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About the artwork
Having a keen interest in natural science and mathematic, Dali was inspired by a woodcut created by Albrecht Durer in 1515, popularly known as Durer's Rhinoceros. What interested Dali were the logarithmic curves of the rhinoceros horns: according to Dali, the rhinoceros horn signifies divine geometry because it grows in a logarithmic spiral. "The rhino horn is indeed the legendary unicorn horn, symbol of chastity. The young lady may choose to lie on it or to morally play with it; as it was usual in courtesan love epochs".
About the artist
Born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, Salvador Dalí’s
eccentric nature and talent for self-promotion made him the most famous
representative of the surrealist movement and one of the most widely recognised
artists in the world. Identified as an artistic prodigy from a tender age, Dalí attended the drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the
Instituto in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, he enrolled in the Academia de
San Fernando in Madrid and received recognition during his first solo show
held in Barcelona in 1925. Dalí became internationally known after the third
annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928 and grew to
immense notoriety and fame. Today, his sculptures and paintings are exhibited
in the most prestigious museums in the world and part of many coveted private
and public collections.
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