{"id":796,"date":"2019-05-17T07:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T07:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mshop.php-dev.in\/daliparis\/?page_id=796"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:24","slug":"dali-illustrator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.daliparis.com\/en\/salvador-dali-en\/dali-illustrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Dal\u00ed the illustrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557923537139{margin-top: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Salvador Dal\u00ed illustrated some of the most beautiful literary, mythological and religious texts, paying homage to Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Lewis Carroll, Malraux, and many other masterpieces of the literary artwork.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;797&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558077716569{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558077503221{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Dal\u00ed produced his first illustrations in Paris for the literary publications of the surrealists.\u00a0In 1934 he illustrates the new edition of\u00a0<em>Chants de Maldoror<\/em>. 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