dalídalí

por T. A. C.

dalídalí

Spain 1904 - 1989

Surrealist Art Movement

Over 1,500 paintings + prints, drawings, sculpture, book illustration, and theater set designs

L-O-V-E-S the spotlight!!!

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Comfortable upbringing for he and his sister

Sister is his muse until he meets his wife

Childhood fear of grasshoppers

Mother encourages his art

She dies of cancer when he is 16

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Moves to Madrid attends Academy of Arts

Eccentric - dress, hairstyles, comments on art

Experiments with Cubism & Dadism

Does not complete final exams: says that those judging his work are incompetent

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Moves to Paris & meets Picasso & Breton

Involved with Surrealist movement

Creates works that epitomize Surrealism

“The Persistence of Memory” (melting clocks)

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1929 meets future wife, lover, muse, supporter, and business manager for all the rest of his life: Helena Diakonova “Gala”

Expelled from Surrealist movement

Dali says “surrealism is me.”

Goes to U.S. for 8 years - very popular

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1982 wife dies

He fights palsy

1983 paints last painting “The Swallows Tail”

Burned in a fire at his home in Puhol

Dies of heart problems 1989

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