Profile: Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 and died on January 23, 1989. He was born in Figueres Spain and that’s where he ended up dying. His Father, Salvador Dali Cusi was a middle class lawyer while his mom, Felipa Domenech Ferres was the lady of the house. He had a older brother also named salvador who died when he was nine months old as well as a younger sister named Anna Marie who was three years younger. He went to school at San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain and was married to a women named Gala Dali.

During his lifetime Dali had to deal with both world wars, the Great Depression when he was in America, the Cold War, and a minor revolution. When he was 16 his mother had died which he later stated “was the toughest moment in my life” he really loved and adored him mom. Also when the World Wars were going on he had to try and escape to safety with his wife so they wouldn’t be in danger. Before he died he had to deal with a lot of problems the main one being Parkinson-like symptoms which gave him thoughts of suicide. Something many people probably don’t know about Dali was he was big in film and acted. His main form or work was painting but also did sculptures and writing. His work was very much inspired by those who were big in the Renaissance era. His work draws big comparisons to the Renaissance. Some of his famous pieces of work are Galatea of the Spheres 1952, The Persistence of Memory 1931, and The Temptation of St. Anthony 1946. Two of those pieces I’d like to write about are Galatea of the Spheres and The Persistence of Memory. Galates of the Spheres is a painting of a bunch of spheres which relates to his wife in his own way. The Persistence of Memory, probably his most famous piece, is another painting but really shows his thinking and creativity. It’s a lot about his theory of hardness and softness.