Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech Marquis of Dalí de Púbol May 11 1904 January 23 1989 commonly known as Salvador Dalí Catalan pronunciation s?????ðo ð???i was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres Dalí was a skilled draftsman best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters His bestknown work The Persistence of Memory was completed in 1931 Dalís expansive artistic repertoire includes film sculpture and photography in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media Dalí attributed his love of everything that is gilded and excessive my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes to a selfstyled Arab lineage claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors Dalí was highly imaginative and also had an affinity for partaking in unusual and grandiose behavior His eccentric manner and attentiongrabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem and to the irritation of his critics Description above from the Wikipedia article Salvador Dalí licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia