Salvador Dalí

  • Birth

    Birth
    Salvador Dalí Domènech was born in Figueres.
    Son of Salvador Dalí i Cusí and Felipa Domènech Ferrés
  • his early studies

    his early studies
    Dalí stayed at the famous Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid to begin his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes of San Fernando.
  • 1926

    1926
    Dalí was expelled from the Academy. In the same year, he visited Paris for his first time, where he met Pablo Picasso.
  • Gala

    Gala
    he met his future wife Gala, with the name of Elena Ivanovna Diakonova. She was a Russian immigrant, 11 years older than him
  • La persistencia de la memoria

    La persistencia de la memoria
    It is one of the most famous works. In the painting you can see melted clocks.
  • New artistic stage

    New artistic stage
    The post-war opened his new artistic stage.
    It was focus on science or religion.
  • Life in New York

    Life in New York
    Dali and Gala moved to New York because there was war in Europe
  • La tentación de San Antonio

    La tentación de San Antonio
  • His return to Catalonia.

    His return to Catalonia.
    Dalí and Gala began a new life in Portlligat.
    Dalí bought some fishermen's house and designed a very big house with pool, lots of rooms, too much field and some eggs.
    He desingned something to be the first to see the sun in Spain.
  • Cristo de San Juan de la Cruz

    Cristo de San Juan de la Cruz
  • The museum in figueres

    The museum in figueres
    Dalí started working and desinging on his museum.
    Before, there was a municipal theatre destroyed in the civil war.
    It was the best of his projects.
  • his worst year

    his worst year
    The king Juan Carlos I will give Dalí the title of marquis of Dalí de Púbol, that artista will thank with a draw. Gala died on June,10th in Figueres. Dalí lost his will to live and he tried to suicide.
  • Dalí's death

    While he was listening his favourite music album, of Richard Wagner, he died for a cardiorespiratory arrest in Figueres when he was 84 years old.
    He is currently buried in his museum in Figueres.