"Please merge with Salvador Dali. "
Mar 21, 2008
Salvador Dalí |
| Also known as |
- Dali,
- Salvador Dali,
- Salvador Dal
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 – January 23 1989), was a Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre 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 , which was released posthumously in 2003. He also collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Hitchcock's film Spellbound.
Dalí insisted on his "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors who occupied Southern Spain for nearly 800 years (711-1492), and attributed to these origins, "my love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of...
People
| Gender |
| Date of birth |
- May 11, 1904
| Place of birth |
| Country of nationality |
| Profession |
| Religion |
| Ethnicity |
| Parents |
| Children |
| Siblings |
| Spouse (or domestic partner) |
|
spouse
|
from
|
|---|---|
|
| Employment history |
| Education |
| Height |
| Weight |
| Quotations |
|
quotation
|
source
|
|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Date of death |
- Jan 23, 1989
| Place of death |
| Cause of death |
| Date of cremation |
| Place of cremation |
| Date of burial |
| Place of burial |
Film
| Film performances |
|
film
|
|---|
| Film dubbing performances |
| Film Writing Credits |
|
film
|
initial release date
|
|---|---|
|
|
|
Visual Art
| Art Forms |
| Artworks |
| Associated periods or movements |
Influence
| Influenced By |
| Peers |
| Influenced |
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the
content on this page is typically distributed under
the Creative Commons
Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Salvador Dalí" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
| Gallery | add an image | edit gallery |
