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Born in Figueres,Spain
As an adault Dali exlaimed that he remembered his birth. He was born in FigueresSpain 1904 at 8:45 to Salvdor(dad) and Filepa(mom). -
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Birt and Death Of Salvador Dali
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Young Age
At age three to 10 he was the most spoiled child in town.His parents where rich and his dad was one of the Catalonian notary public in the reagion.His sister was forn when dali was three.Her name was Ana Maria.At age 7-10 he was reading Gowans Art Books and started to like to draw and paint. -
Insperation to paint
Dalí attended drawing school. In 1916, Dalí also discovered modern painting on a summer vacation trip to Cadaqués with the family of Ramon Pichot, a local artist who made regular trips to Paris. The next year, Dalí's father organized an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in their family home. He had his first public exhibition at the Municipal Theater in Figueres in 1919. -
Dali's moms death
She died in February of 1921 from uterine cancer.Felipa Domenech Ferres came from a family where literature was appreciated with passion. Her brother Anselm, just like the father of the family, owned a prestigious book store in the capital of Catalonia. Therefore, it is safe to infer that having grown up in a literary atmosphere, Dali’s mother shared the family passion and grew up to be a well-read and cultured young woman. Salvador Dali’s maternal grandmother owned a crafts shop: one of a kin -
Academia de San Fernando
In 1922, Dalí studied at the Academia de San Fernando (School of Fine Arts) in Madrid, Spain.
Dalí was expelled from the Academia in 1926, shortly before his final exams, when he stated that no one on the faculty was competent enough to examine him. -
Remarige
Dalí was sixteen years old; he later said his mother's death "was the greatest blow I had experienced in my life. I worshipped her... I could not resign myself to the loss of a being on whom I counted to make invisible the unavoidable blemishes of my soul.After her death, Dalí's father married his deceased wife's sister. Dalí did not resent this marriage, because he had a great love and respect for his aunt. -
Meating Gala
Also, in August 1929, Dalí met his muse, inspiration, and future wife Gala, born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova. She was a Russian immigrant ten years his senior, who at that time was married to surrealist poet Paul Éluard. -
Lecture
Dali gives a lecture in a diving suit at the International Surrealist Exhibition in London then Appears on cover of Time Magazine. -
The USA
Following the German occupation of Paris, the Dali’s flee to America to live for the next eight years, working with figures like Hitchcock and Disney. They divide their time between New York and California. -
Major Retrospective
Dali’s first major retrospective is held at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. -
American Celebrity
Dali goes on a lecture tour in America on “nuclear mysticism”—his new theory of art which combines religion, math, science and Catalan culture in an attempt to revive classical values and techniques; he becomes an American celebrity anew. -
The New Museum And Gala's Death
Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida opens on March 7. Gala dies in her castle in Pubol, Spain, on June 10. King Juan Carlos of Spain confers the title of Marquis of Pubol on Dali. Dali succeeds in changing it to the Marquis of Dali and Pubol. -
Died in Figueres,Spain
Salvador Dali died January 23, 1989 at Pigueras Hospital in Figueras, Spain. He died of heart failure.His funeral brung sadness to the world those who loved his movies his books and his true hobby his paintings. -
A Visit
Dali and Gala meet Eleanor and Reynolds Morse who purchase their first Dali painting, Daddy Longlegs of the Evening, Hope! They Morse’s become lasting friends and most devoted collectors.
