Salvador Dali was a skilled Spanish artist known for his surrealist style. Some of his most famous works included The Persistence of Memory, in which he painted tiny ants, and paintings of his wife Gala. Dali was also known for his iconic flamboyant mustache and often included symbols like crutches in his dream-like and nightmare-ish paintings.

1. Salvador Dali
the artist of dreams

2. Dali was a very skilled artist.

3. This is a picture of a young Dali with
the famous photographer Man Ray.

4. This is Dali’s wife Gala. He painted
her picture many times.

5. This painting is called the Queen of
the Butterflies.

6. Dalí grew a flamboyant moustache like the
famous painter Diego Velázquez.

7. The moustache became an iconic trademark
of his appearance for the rest of his life.

8. Dali paints tiny ants in many of his
pictures.

9. In 1931, Dalí painted one of his most
famous works, The Persistence of Memory.
Can you find the ants?

10. Dali often includes crutches in his
paintings.

14. Salvador Dali created this candy wrapper for
a popular brand of lollipops.

15. This is Mae West, a famously
beautiful movie star.

16. Dali painted a picture of a room
that looked like her face.

17. The sofa was her lips.

19. The room was built by Dali in the
1970’s.

21. Dali created a cartoon for Disney
called Destino.

22. Most of Dali’s paintings look like dreams or
nightmares. Would this be a dream or
nightmare?

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