El Salvador was given - by the Spanish painter, the schedule, the sculptor, the director, the writer. One of the most known representatives of surrealism.

El Salvador Dali was born on May, 11th, 1904 in Figeras, a province of Jherona, in a family of the prosperous notary. Had the big brother (a sort. On October, 12th 1901) which has died on August, 1st, Later at the age of 5 years, on its grave, he has told to parents that is its reincarnation. To be trained in the fine arts of the beginnings at municipal art school. With 1914 on 1918 it was brought up in Academy of brothers of an award marist`s in Figerase. Football player FK Barcelona Hosep Samiter was one of child-hood friends.

In 1916, with a family of Ramona Pisho, has gone on vacation to the city of Kadakes where has got acquainted with the modern art. The next year the father of the Distance, in the house, has organized an exhibition of works of El Salvador executed by coal. In 1919 at Municipal Theatre Figerasa its first public exhibition has taken place. In 1922 moves in "Residence" (Spanish. Residencia de Estudiantes) (the student's hostel in Madrid for gifted young men) also arrives in Academy the Dignity-fernando. Those years all mark it щёгольность. At this time it gets acquainted with Luis Bunjuelem, Federiko Garcia Lorca, Pedro Garfias.

Acquaintance to new currents in painting develops — Distances experiments cubism and dadaism methods. In 1926 him expel from Academy for the haughty and scornful relation to teachers. The same year for the first time goes to Paris where gets acquainted with Picasso. Trying to find own style, in the late twenties creates a number of works under the influence of Picasso and Juan Miro. In 1929 participates together with Bunjuelem in creation of a surrealistic film «Andaluzsky dog». Then he meets for the first time the future wife Galu (Elena Dmitrievnu Djakonovu) who was then the wife of poet Polja Eljuara. Distance works are shown at exhibitions, it wins popularity. In 1929 adjoins the group of surrealists organized by Andre Breton. In 1934 informally marries Galoy (official wedding has occurred in 1958 in the Spanish small town Zherona). The same year for the first time visits the USA.

After coming to power Franco Ex in 1936 of the Distance quarrels with the surrealists standing on the left positions, and it exclude from group. In the answer have given not without the grounds declares: «the Surrealism is I». With the beginning of the Second World War of the Distance together with Gala leaves in the USA where they live with 1940 on 1948 In 1942 «Secret life of El Salvador of the Distance» lets out the autobiography. Its literary attempts, as well as works of art, as a rule, appear commercially successful. After returning to Spain lives mainly in the favourite Catalonia. In 1981 at it illness of Parkinsona develops. In 1982 Gala ́ dies. Distances has died on January, 23rd, 1989 from heart attack. The body of the artist is bricked up in the Distance museum in Figeras. The great artist bequeathed to bury him during lifetime so that on a tomb people could go. In this room it is forbidden to photograph with flash.