Salvador Dalí Insane Genius

Early Life Salvador Dalí was born in Figueras, Spain in 1904 (Cataluña) He was the only boy and very spoiled. He had a brother, also named Salvador Dalí who died when he was seven. At four years of age, Salvador was taken to his brothers grave and told he was his brother’s reincarnation!!! (Which he came to believe)

Childhood Influences Dalí had a pet bat. One morning he found his beloved bat dead—and crawling with ants. He thus began a lifelong fear of and fascination with ants. They are a symbol in a lot of his art.

Surrealism Surrealism is the art of trying to unlock the subconscious mind and display what is found there on canvas. Surrealists lean heavily on dreams.

The Persistence of Memory

The Persistence of Memory Dalí’s most famous painting. Dali’s masterpiece Developed the idea of melting clocks one day while staring at melting Camembert cheese.

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Telephone in a Dish with Three Grilled Sardines at the end of September

Dalí Meets Gala In 1934, Dalí married his wife Gala. She was a huge influence on his life and art. After her death, Dalí purposefully dehydrated himself in an attempt to commit suicide.

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Dalí and Disney October 11, 2003 In 1946, Salvador Dali and Walt Disney planned a cartoon together. But the short subject Destino was left unfinished after Disney and its partner, RKO, decided it probably wouldn't make any money. But as David D'Arcy reports, Walt Disney regretted the decision. And Disney's nephew Roy Disney, who now heads the company's animation division, decided to revive the project. Destino is a six-minute film set to a Spanish song, devoid of dialogue and without a clear story line. It follows a dark-eyed ballerina on a journey among strange objects through a desert landscape in a dreamlike atmosphere. A completed version will appear at festivals around the world before Oscar-nomination time, and Disney plans to release it next year on a DVD with a documentary that tells the whole story.

From the animated film Destino…

Dalí Dies Salvador Dalí died on Janary 23, 1989 in the tower of his own museum—where he lived. He was “different” until the end…

“I don't do drugs. I am drugs. “ Salvador Dali