Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali 1904 - 1989
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born May
11,1904 in the small argicultural town of
Figueres,Spain, province of Catalunia He spent
his boyhood in Figueres, his parents built his
first studio in Cadagues. The young Dali attended
the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid.
Dali went to Paris.That same year he met Gala
Eluard. She became his lover, muse,buisness
manager chief inspiration. In 1934 Dali Gala
were married. Just prior to World War II, dali
Gala fled from Europe, spending 1940-48 in the
USA/ In the years following 1949 Dali produced
his 18 large canvases.
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One of the most popular of all Dalis religious
works is his Christ of St. John of the Cross.
1951. Oil canvas
I saw the Christ drawn by Saint John of the cross
inscribed my Christ in this triangle.
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In 1974 Dali opened the Teatro Museo Dali in
Figueres. This was followed by retrospectives in
Paris London at the end of decade.
After Galas death in 1982, his health began to
fail. On January,1989, Salvsdor Dali died in a
hospital in Figueres from heart failure
respiratory complications.
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The Visage of War 1950. Oil on canvas This
painting was done in California at the end of
year 1940 the horrible face of war, its eyes
filled with infinite death, was much more a
reminiscence of the Spanish Civil War than of the
second World War, which, at the time, had not yet
provided a cortege of frightful images capable of
impressing Dali.
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Other interesting pictures of Dali
Atavistinc Vestiges After the Rain 1934
Archeological Reminiscence of Millets
Angelus 1933-35
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Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937-38
Autumn Cannibalism 1936-37
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Rhinocerotic Disintegration of Illissus of
Phidios 1954
Raphaelsgue Head Exploding 1951
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