Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989)
Salvador Dalí's 'The Persistence of Memory'
May 11th 1904: Salvador Dalí born
On this day in 1904, famous Spanish artist Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres. Born as Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech to a middle class family, he was introduced to the arts by his mother. His father, however, was a strict disciplinarian, and punished Dalí for his eccentricities, but did encourage his artistic talent. In 1922, Dalí began attending the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, where he refined his reputation as an eccentirc, often donning nineteenth-century style dress. After a year of study, Dalí was suspended for criticising his teachers and supposedly inciting a student riot; he returned to the academy in 1926, but was again expelled. Dalí was inspired by classical and avant-garde painters, and during the late 1920s frequently visited Paris where he associated with artists like Pablo Picasso and René Magritte. It was at this time that he was introduced to surrealism, a style which greatly influenced his work as he sought to translate his dreams and subconscious into art. Dalí also ventured into film-making, and by the 1930s was an established surrealist artist who was known for his bizarre appearances in public. In 1931, he painted his most famous work - The Persistence of Memory (pictured above). In 1934, Dalí was expelled from the surrealist movement for refusing to take a firm stance against the rise of fascist Francisco Franco in Spain. He moved to the United States in the 1940s, and was honoured there with an exhibit in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. After returning to Spain, Dalí spent most of the 1960s and 1970s creating his Theatre-Museum. After suffering personal tragedies, and declining in health, Salvador Dalí died on January 23rd, 1989, aged 84.
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