador Dalí and Rene Magritte, whom he even had the pleasure of meeting. A quick glance at one of his paintings will never do, because there is always more than one image on each canvas, depending on how you look at it.

Check Out These Surreal Artists and Their Amazing Artworks

However, his paintings go a step further than beautiful, they each play with the border between reality and the surreal. his work has also been influenced by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, who he had the pleasure of meeting.

You May Need to Give These Pictures a Second Look...

However, his paintings go a step further than beautiful, they each play with the border between reality and the surreal. his work has also been influenced by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, who he had the pleasure of meeting.

Found It! Rare Old Photos of Famous People

Robert Redford and Paul Newman Ernest Hemingway Kirk Douglas Jamie Lee Curtis James Dean, Liz Taylor and Eartha Kitt James Dean, Liz Taylor and Eartha Kitt John Cleese Sean Connery Frank Sinatra Errol Flynn Sally Field Katharine Hepburn Marlon Brando Salvador Dali Steve Martin Sophia Loren Laurence Olivier

We Love These Woodworking Masterpieces! Don’t You?

Inspired by Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory" 5. Aww, cute! Related: This Russian Artist Makes the Most Beautiful Wood Carvings 6. What a cute snake! 7. Mother bear and the plump rabbit [related_articles] 8. I like his teeth 9. Spooky carves 10.

Everyone Loves Pets, Including These Famous People.

Salvador Dali With His Ocelot Babou Kurt Cobain And His Kitten Quisp Alfred Hitchcock With His Sealyham Terrier Sarah Freddie Mercury With One Of His Many Cats Paul McCartney And His English Sheepdog Martha Elvis Presley And His Hound Dog Jack Kerouack And Tyke Franklin Roosevelt And His Black Terrier

Even The Most Famous Artists Had to Start Somewhere...

Vincent Van Gogh, "The Potato Eaters," 1885 Monet, "View from Rouelles," 1858 Salvador Dalí, "Landscape Near Figueras," 1910 Georgia O'Keeffe, "Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot," 1908 Michelangelo, "The Torment of St.

The World's Best Paintings Get a Cat Make-Over

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (1931). Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830). The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo (1511-1512). The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1486). Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (1871).

Rare Photos From Decades Gone By Show What Life Was Like

Selfies, 1920s style 1960s Venice: Coca-Cola advertisement, using pigeons American Gothic real life models next to their claim to fame 1970s Russia: a man feeds polar bears milk John Lennon’s last photo 1950s segregation: Memphis Zoo Albert Einstein meets Charlie Chaplin Ruth Malcomson, Miss America 1924 Salvador

Prize Moments in the Lives of World Famous Figures

plays the musical saw Charlie Chaplin with his daughters Josephine and Victoria, 1966 David Bowie in bed on the Trans-Siberian Express, 1973 Elton John shows off his football skills, 1976 Diego Maradona listening to records Bill and Hillary Clinton The Beatles and Muhammad Ali, 1964 Coco Chanel and Salvador

Learn About the Final Artworks of 8 Legendary Artists

Keep reading to discover more about these incredible works of art: Salvador Dalí, The Swallow’s Tail, 1983 Image Courtesy of the Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres, Spain.

The Shocking Hidden Secrets of 7 World Famous Paintings

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (1931) If you’ve ever tried to get into Salvador Dali’s mind, you’ll know how wild and random his thought processes seem to be. His famous melting clocks, though, are said to have had a very humble and mundane inspiration: melted cheese.

History Come Calling - Fascinating Photos!

Salvador Dali caught on a fish eye camera as he signs books for fans, 1963. The last 4 couples left of a dance marathon in Chicago, 1930. Submitted by user: Bill I. History Come Calling - Fascinating Photos!

The 2018 Outdoor Photographer Of the Year Winners Are Here

2018 Small World Runner-Up Jay Birmingham Under Exposed Winner Author: Greg Lecoeur (France) OPOTY 2018 Under Exposed Winner Greg Lecoeur [related_articles] Under Exposed Runner-Up Author: Pier Mane (Italy and South Africa) OPOTY 2018 Under Exposed Runner-Up Pier Mane Wildlife Insight Winner Author: Salvador

12 Jaw Dropping Facts About the Most Famous Art in History

The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dali Image Source: Mike Steele/ Flickr Salvador Dali famously called his artworks "hand-painted dream photographs", a statement worthy of the most iconic surrealist painter, but it turns out that by far not all of the quirky objects he painted were rooted

You’ve Never Seen These Famous Faces Like This Before!

T. on the Christmas of 1983 Johnny Depp on the set of Sleepy Hollow Kermit the Frog with Jim Henson Billie Holliday A little-known photo of Marilyn Monroe Young Salvador Dali in the 1930s Captain Kirk and Spock having lunch on the set of Star Trek Source of all images: Izismile These Unseen Celebrity