Salvador Dalí was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter known for his striking and bizarre images. Some of his most famous works include The Persistence of Memory from 1931. Dalí was a skilled draftsman and his artistic repertoire extended beyond painting to include film, sculpture, photography and collaborations with other artists. He had a close working relationship with fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, for whom he designed dresses, hats, and perfume bottles. Dalí was a highly imaginative artist who enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior.

1. By Inés Rivera Aranda

2. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, (May 11,
1904 – January 23, 1989), known as Salvador Dalí was a prominent
Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre
images in his surrealist work. His best-known work, The Persistence
of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic
repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in
collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive,
my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes” to an
"Arab lineage“.
Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual
and grandiose behaviour.

3. Dalí built a repertoire in the fashion and photography businesses as well.
His cooperation with Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was wellknown, when Dalí was commissioned to produce a white dress with a lobster
print. Other designs Dalí made for her include a shoe-shaped hat, and a pink
belt with lips for a buckle. He was also involved in creating textile designs
and perfume bottles. In 1950, Dalí created a special "costume for the year
2045" with Christian Dior.

4. The most important thing about Dali´s
fashion is the moustache.
Salvador Dali’s mousthache was very
stranche:
It was very thin and long and He usually
put on it two flowers, bills, and other
strange things.
His muse was his wife Gala
Me at Dali´s square in Madrid