Salvador Dali
Surrealism painter
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, Dali received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and Renaissance masters from a young age he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements.He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings.
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