Artist

Salvador Dali

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Dali was born in Figueres, a small town at the foot of the Pyrenees, about 25 kilometers from the French border, in Spain on May 11, 1904. He had a sister, Anna Maria (1908–1989), who wrote a book about her brother in 1949. Salvador’s older brother, also named Salvador, was born on October 12, 1901, but died on August 1, 1903, nine months before Salvador’s birth.Dali received his first drawing lessons at the age of ten from a friend of his father’s, the Impressionist painter Ramón Pichet (1872–1925). His first exhibition took place in 1918 at the municipal theater in Figueres.

In his early years, Dalí was interested in painters such as El Greco, Francisco Goya, Michelangelo, and Diego Velázquez. At that time, he focused his attention on Impressionism and Cubism.

Salvador Dalí studied in Madrid from 1921 to 1924. Even then, he was an eccentric figure, likely to draw attention to himself. In 1926, he went to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso and André Breton. In 1929, he was welcomed by Breton and joined the Surrealist movement.

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Artwork by Salvador Dali