Salvador Dali Research Paper
Cayleigh York
4-20-14
3rd block
Coach Crouch
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is a famous artist that is known for his surrealist work. Surrealism combines random images or events and presents them in a dream-like way. Dali was born on May 11, 1904. His parents, Salvador Dalí i Cusí and Felipa Domenech Ferrés, took Salvador the graveyard and told Salvador at the age of five that he is his deceased brother’s, also named Salvador, reincarnation. Since his brother died of gastroenteritis nine months earlier, on August 1, 1903, Salvador believe this to be true. He stated, “...We resembled each other like two drops of water, but we had different reflections.” Salvador Dalí i Cusí, Salvador’s father, was a middle-class lawyer and did not encourage …show more content…
In 1921, Dali’s mother passed away from breast cancer and his father married his deceased wife’s sister. Although Dali loved and practically worshiped his mother’s existence, he was okay with the new married because he respected his aunt and now step-mother.
Dalí attended drawing school. In 1916, Dalí unearthed modern painting on a summer vacation trip to Cadaqués with Ramon Pichot, a local artist who made regular trips to Paris. The next year, Dalí's father organized an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in their family home. He had his first public exhibition at the Municipal Theater in Figueres in 1919. In 1922, Dali moved to the student residence and attended Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Dali made friends with Pepín Bello, Luis Buñuel, and Federico García Lorca. But, it wasn’t until he got familiar with and practiced cubism that the other students began to notice him. He gain the knowledge and inspiration to learn cubism in magazines articles and a catalog. In 1926, Dali was being disruptive and obnoxious which caused officials to expel him from the Academia. Dali met Pablo Picasso when he made first visit to Paris. Pablo already like Dali from the great reports he heard on him from Joan Miro. The style Dali developed over the next
4-20-14
3rd block
Coach Crouch
Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is a famous artist that is known for his surrealist work. Surrealism combines random images or events and presents them in a dream-like way. Dali was born on May 11, 1904. His parents, Salvador Dalí i Cusí and Felipa Domenech Ferrés, took Salvador the graveyard and told Salvador at the age of five that he is his deceased brother’s, also named Salvador, reincarnation. Since his brother died of gastroenteritis nine months earlier, on August 1, 1903, Salvador believe this to be true. He stated, “...We resembled each other like two drops of water, but we had different reflections.” Salvador Dalí i Cusí, Salvador’s father, was a middle-class lawyer and did not encourage …show more content…
In 1921, Dali’s mother passed away from breast cancer and his father married his deceased wife’s sister. Although Dali loved and practically worshiped his mother’s existence, he was okay with the new married because he respected his aunt and now step-mother.
Dalí attended drawing school. In 1916, Dalí unearthed modern painting on a summer vacation trip to Cadaqués with Ramon Pichot, a local artist who made regular trips to Paris. The next year, Dalí's father organized an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in their family home. He had his first public exhibition at the Municipal Theater in Figueres in 1919. In 1922, Dali moved to the student residence and attended Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Dali made friends with Pepín Bello, Luis Buñuel, and Federico García Lorca. But, it wasn’t until he got familiar with and practiced cubism that the other students began to notice him. He gain the knowledge and inspiration to learn cubism in magazines articles and a catalog. In 1926, Dali was being disruptive and obnoxious which caused officials to expel him from the Academia. Dali met Pablo Picasso when he made first visit to Paris. Pablo already like Dali from the great reports he heard on him from Joan Miro. The style Dali developed over the next