Kdo je hodil z Salvador Dalí?

Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech ali Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, markiz Pubolski, španski umetnik, * 11. maj 1904, Figueres, Katalonija, Španija, † 23. januar 1989.

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, markiz Pubolski, krščen kot Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech, bolj poznan pod imenom Salvador Dalí, je bil španski (katalonski) umetnik in eden najpomembnejših slikarjev 20. stoletja. Bil je izurjen risar, najbolj znan po udarnih, bizarnih in čudovitih slikah in ostalih umetniški delih nadrealistične usmeritve. Njegove slikarske sposobnosti pogosto pripisujejo vplivu renesančnih mojstrov. Njegovo najbolj znano delo, Vztrajnost spomina, je bilo dokončano leta 1931. Salvadorjev umetniški repertoar vključuje prav tako film, kiparstvo in fotografijo. Sodeloval je tudi z Waltom Disneyjem pri risanki Destino, ki jo je nagradila tudi Akademija, bila pa je realizirana šele posmrtno leta 2003. Rojen v Kataloniji, v Španiji, je vztrajal, da ima arabske korenine in trdil, da so bili njegovi predniki Mavri, ki so naselili Španijo v letu 711 in da ima od tukaj svoje značilnosti: »moja ljubezen do vsega, kar je privlačno in ekscesno, moja strast po razkošju in moja ljubezen do orientalskih oblek.«  Splošno znan kot zelo domiseln, je imel Dalí močno sposobnost delati nenavadne stvari, da je z njimi kakorkoli že pritegnil pozornost nase. To je včasih jezilo tako tiste, ki so ljubili njegovo umetnost, kot tudi njegove kritike, kajti njegove ekscentrične navade so včasih pritegnile več pozornosti javnosti kot njegovo umetniško delo. Ta domnevno načrtna razvpitost je privedla do široke prepoznavnosti pri ljudeh in mnogih nakupov njegovih del s strani ljudi različnih strok.

Amanda Lear (née Tap or Tapp; born 18 June or 18 November 1939 or 1941 or 1946 or 1950) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress and former model.

She began her professional career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and went on to model for Paco Rabanne, Ossie Clark and others. She met Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and remained his closest friend and muse for almost 20 years. Lear first came into the public eye as the cover model for Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, she was a million-album-selling disco star signed to Ariola Records, primarily impacting continental Europe and Scandinavia. Lear's first four albums earned her mainstream popularity, charting in the top 10 of European charts, including the best-selling Sweet Revenge (1978). Her bigger hits included "Blood and Honey", "Tomorrow", "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", "The Sphinx", and "Fashion Pack".

By the mid-1980s, Lear had become a leading media personality in Italy, hosting many popular TV shows. Although television took priority over musical activity, she continued to record, experimenting with different genres and trying to revive her career by re-recording and remixing earlier hits to various levels of success. Lear has also developed a successful career in painting, which she has long described as her biggest passion, and regularly exhibited her works in galleries across Europe and beyond since the early 1980s. She has also written a number of books, including My Life with Dalí.

Since the 1990s, her time has been divided among music, television, movies and painting. Despite regular album releases, she failed to achieve major success in the charts with her music, but her television career has remained stellar and she has hosted numerous primetime TV shows, mostly in Italy and France, occasionally making guest appearances in TV series. She has performed acting and dubbing roles in independent as well as in major film productions. In the late 2000s, Lear reinvented herself as a theatrical actress, performing in long-running stage plays in France. To date, she allegedly has sold over 27 million records worldwide. Lear is also a widely recognized gay icon.