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Birth of Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí believed he was a reincarnated version of his dead older brother. -
Landscape Near Figueras
This was Salvador Dalís first painting, finished in 1910. He was only six years old when he painted it. -
Salvador Dalí visits Paris
Dalí began travelling to Paris and communicating with other famous artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, and Joan miró. These artists greatly influenced his style. -
Expelled from Academia de San Fernando
He was expelled for having been accused of leading a protest against Daniel Vazquez for not having received the chair of painting. -
Persistence of Memory Painting
This painting is known as Salvador Dalí most famous piece. The figure in the painting has been said to be somewhat of a self portrait as it appears in some of his other works. -
Savador Dalí gets married
He married a surrealist poet named Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, but he called her Gala. -
Swans Reflecting Elephants
In 1937, Dalí painted Swans Reflecting Elephants, it includes one of his most famous double images. He used oil paint to create his final piece. -
¨Lobster Telephone¨
Dalí created his famous Lobster Telephone. This telephone became a popular symbol of surrealist art. It was made from a conjunction of objects that are not normally associated with each other. He created it because he believed that objects like these were capable of revealing our unconscious secrets and desires. -
The Elephants
Dalí painted The Elephant in 1948 and is one of Dalís most famous works. -
Final Masterwork was painted
Called Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea-Lincoln in Dalivision. Created it in order to test visual perception. He wanted to challenge the number of pixels needed for the human brain to be able to perceive an image. 121 pixels -
The Swallow's Tail
Salvador Dalí's final painting. It was said to be the final piece of a series based on the mathematical catastrophe theory of one of his friends Rene Thom. -
Salvador Dalí died
Dalí died of congestive heart failure on January 23, 1989, but he had been painting up until around 1983. In his lifetime he created over 1,500 works.
