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Salvador Dalí
Spanish surrealist artist (–)
"Dalí" redirects here. For other uses, see Salvador Dalí (disambiguation) and Dalí (disambiguation).
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| Born | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí Doménech[a] ()11 May Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | 23 January () (aged&#;84) Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
| Resting place | Crypt at Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres |
| Education | San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain |
| Known&#;for | Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, writing, bio, and jewelry |
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| Movement | Cubism, Dada, Surrealism |
| Spouse | Gala Dalí &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí inom Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol[b][a]gcYC (11 May &#;&#; 23 January ), known as Salvador Dalí (DAH-lee, dah-LEE;[2]Catalan:[səlβəˈðoðəˈli]; Spanish:[salβaˈðoɾðaˈ
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BIOGRAPHY
YOUTHFUL YEARS
&#; Born in Figueres, Spain, on May 11; his first painting, a landscape, bears the date
&#; Began high school studies at the Marist Brothers&#; school in Figueres, where he began to take an interest in painting and was particularly influenced by Ramon Pixtox (). For the most part, Dalí&#;s early works consist of landscapes and genre scenes depicting peasants and fishermen.
&#; Dalí enrolled at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid; here he met Lorca, Buñel and Montes and was influenced by the Italian Futurists, Bonnard and Eugène Carrière.
&#; Exhibits at the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona. In Paris André Breton, together with Picasso, Max Ernst and Man Ray, founded the first Surrealist group.
&#; Arrested for anarchist tendencies and held in jail for 35 days; developed interest in Cubism and the Italian metaphysical school (Carrà and de Chirico).
&#; First solo exhibition in Barcelona; b
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Salvador Dalí
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Who Was Salvador Dalí?
From an early age, Salvador Dalí was encouraged to practice his art, and he would eventually go on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the s, he went to Paris and began interacting with artists such as Pablo Picasso, René Magritte and Miró, which led to Dalí's first Surrealist phase. He is perhaps best known for his painting The Persistence of Memory, showing melting clocks in a landscape setting. The rise of fascist leader Francisco Franco in Spain led to the artist's expulsion from the Surrealist movement, but that didn't stop him from painting.
Early Life
Dalí was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech on May 11, , in Figueres, Spain, located 16 miles from the French border in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. His father, Salvador Dalí y Cusi, was a middle-class lawyer and notary. Dalí's father had a strict disciplinary approach to raising children—a style of child-rearing which contrasted sharply with that of his m