Salvador Dalí

Salvador DalíSurrealism at its best

1904-1989

Family Ties Father- Lawyer,

discourages artistic side

Mother- taught art to Dali at age 3◦Began formal

training at age 11

2nd Salvador (a reincarnation)

Residencia de Estudiantes

1922- San Fernando School of Fine Arts- Madrid

Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñel

Known for eccentric looks and Cubist art

1926- expelled before final exams

Surrealism 20th century literature and artistic movement to express the subconscious with use of fantastic imagery

Dreamlike, bizarre, striking

Religious Surrealism

Politics and Art

Disagreement over freedom of the arts

(Franco)Most surrealists part of

leftist group- but Dali had no affiliation ◦Therefore, expelled from

group◦‘I myself AM surrealism’

Moved to US in 1940

Dali and GalaWife, business

manager, museRussian- married

when her and Dali met

Reason for Dali and Dad to fall apart

Don Juan characterHer death

weakened him

Teatro Museo de Salvador Dali1974Figueres-

hometown Bombed

during Civil War, rebuilt to pay homage to Dali

Dali buried in crypt

Other facts Designed

Chupa chup label

Blank canvases signed shortly before death

Also worked with sculptures, fashion and photography

Persistence of Memory (1931)