Salvador Dalí

Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was an important Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. Dalí's work is noted for its striking combination of bizarre dreamlike images with excellent draftsmanship and painterly skills influenced by the Renaissance masters. Dalí was an artist of great talent and imagination. He had an admitted love of doing unusual things to draw attention to himself, which sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric theatrical manner sometimes overshadowed his artwork in public attention.

Trivia

According to his prison records of May 1924, Salvador Dali was 5 ft 7-3/4 in (1.72 m) tall.

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Queen Esther, a statue donated by serves as a monumental radiator cap on the Cadillac at Patio of the Teatro-Museo Dali, Figueras 1983.

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Notable and famous students/disciples of Dali:

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• Ernst Fuchs
• HR Giger
• Mark Ryden
• Robert Venosa
• Jean-Claude Gaugy
• Michael Fuchs
• Andrew Gonzales
• Antonio Roybal