Art Research
Autobiography of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. His father, Salvador Dalí y Cusi, was a middle class lawyer and notary. His mother, Felipa Domenech Ferres often indulged young Salvador in his art and early eccentricities. It has been said that young Salvador was an intelligent child, yet prone to fits of anger against his parents and schoolmates.
At an early age, young Salvador was producing highly sophisticated drawings, and both his parents strongly supported his artistic talent. His parents built him an art studio before he entered art school in their summer home in the coastal village of Cadaques.
Upon recognizing his immense talent, Dalí's parents sent him to drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the Institution in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, Dalí enrolled in the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain, and stayed at the student residence. During his studies, he was influenced by several different artistic styles, including Metaphysics and Cubism. While in school, Dalí began exploring many forms of art including classical painters like Raphael, Bronzino, and Valzquez (from whom he adopted his signature curled moustache).
In the 1920's Dali went to Paris and began interacting with Picasso, Magritte, and Miro leading to his first Surrealist phase. In between 1926 and 1929, Dalí made several trips to Paris, and met with influential painters including Pablo Picasso, whom he revered. He also met Joan Miro, the Spanish painter and sculptor who, along with poet Paul Eluard and painter Rene Magritte, introduced Dalí to Surrealism. By this time, Dalí was working with Impressionism, Futurism, and Cubism. Dalí's paintings became associated with three general themes: depicting a measure of man's universe and his sensations; the use of collage; and objects charged with sexual symbolism, and ideographic imagery. As war approached in Europe, specifically in Spain, Salvador clashed with members of the
Salvador Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. His father, Salvador Dalí y Cusi, was a middle class lawyer and notary. His mother, Felipa Domenech Ferres often indulged young Salvador in his art and early eccentricities. It has been said that young Salvador was an intelligent child, yet prone to fits of anger against his parents and schoolmates.
At an early age, young Salvador was producing highly sophisticated drawings, and both his parents strongly supported his artistic talent. His parents built him an art studio before he entered art school in their summer home in the coastal village of Cadaques.
Upon recognizing his immense talent, Dalí's parents sent him to drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the Institution in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, Dalí enrolled in the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain, and stayed at the student residence. During his studies, he was influenced by several different artistic styles, including Metaphysics and Cubism. While in school, Dalí began exploring many forms of art including classical painters like Raphael, Bronzino, and Valzquez (from whom he adopted his signature curled moustache).
In the 1920's Dali went to Paris and began interacting with Picasso, Magritte, and Miro leading to his first Surrealist phase. In between 1926 and 1929, Dalí made several trips to Paris, and met with influential painters including Pablo Picasso, whom he revered. He also met Joan Miro, the Spanish painter and sculptor who, along with poet Paul Eluard and painter Rene Magritte, introduced Dalí to Surrealism. By this time, Dalí was working with Impressionism, Futurism, and Cubism. Dalí's paintings became associated with three general themes: depicting a measure of man's universe and his sensations; the use of collage; and objects charged with sexual symbolism, and ideographic imagery. As war approached in Europe, specifically in Spain, Salvador clashed with members of the