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Salvador Dali Biography
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domčnech, Marquis of Pubol (May
11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known
for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful 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 1931.
Salvador Dalí's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and
photography. He collaborated with Walt Disney on the Academy
Award-nominated short cartoon Destino, which was released posthumously
in 2003.
Born in Catalonia, Spain, Dalí insisted on his "Arab lineage", claiming
that his ancestors were descended from the Moors who invaded Spain in
the year 711, and attributed to these origins, "my love of everything
that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of
oriental clothes."
Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for
doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked
those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his
eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his
artwork.The purposefully sought notoriety led to broad public
recognition and many purchases of his works by people from all walks of
life.
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