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Figueres Cadaqués Lleida Barcelona Salvador Dalí was born on 11 May 1904, in a small town near the Catalan coast called

He was born in a middle-class family. His father worked as a lawyer and a notary.

When he was young he was very imaginative. He was a prodigy child.

twenty -five fourteen ten How old was he when he did his first exhibition? He did his first exhibition of his charcoal paintings at the age of fourteen, in Figueres. eighteen

Where did he study Arts? When he was eighteen he went to Madrid to study in the Academy of Fine Arts.

Who was GALA? Gala was his wife and his muse.

“I love Gala better than my mother, better than my father, better than Picasso and better than money”. She was an immigrant from Russia.

He painted her many times. She appears in many of his paintings.

Can you recognize the people that appear in this painting? Dalí Gala

They had a house in Port Lligat, near Cadaqués. P ORT L LIGAT

In 1934 Dalí and Gala visited America for the first time. In 1940 they traveled to America again. They lived there for nine years.

Dalí was a very famous person. He appeared in many shows on T.V.shows on T.V. He also appeared in many newspapers and adds on T.V.adds on T.V.

Dalí’s moustache was very popular. It represents his ups and in his career as a painter. downs His moustache

Dalí died in 1982 in his mother town, Figueres. Dalí Was he a genius? Was he a clever man? Was he a mad man? Salvador

Dalí Salvador