Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11,1904, January 23, 1989) was a prominent Spanish surrealist artist
born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí was a
skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his
surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the
influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence
of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire
included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of
artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded
and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes to an
"Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from
the Moors.
Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in
unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing
public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of
those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics. More here...
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