Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβ̞əˈð̞o dəˈli]; Spanish: [salβ̞aˈð̞oɾ daˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish painter who became famous for the unusual images he used in his paintings. He was born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He was a key figure in surrealist art.[3]
His most famous work was The Persistence of Memory (1931), which is now in MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is a dream-like landscape with a soft, melted pocket-watch.[4]
Dalí died of heart failure in Figueras. Salvador Dalí had a wife called Gala Dalí.
Salvador Dalí Media
The Dalí family in 1910: from the upper left, aunt Maria Teresa, mother, father, Salvador Dalí, aunt Caterina (later became the second wife of father), sister Anna Maria, and grandmother Anna
Dalí with Federico García Lorca, Turó Park de la Guineueta, Barcelona, 1925
Dalí (left) and fellow surrealist artist Man Ray in Paris on 16 June 1934
Portrait of Salvador Dalí, Paris, 16 June 1934
Dalí, photographed by Studio Harcourt in 1936
Portrait of Dalí by Allan Warren, 1972
Church of Sant Pere in Figueres, site of Dalí's baptism, first communion, and funeral
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References
- ↑ "Dalí". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.; "Dalí". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ Dalí's name varied over his life. His birth name was officially registered as Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí Doménech. His first names were in Spanish and his surnames castilianized despite being born in Catalonia, as at the time the Catalan language was banned from official acts. His complete name in Catalan is Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech. In 1977 Catalan names were legalized, and he adopted the hybrid form. This form and the purely Spanish and Catalan forms can be seen in print today.
- ↑ Jean-Pierre Thiollet 2008. Carré d'Art : Barbey d'Aurevilly, Byron, Salvador Dalí, Hallier. Paris. ISBN 2350351890
- ↑ The Persistence of Memory Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine on Authentic Society