Creator Record
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Dali, Salvador |
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. Dalí attended the drawing school early in his childhood at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the Insstituto in Figueres in 1916; though like many artists whom he would eventually become influenced by, he was not a serious student and preferred to daydream and do things his own way. In 1922 Dalí enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain though in 1923 he was suspended from the academy for criticizing his teachers and starting a riot among the students. He returned to the academy in 1926 but was expelled before his final exams for declaring no teacher was competent enough to examine him. Between 1926 and 1929 Dalí made several trips to Paris, where he was influenced by several surrealist and avant-guard painters such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. Combining all influences, Dalí was working with styles of Impressionism, Futurism and Cubism. Dalí's paintings became associated with three general themes: 1) man's universe and sensations, 2) sexual symbolism, and 3) ideographic imagery. In 1929 Dalí met Elena Dmitrievna Diakonova, the wife of fellow painter Paul Éluard. An intense physical and mental bond soon formed between the two and Elena eventually left Éluard for Dalí. The two were married in 1934 and together formed a balanced working relationship. By the 1930s Dalí had become a prominent figure in the Surrealist movement, although upon approaching the Second World War, Dalí was expelled from the Surrealist movement under claims he supported the fascist ideology of Francisco Franco and Hitler. During World War II, Dalí and his wife moved to the United States where his work blossomed and was featured in prestigious art museums and exhibits. In 1948 they returned to Catalonia, and there Dalí continued his work despite his feuds with the Surrealists. In 1980, Dalí was forced to retire from painting due to a motor disorder that caused permanent trembling and weakness in his hands, and in 1982 more tragedy struck when his wife Gala died. Spiraling into depression, Dalí moved to Pubol, in a castle that he had purchased where he was eventually severely burned in a fire. Due to his injuries, he was confined to wheelchair. Friends, patrons and fellow artists rescued him from the castle and returned him to Figueres, making him comfortable at the Teatro-Museo. On January 23, 1989, in the city of his birth, Dalí died of heart failure at the age of 84. His funeral was held at the Teatro-Museo, where he was buried in a crypt. |
Nationality |
Spanish |
Occupation |
Surrealist artist |
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