Salvador Dalí

1. Salvador Dalí • 1904 – 1989 • Began his early works with charcoal drawings. (age 17). • Studies at the Academy of San Fernando at age 18. • He was expelled because he stated that no faculty member was competent enough to grade him.

2. Influences • Cubism • Dada – Art movement against war • Surrealism – He is considered to be the greatest surrealist of the 20th century. • Meets Picasso (his idol) through the painter Joan Miró. • Influenced by Velazquez • Married Gala, a Russian Immigrant which would be the inspiration for his works.

3. His works typically have bread, eggs, and crutches. • Supports Franco’s regime and is expelled from the Surrealist group. He states that he is surrealism. • Dali was also a writer and tried to produce movie scripts. • He is knighted by King Juan Carlos I. • Creates his own museum where he paints himself as God (mocking the Sistine Chapel).

4. Possible causes for his strange behavior • Dali was taken to his brother’s grave (also named Salvador) at the age of 5. His parents told him that he was the reincarnated spirit of his brother. A fact which he believed. • His mother died at the age of 17. A woman whom he worshipped. • He was disowned by his father after living with Gala.

5. Image of Dali

6. La última cena

8. Bailarina y la cara de muerte

10. La persistencia de memoria

12. Aparición de una cara y un frutero en la playa

14. Metamorfosis de Narcissus

16. Mi deseo, mi madre, mi madre, mi madre

18. Una contorsión topológica de una mujer se hace un violín

20. Autorretrato

22. cristalino

24. Mujer como caballo

26. Huevos sobre el plato

28. El barco

30. La jirafa quemada

32. Velazquez muriendo detras de la ventana a la izquierda con una cuchara

34. Composición surrealista

36. Mujer y animal

38. Madona del puerto Ligat

40. La cara de guerra

42. Galatea con esferas

44. Cadaques