Salvador Dalí

(Spanish, 1904–1989)

Salvador Dalí was a renowned Surrealist artist known for his enigmatic paintings of dreamscapes and religious themes. The Persistence of Memory (1931), arguably his best known work, visually manifests the strangeness of time, showing clocks melting in an idyllic landscape. “One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams,” he once reflected. Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain, he displayed a great aptitude for the visual arts as a teenager. Three years after his first exhibition at the age of 14, he enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. At school, he emulated many contemporary styles but also the works of Johannes Vermeer and Diego Velázquez. During his visits to Paris in the late 1920s, he was introduced to the Surrealist movement by René Magritte and Joan Miró. Though the concept of Surrealism was new to him, Dalí was already well versed in the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud. Dabbling in various projects throughout his long career, in 1942 he published the book The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. A mixture of self-aggrandizing confessions and sadistic fantasies about his childhood, the book further outlined the artist’s outlandish persona. However, his pronounced sense of ego was not always unfounded, as evinced in his works inclusion in Alfred Hitchcock’s famous dream sequence from the film Spellbound (1945). Dalí died on January 23, 1989 in his hometown of Figueres, Spain. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, among others.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Portrait de Paul Éluard, 1929
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WEALTH, HEALTH, FAME & LOVE

Salvador Dalí

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SALVADOR DALI CRUCIFORM PENDANT

Salvador Dalí

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Salvador Dalí

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La Grande Place des Vosges, 1958

Salvador Dalí

La Grande Place des Vosges, 1958

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La Grande Place des Vosges, 1958

Salvador Dalí

La Grande Place des Vosges, 1958

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Vision of Paradis (from La vida es sueno)

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Vision of Paradis (from La vida es sueno)

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L'Ouraboros, 1976

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L'Ouraboros, 1976

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Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions..., 1976

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Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions..., 1976

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Lincoln in Dalivision

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Lincoln in Dalivision

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Les Canibalismes de l'Automne, 1975

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Les Canibalismes de l'Automne, 1975

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Christopher Columbus, 1979

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Christopher Columbus, 1979

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Les montres molles demi sommeil, 1975

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Les montres molles demi sommeil, 1975

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Hommage à Newton, 1980, 1980

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Hommage à Newton, 1980, 1980

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L'homme oiseau, 1972-1981, 1972–1981

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L'homme oiseau, 1972-1981, 1972–1981

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Castor et Pollux, 1975

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Castor et Pollux, 1975

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Étude pour le bal de la scène du rêve du..., 1944

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Étude pour le bal de la scène du rêve du..., 1944

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Madonna De Port Lligat' gold necklace

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Madonna De Port Lligat' gold necklace

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God, Time, Space, and the Pope, from After 50...

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God, Time, Space, and the Pope, from After 50...

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Linotype (Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci), 1975

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Linotype (Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci), 1975

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Rocket (Hommage á Leonardo da Vinci), 1975

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Rocket (Hommage á Leonardo da Vinci), 1975

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The Museum of Genius and Whim, from After 50 , 1974

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The Museum of Genius and Whim, from After 50 , 1974

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Wailing Wall, 1978

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Wailing Wall, 1978

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The Great Inquisitor Expels the Savior, from , 1974

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The Great Inquisitor Expels the Savior, from , 1974

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Picasso: A Ticket to Glory, from After 50..., 1974

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Picasso: A Ticket to Glory, from After 50..., 1974

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