The Berlin Dali Museum

From December 1936.

From December 1936.

The museum displayed mainly lithographs. No oil paintings, which was disappointing. This piece is called Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

The museum displayed mainly lithographs. No oil paintings, which was disappointing. This piece is called Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

Fight Against the Threat: The Nuclear Windmill.

Fight Against the Threat: The Nuclear Windmill.

One display was of an animation of some of Dali’s paintings. Guess who did the animation? (Hint: the man on the right liked mice.)An accompanying film by Bunuel and Dali was a dazzler of surrealism.

One display was of an animation of some of Dali’s paintings. Guess who did the animation? (Hint: the man on the right liked mice.)

An accompanying film by Bunuel and Dali was a dazzler of surrealism.

Ingrid and Peter liked this unnamed lithograph.

Ingrid and Peter liked this unnamed lithograph.

One of many similar, unnamed etchings.

One of many similar, unnamed etchings.

An enameled bronze statue, somewhat modified by the staff of Scarab magazine (1977)

An enameled bronze statue, somewhat modified by the staff of Scarab magazine (1977)

Butterfly.None of Dali’s better known pieces and none of his oil paintings were here, a disappointment. Many of the pieces appeared to be studies, not meant for public presentation.

Butterfly.

None of Dali’s better known pieces and none of his oil paintings were here, a disappointment. Many of the pieces appeared to be studies, not meant for public presentation.

“People of the world—look at Berlin, where a wall fell, a continent unified itself, and the course of history proved that no challenge is too great for a world that stands together” Barack Obama. Bronze plaque in the floor of the Mall of Berlin, in …

“People of the world—look at Berlin, where a wall fell, a continent unified itself, and the course of history proved that no challenge is too great for a world that stands together” Barack Obama. Bronze plaque in the floor of the Mall of Berlin, in the Potsdamer Platz. Other plaques were quotations by Merkel, Kennedy, Einstein, and Gandhi.