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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Pubol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí (Catalan: [səɫβəˈðo ðəˈɫi]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
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Salvador Dalí | |
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Born | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (1904-05-11)11 May 1904 |
Died | 23 January 1989(1989-01-23) (aged 84) Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
Resting place | Crypt at Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres |
Nationality | Spanish |
Education | San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain |
Known for | Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Writing, Film |
Notable work |
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Movement | Cubism, Dada, Surrealism |
Spouse | Gala Dalí (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova) (1934-1982; her death) |
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.[1][2] His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes"[3] to an "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors.
Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.[4][5]