Salvador Dali timeline

  • Salvador Dali's birth

    Dali was born as Salvador Doménec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech on 11 May 1904 in Figueres town which was located closely to the French border in Catalonia, Spain.
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    Dali's life

  • Dali's first art exhibition

    Dali held his very first public art exhibition at the Municipal Theater in Figueres
  • Dali's expulsion

    Dali got expelled from his Art College for making a statement that there was no one so competent as to examine him and his work.
  • Gala and the dissentation from his father

    In August Dali met his future wife, Elena Ivanovna Diakonova who was the artist’s inspiration and was better known as Gala. Gala is the main muse of many of Dali's art pieces. That same year, Dali got involved with his several significant exhibitions and he also became an official member of the Surrealist group in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris. He was also thrown out of his house by his father.
  • Marriage

    Dalio and Gala married at a civil ceremony after living together for several years since 1929.