![]() ![]() Picasso had already heard promising reports about Dalí from another renowned painter - Joan Miró, a fellow Catalan who introduced him to many Surrealist friends. That same year, Salvador made his first visit to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso, the famous artist whom Dali admired and respected. Still, Dalí never got his degree from the Academy – he was expelled in 1926, right before his final exams when he was accused of starting a conflict. The only information regarding Cubist art that Dali had was from some magazine articles and a catalog. At that time, Dali experimented with Cubism, an artistic style not yet known and popularized in Madrid. However, it was his painterly skills that earned him the most attention at the academy. His eccentric fashion style at the time included long hair and sideburns, coat, stockings, and knee-breeches in the style of English aesthetes of the late 19th century. Even in this period, Dali knew how to draw attention to himself, either by his looks or by his behavior. He enrolled into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he befriended Pepín Bello, Luis Buñuel, and Federico García Lorca, who would later become important figures in their areas of interest. At the age of 18, Dalí moved into the Students' Residence in Madrid. Dalí's teenage years were marked by a tragic event – his mother died of breast cancer when he was 16 years old. In 1917, Dalí's father came to an idea to organize an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in their family home. Dalí’s interest in art developed with his attendance at drawing school. As a kid, Dalí was taken to his brother's grave and told by his parents that he was his brother's reincarnation, an idea which he came to believe and later incorporate to his artworks. ![]() Dalí's older brother, who was also named Salvador had died when he was just two years old, in 1903. His father was a middle-class lawyer and notary, whose rigorous disciplinary approach was confronted by his wife who encouraged her son's interest in art. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was born in 1904, in the small town of Figueres, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain. His visual language, as well as his personal behavior and public actions, remain bizarre, intriguing, and inspiring.ĭalí Atomicus, 1948 by Philippe Halsman Early Life of Salvador Dalí ![]() Known for a unique brand of Surrealism, he combined avant-garde subject matter with academic style, paving the way for generations of artists to come. Remembered for his characteristic mustache and extravagant personality as much as for his creative output, he worked as a painter, sculptor, product and set designer, and he was one of the first artists to tackle film. One of the most original, innovative, and famous figures in history, Salvador Dali was a Spanish artist who left his mark on the art world a few has managed to do before him. ![]()
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