Montmartre! Home of artist Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. And the Moulin Rouge!
Walking through Montmartre was very strange. Its a nightlife district so during the day its kind of dirty and full of hung-over people. Its was hilly and gray. Everything seemed to be on an incline. At the top of its highest hill is the Sacré Cœur Basilica and its a breath-taking view.
We didn't realize how big Montmartre was when we got off the metro. We had plans to look for Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh's studios and the Moulin Rouge windmill but we only made it to one... the Salvador Dali museum.
Salvador Dali is a modern surrealist from the 70's. He is best known for his melting clocks. His art is strange and probably meant to be shocking so you know you will find yourself staring long and hard at some of his stuff trying to figure it out. He is kind of like an Alice-in-Wonderland gone all wrong.
Profile of Time.
There are 3 things about this pix... The table leg is a leg but the other end of it is an arm (the couch also); the table lamp has miniture open drawers which is another one of Dali's obsessions; and to the right, Dali has a see-through melting clock with a drip hanging from its hanger. weeeeird.
Here is a whimsical one, a flying-swimming fast snail. Isn't that an oxymoron?
Here is a photo of his video art work.
He also did sketches.
...And photography which he often modeled for.
la Trinité selon Dali
Go figure. Did you know Salvador Dali worked for Walt Disney AND Alfred Hitchock. Who would've thunk it?
Skull
The Dali museum was small but nice and quaint, and dark and mysterious. It was worth the walk through Montmartre.
The Michelin Slave
Check out da legs. She's got leeeegs, and she knows how to use them...The best part of visiting this museum was watching my husband say, "weeeeeeeird."
