Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí, with an ocelot and his moustache, which he was noted for.
Perseus with the head of Medusa by Dalí

Salvador Dalí [1] (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.[2]

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.[3]

Dali died of heart failure in Figueras.

Other pages

  • Surrealism

References

  1. ↑ Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Púbol or Salvador Felip Jacint Dal Domènech
  2. ↑ Jean-Pierre Thiollet 2008. Carré d'Art : Barbey d'Aurevilly, Byron, Salvador Dalí, Hallier. Paris. ISBN 2350351890
  3. ↑ The Persistence of Memory on Authentic Society
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