![]() Some of the stories in the book are true, but some are just made up. He wrote an autobiography called The Secret Life of Salvador Dali.He was famous for his long curly mustache.All of the watches in The Persistence of Memory tell different times.His full name is Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech.Many of today's artists have been inspired by Dali's work. His ability to shock and entertain made his paintings popular to many people. You look down from an extreme angle and see a lake with a boat and some fishermen.ĭali is the most famous of the Surrealist artists. In the picture the cross floats high in the sky. John of the Cross which he painted in 1951. One of his most famous paintings during this time was Christ of St. Dali painted pictures depicting the horrors of war.Īfter the war, Dali began to paint about religion. The Spanish Civil War took place in the late 1930's and then World War II in the early 1940's. He married his longtime love Gala and they moved to the United States in 1940. Go here to see a picture of The Persistence of Memory.ĭali's art began to gain international fame. The scene is a normal looking desert landscape, but it is covered with melting watches. In 1931 Salvador Dali painted what would become his most famous painting and perhaps the most famous painting of the Surrealist movement. Surrealistic paintings can be shocking, interesting, beautiful, or just plain weird.Ī Surrealistic view of Dali at work in the art studio Surrealist paintings are often a mixture of strange objects (melting clocks, weird blobs) and perfectly normal looking objects that are out of place (A lobster on a telephone). The movement had an impact on film, poetry, music, and art. Surrealists believed that the subconscious mind, such as dreams and random thoughts, held the secret to truth. The word "surrealism" means "above realism". It was started by a French poet named Andre Breton in 1924. ![]() ![]() From this point he would concentrate much of his work on Surrealism and become one of the preeminent artists of the Surrealist movement. Eventually he became interested in Surrealism through artists such as Rene Magritte and Joan Miro. He explored classic art, Cubism, Dadaism, and other avant-garde painters. Salvador continued to experiment and study different kinds of art. Not long after that, he was imprisoned for a short time for supposedly opposing the dictatorship of Spain. When he was close to graduation he was expelled for causing problems with the teachers. He hung out with a radical group of artists and got into trouble often. When he turned seventeen he moved to Madrid, Spain to study at the Academy of Fine Arts.ĭali lived a wild life while at the academy. Even as a teenager he experimented with modern painting styles such as Impressionism. He painted outdoor scenes such as sailboats and houses. Salvador began drawing and painting while he was still young. He had a sister named Ana Maria who would often act as a model for his paintings. He often got into trouble for daydreaming in school. Growing up he enjoyed drawing and playing football. His father was a lawyer and very strict, but his mother was kinder and encouraged Salvador's love for art. Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Spain on May 11, 1904.
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