Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali - 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989

A Spanish painter and artist, one of the most famous artists of the surrealism movement and one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Critics described his works as a striking standard and a recipe for their viewers for their exotic and unique forms that transcend reason and mark.

In 1920, Salvador Dali expressed to his parents his desire to be a professional painter. His father ordered him to travel to Madrid to study at the Royal Academy of San Fernando of Madrid, the most prestigious Spanish art school, to obtain a certificate that would qualify him to be a teacher of painting at least.

Dali was has a rebel character, and in his youth he was associated with the Anarchists and Communists, and was associated with the "Dadaism" movement that emerged during the First World War.

Dali discovered paintings of contemporary art as he was young. He painted his first paintings without any knowledge of the techniques of this art. He was impressed by the painter Ramón Picot, who advised his father to send him to receive lessons by the artist and painter Juan Nunez.

Dali participated in the first collective exhibition in 1919 and in 1926 participated in several exhibitions in Madrid and Barcelona work influenced by various technical schools.
In 1929 he traveled to Paris and met the Spanish artist Joan Miró and contacted the Surrealist movement.

In 1932, Daley presented his famous painting “The Persistence of Memory“ at the first Surrealist Art Gallery in New York.

After the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, Daley chose to reside in the United States and there he completed many of his great works of religious character.

He returned to settle in Catalonia in 1949 until his death. Since that date, Dali has not only produced painting but also practiced various kinds of experimental art. He was one of the pioneers of 3D photography.

In the late years of his life he was recognized by the world's leading artists, and senior artists such as Andy Warhol announced that Dali's work was one of the most influential influences that led to the creation of the Pop art movement in painting.