Salvador Dali was a Spanish painter born in 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was encouraged to pursue art from a young age. The 1920 Culture Movement inspired Dali to seriously pursue painting. He studied art in school in Madrid. Dali was influenced by Surrealism and is known for paintings like "The Persistence of Memory" which depict surreal dreamlike scenes. Throughout his life, Dali experimented with Cubism, Futurism, and other styles but remained dedicated to Surrealism.