Today (May 11) in 1904, the legendary Surrealist artist Salvador
Dalí was born.
This week’s Weekly Work spotlights Dalí’s advertisement
for Bryans Hosiery, featured in the exhibition “Pattern and Palette in Print: Gentry Magazine and a New Generation of
Trendsetters.”
Dalí’s ad signals the artist's role in the intersection of fine art and the commercial world. Dalí also
designed the cover of the Fall 1950 issue of American Fabrics magazine, Gentry’s
sister publication, and produced textile designs for curtains, rugs and neckties
for the mass market and designed covers for Vogue
and other magazines. “Pattern and Palette in Print: Gentry Magazine and a New Generation of Trendsetters” is on view
through June 17, 2012, in the Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos
Galleries.
GMOA’s permanent collection includes Dalí’s “Angel of
Victory,” a bronze sculpture on a wooden base that represents Dalí’s return to
Catholicism late in life. The sculpture is currently on view in the
permanent collection galleries.
1 comment:
Thank you for this information. My husband's grandfather was Henry Bryan, the founder of Beautiful Bryan Hosiery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The featured Dali was in the March 1945 issue of Vogue Magazine. I can't wait to show this to my husband!
Lee Glascock
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