1. Salvador Dalí

2. Brief Bio Full name: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech
Born: May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain
Parents: Salvador Dalí y Cusi (lawyer) and Felipa Domenech Ferres
Siblings: Salvador (died 9 months before) and Ana Maria
Wife: Elena Dmitrievna Diakonova
Died: January 23, 1989 in Figueres, Spain
Salvador Dalí is notorious for his colorful personality, appearance, and usual behavior almost as much as his artwork

3. Childhood
Dalí’s father was very strict and his mother indulged his eccentricities – both parents supported his artistic talent
He attended drawing school in Figueres in 1916
In 1919 Salvador had his first public exhibition (charcoal drawings)
In 1921, Dalí’s mother died of breast cancer (he was 16)

4. Impressionism
Figure at a Window (1925)
Cadaques (1922)

5. School
In 1922 Salvador transferred to Academia de San Fernando (Madrid) where his eccentricities elevated and he was inspired by Metaphysics and Cubism
In 1923 he was suspended for criticizing his teachers and inciting a student riot
He returned to school in 1926 only to be expelled before finals claiming “no member of the faculty was competent enough to examine him”

6. Artistic Style and Inspiration
Dalí met and was inspired by many famous artists including: Diego Velázquez (moustache), Pablo Picasso (Cubism), Joan Miró, and René Magritte (Surrealism)
Salvador Dalí worked in the styles of Impressionism, Futurism, and Cubism. He was a major contributor to the Surrealist movement
His works are associated with 3 major themes: man’s universe and sensations, sexual symbolism, and ideographic imagery

7. Charcoals Landscape Near Figueres (1910)
Fiesta in Figueres ( )

8. Crystalline Still Life (1923)
Cubism
Crystalline Still Life (1923)
Cubist Self-Portrait (1923)

9. Four Armchairs In The Sky (1949)
Surrealism
Four Armchairs In The Sky (1949)
The Hand (1930)

10. The Persistence of Memory (1931)
Most Famous Work
The Persistence of Memory (1931)

11. Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion (1954)
Later Works…
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (1958)
Meditative Rose (1958)
Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion (1954)
Happy Unicorn (1977)

12. Dalí’s Final Years