Salvador Dali was a Spanish artist born in 1909 who was one of the greatest surrealist painters. He was renowned for his ability to translate dreams into striking artwork that he called "hand-painted dream photographs." Dali dabbled in many artistic mediums including sculpture, filmmaking, and jewelry design. He was known for his eccentric personality and sometimes bizarre behavior, though he may have exaggerated this for attention. One of his most famous paintings is 1931's The Persistence of Memory which features melting clocks.

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Salvador Dali was born in 1909 in a place called
Figueres in Catalonia, Spain.

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He was one of the greatest
of the Surrealist group of
Artists.
He was best known for his
ability to translate dreams
into artwork.
He described his work as '
hand-painted dream
photographs’

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Salvador was also a sculptor, filmmaker, writer, jewellery
designer, book illustrator and worked in theatre.

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Salvador always acted strangely and some people thought he
was insane but he might have just wanted them to believe that
he was.

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Perhaps his best known painting is The Persistence of Memory (see
below) done in 1931 and shows melting clocks.

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In 1936 he returned to a more traditional
style of painting.
From 1939 to 1948 he lived in the United
States and became well known for being
eccentric.
Figure at a window

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UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT HIM….
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He had an intense fear of Grasshoppers.
He didn't know how to count money.
When he was in public he would jump up and down to
get attention.
He was afraid to expose his feet.
He liked that his wife changed her clothes three times a
day.

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Butterfly ship

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The elephants
The temptation of St. Anthony

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Sleep