Salvador Dali
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech (1904-1989)
As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, he discovered Dadaism which remained an influence throughout his career. After moving to Paris he joined the Surrealists, becoming one of the principal figures of the movement. In 1940 he settled in the USA, became a Catholic - which inspired his symbolic religious paintings.
He wrote The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1948), and collaborated with Luis Buñuel in the Surrealist films Un chien andalou, and L'Âge d'Or.
One of his best known paintings is The Persistence of Memory.
Salvador Dali is included in the list of names on the cover of Freak Out!
