image size 55 x 76
frame size 78 x 100
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Dali was born in Figueres, a small town at the foot of the Pyreneedn, some 25 kilometers from the French border, in Spain on 11 May 1904. He had a sister, Anna Maria (1908-1989), who became a mother in 1949. wrote a book about her brother. Salvador's older brother, also named Salvador, was born on October 12, 1901, but died on August 1, 1903, nine months before Salvador's birth. Dali received his first drawing education at the age of ten from a friend of his father's, the impressionist painter Ram =n Pichet (1872-1925). His first exhibition took place in 1918 at the Municipal Theater of Figueres.
In his younger years, Dali was interested in painters such as El Greco, Francisco Goya, Michelangelo and Diego Velazquez. At that time he turned his attention to Impressionism and Cubism.
Salvador Dali studied in Madrid from 1921 to 1924. Already at that time, probably to draw attention to himself, he was an eccentric figure. In 1926 he went to Paris. There he met Pablo Picasso and Andre Breton. In 1929 he was welcomed by Breton and joined Surrealism.
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ConditionGoodOrientationPortraitHeight100 cmWidth78 cm