Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali

• By Nicki Schaetzl

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Information

• Born May 11, 1904 in Spain
• Died January 23, 1989
• Lived most of his life in Spain, France, and the
  U.S.
• At age 5, his parents told him he was the
  reincarnation of his brother. He came to believe
  this was true.
• At age 16, Dalis mother died and his father
  married Dalis aunt.
• In 1929, Dali was thrown out of his house by his
  father and was disinherited because of a painting
  he did that his father disapproved of.

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World Events

• World War II was being fought
• This sparked Dalis move to America
• The Spanish Civil War was also occurring
• The Tunguska Explosion happened.
• In Russia, a meteor supposedly exploded

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Landscape Near Figueras, 1910 http//www.dali-gall
ery.com/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Crepuscular Old Man, 1917-1918 http//www.dali-ga
llery.com/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Duck, 1918 http//www.dali-gallery.com/html/galle
ries/paintings.htm
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Portrait of Lucia, 1918 http//www.dali-gallery.c
om/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Still Life, 1918 http//www.dali-gallery.com/html
/galleries/paintings.htm
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Portrait of a Man, 1960 http//www.dali-gallery.c
om/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Two Religious Figures, 1960 http//www.dali-galle
ry.com/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Bed, Chair, and Bedside Table Ferociously
Attacking a Cello, 1983 http//www.dali-gallery.c
om/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Meditative Rose, 1958 http//www.dali-gallery.com
/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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Wine Glass and Boat, 1956 http//www.dali-gallery
.com/html/galleries/paintings.htm
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The End