Dalí

Hello everybody!! My name is Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domenech, but you can call me Dalí.

I was a Surrealist painter. And… what is Surrealism ? This is SURREALISM

The Birth of Liquid Desires 1932 And this

Sleep (1937) And this

This is my sister Anna Maria. I painted her looking at the sea I was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres This is me when I was a little child.

In 1922 I moved to Madrid to study painting. I was very eccentric. Look at my moustache, and my hen. I painted Basket of Bread, in 1926 In 1925 I had my f irst exhibition in Barcelona.

I moved to Paris and I join ed the Surrealist movement in 1929 . One of my most famous paintings is The Persistence of Memory (1931). The painting is sometimes called "Soft Watches"—it shows melting pocket watches in a landscape setting.

I decided to grow a moustache because it's better for the health than smoking . In 1929 I met my future wife Gala . She became my muse, lover, supporter and business manager.

Evocation of the Apparition of Lenin 1931

In 1934, I was expelled from the Surrealist group. But I said... "Surrealism is me".

Cardinal, Cardinal! 1934

Spectre of Vermeer 1934

The Surrealist Mystery of New York 1935

The Angelus of Gala. 1935

Face of Mae West 1935

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: 1936

Geological Justice. 1936

The Great Paranoiac 1936

Suburbs of the Paranoiac-Critical City: Afternoon on the Outskirts of European History 1936

Venus de Milo with Drawers 1936

The Anthropomorphic Cabinet 1936

Cannibalism in Autumn 1936-37

Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937

Swans Reflecting Elephants 1937 Swans Reflecting Elephants 1937

Bacchanale 1939

I moved to USA, and I became a great success, a real celebrity. I worked with figures like Hitchcock and Disney I created: the Lobster Telephone and the Mae West Lips Sofa.

The Visage of War 1940

Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man 1943

1945 My naked wife watching her body 1944

Dream c aused by the f light of a b ee around a p omegranate 1944

The Temptation of St. Anthony 1946

The elephants 1948

Leda Atómica 1949

After World War II , I was very interested in optical illusions, science, and religion . It was my "Nuclear Mysticism" period.

Madonna of Port Lligat 1950

1952 Christ of Saint John of the Cross 1951

Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion 1954

The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory 1954

One of my most famous later works is The Sacrament of the Last Supper 1955

Chupa Chups SA 1958

The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus 1959

Birth of a Divinity 1960

Tuna fishing 1967

The Hallucinogenic Toreador 1970

Apparition of the Face of the Aphrodite of Knidos 1981

In 1982 my wife Gala died. I moved to Figueres. I died from heart problems on the 23rd of January, 1989.

Dalí Theatre and Museum 1960-1974 I was a wealthy artist. I had two museums dedicated to my life and work while I was still living. My works fetch very high prices throughout the world today.

I said “ There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. ”

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