Salvador Dali Research Paper
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in a small town called Figueres in Spain near the Pyrenees Mountains. This town was also near the French border in the principality of Catalonia. Dali was from a rich family and his parents built his first studio for him when he was only a young boy. He spent his summers in Cadaques where his studio was and he lived most of his adult life in an extraordinary villa near Port Lligat.
When Dali was just a young man when he went to the Royal Academy of Fine Art.
In 1922, Dali moved to the students’ residence in Madrid and studied Fine Arts at the San Fernando Academy. Dali got a lot of attention because of his eccentric behavior and look. He had long hair and sideburns and wore a coat with stocking and knee breeches. He appreciated beauty especially in poetry and arts.
While he was living in the students’ residence, he became close friends with Pepin Bello, Luis Brunel and Federico Garcia.
Most of the attention he got from his fellow students was because of his art and especially his painting in which he experimented with Cubism. At that time, Dali probably didn’t understand the Cubist movement. His information about Cubist art came from magazine articles and catalogues given to him. At the time, there were no Cubist artists in Madrid so he was one of the very first.
In 1924, when he was still unknown by people, he illustrated a book for the very first time with his schoolmate poet Carles Fages de Climent and called it ‘Les bruixes de Llers (The witches of Llers) and that work influenced his work throughout his life.
Dali was expelled twice and never took his final exams because he believed he was more qualified than his professors. He was also accused of starting unrest at the Academy. His mastery of painting skills was shown in his painting ‘Basket if Bread’ painting in 1926.
He received international fame when three of his paintings were displayed in the third annual Carnegie International
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in a small town called Figueres in Spain near the Pyrenees Mountains. This town was also near the French border in the principality of Catalonia. Dali was from a rich family and his parents built his first studio for him when he was only a young boy. He spent his summers in Cadaques where his studio was and he lived most of his adult life in an extraordinary villa near Port Lligat.
When Dali was just a young man when he went to the Royal Academy of Fine Art.
In 1922, Dali moved to the students’ residence in Madrid and studied Fine Arts at the San Fernando Academy. Dali got a lot of attention because of his eccentric behavior and look. He had long hair and sideburns and wore a coat with stocking and knee breeches. He appreciated beauty especially in poetry and arts.
While he was living in the students’ residence, he became close friends with Pepin Bello, Luis Brunel and Federico Garcia.
Most of the attention he got from his fellow students was because of his art and especially his painting in which he experimented with Cubism. At that time, Dali probably didn’t understand the Cubist movement. His information about Cubist art came from magazine articles and catalogues given to him. At the time, there were no Cubist artists in Madrid so he was one of the very first.
In 1924, when he was still unknown by people, he illustrated a book for the very first time with his schoolmate poet Carles Fages de Climent and called it ‘Les bruixes de Llers (The witches of Llers) and that work influenced his work throughout his life.
Dali was expelled twice and never took his final exams because he believed he was more qualified than his professors. He was also accused of starting unrest at the Academy. His mastery of painting skills was shown in his painting ‘Basket if Bread’ painting in 1926.
He received international fame when three of his paintings were displayed in the third annual Carnegie International
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