1. dalí por T. A. C.

2. dalí Spain 1904 - 1989 Surrealist Art Movement Over 1,500 paintings + prints, drawings, sculpture, book illustration, and theater set designs L-O-V-E-S the spotlight!!!

3. dalí Comfortable upbringing for he and his sister Sister is his muse until he meets his wife Childhood fear of grasshoppers Mother encourages his art She dies of cancer when he is 16

4. dalí Moves to Madrid attends Academy of Arts Eccentric - dress, hairstyles, comments on art Experiments with Cubism & Dadism Does not complete final exams: says that those judging his work are incompetent

5. dalí Moves to Paris & meets Picasso & Breton Involved with Surrealist movement Creates works that epitomize Surrealism “The Persistence of Memory” (melting clocks)

6. dalí 1929 meets future wife, lover, muse, supporter, and business manager for all the rest of his life: Helena Diakonova “Gala” Expelled from Surrealist movement Dali says “surrealism is me.” Goes to U.S. for 8 years - very popular

7. dalí 1982 wife dies He fights palsy 1983 paints last painting “The Swallows Tail” Burned in a fire at his home in Puhol Dies of heart problems 1989

8. dalí Research It! El Fin