Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was one of the most influential surrealist painters in the world and vowed not to be forgotten. He had a very eccentric personality that went along very well with his painting style. Salvador Dali’s style of painting was so eccentric that he was expelled from the surrealist movement, but that did not stop him from painting.
Salvador Dali’s father was a middle class lawyer and was very strict with him. His mother was the exact opposite. She was the one who introduced him to art and all of his eccentricities. Salvador was a very intelligent child. He would often get angry with his parents and cause trouble. Because of this, he was badly bullied in school, and by his father. His father was very disappointed in Salvador because of his eccentricities and would severely punish him often. The relationship between Salvador and his father was very poor because of the fact that they were constantly fighting over the love of his mother. Salvador had an older brother, also named Salvador, who died at an early age. His parents once took him to his older brother’s grave and told him that he as the reincarnation of his brother.
Salvador began creating intricate drawings at an early age. Both of his parents supported this talent, so they built him an art studio before he entered high school. Once his parents realized how talented their son really was, they sent him to Colegio de Hermanos Maristas. He did not take anything he learned seriously and preferred to daydream instead of pay attention to what he was being taught. After graduating art school, Salvador’s father organized an art show of Salvador’s charcoal drawings.
When Dali was 16, his mother died of breast cancer. Her death hurt Dali and his father greatly, but when his father married his wife’s sister, they grew even farther apart. Dali respected his aunt, but was very upset that his father would marry her.
Salvador Dali was born on May