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Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí believed he was a reincarnated version of his dead older brother.
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This was Salvador Dalís first painting, finished in 1910. He was only six years old when he painted it.
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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.
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He was expelled for having been accused of leading a protest against Daniel Vazquez for not having received the chair of painting.
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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.
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He married a surrealist poet named Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, but he called her Gala.
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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.
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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.
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Dalí painted The Elephant in 1948 and is one of Dalís most famous works.
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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
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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.
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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.
