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Was born on May 11, 1904,
Died on January 23, 1989
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol
Слайд 3Artist
Salvador Dali is most famous for his surreal paintings.
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Born on 11 May in Figueres. Son of the notary public Salvador
Dalí Cusí and his wife Felipa Domènech Ferrés.
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Salvador’s father decided to enroll him at the Hispano-French School of the
Immaculate Conception in Figueres, where he learned French.
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Salvador spent time at an estate owned by the Pichot family, a
family of intellectuals and artists.
It was there that he discovered Impressionism.
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Salvador’s mother died in February. The following year, his father married Catalina
Domènech Ferrés, his sister-in-law.
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He was expelled from the Academia de San Fernando, accused of having
led a student protest.
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Salvador presented his first individual art exhibit.
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He held his second individual exhibition in Barcelona.
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Salvador met his future wife, Gala, who was married to another man.
Слайд 121934:
Marries Gala. Traveled to America for the first time.
Слайд 131937:
In February he met the Marx Brothers in Hollywood. Along with Harpo,
he began work on the script for a film entitled Giraffes on Horseback Salad (but called in its latest
version The Surrealist
Woman), which was
never actually
produced.
Слайд 141939:
In May he signed a contract to take part in the World’s
Fair of New York. He designed the Dream of Venus pavilion, which was presented in the Fair’s amusement zone.
Слайд 151944:
In Life magazine he published an article entitled “Nightmare Journey” and created
a cover for Vogue.
Слайд 161945:
He went to Hollywood to work with Alfred Hitchcock on the film
Spellbound, whose dreamlike sequences were created by Dalí.
Слайд 171946:
Designed covers for EtCetera magazine and the Christmas issue of Vogue.
Walt Disney
hired Dalí to help produce the film Destino.
Слайд 181955:
He made the Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard
III, to promote the film Richard III, based on the work by Shakespeare.
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Dalí purchased Púbol Castle and decorated it for Gala. Various books illustrated
by Dalí were published: Goethe’s Faust and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
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Dalí died at Torre Galatea on 23 January.
Слайд 21Works Cited List
"Dalí, Salvador." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.28
Apr. 2008
.