1. By: Paul Wirtz

2.  1904: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí was born on May, 11th in Figueras, Catalonia, Spain.  He was a famous surrealist painter.

3. Figueres, Spain

4.  Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work.

6.  Salvador Dalí was most famous for his painting called the Persistence of Memory

8.  There is a museum dedicated to Salvador Dalí.  It is located in St. Petersburg, Florida.  It contains the worlds most comprehensive collection of works by Dalí.

10.  Dalí was highly imaginative, and also had an affinity for partaking in unusual and grandiose behavior, in order to draw attention to himself.  His eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork.

12.  Salvador Dalí got married to a woman named Gala in 1934.  Dalí Painted a lot of pictures of her.

14.  1950-65: His mystic period. He wrote several books (The secret life of Salvador Dalí).

16.  1982: Gala died.  1989: Dalí, Jan. 23th, died.

18.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_D al%C3%AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_D al%C3%AD  http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/ho me.html http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/ho me.html  http://www.duke.edu/web/lit132/dalibio.html http://www.duke.edu/web/lit132/dalibio.html