Salvador Dalí

(Spanish, 1904–1989)

don quichotte (picador) by salvador dalí

Salvador Dalí

Don Quichotte (Picador), 1969

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Biography

Timeline

1904
Born on May 11 in Figueras (near Barcelona), Spain
1921 - 1922
Studied in Madrid, at the Real Academia de Bellas Arte de San Fernando
1929
First Surrealist film collaboration with director Luis Bunel, Un Chien Andalou (An Adalusian Dog), and was asked to join the Surrealist group, founded by Andre Breton
1940
Moved to the United States
1970
Returned to Spain and built his theatre-museum Dalí in Figueras
1982
Gala died at the age of 88
1983
Created the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation
1989
Died on January 23

Exhibitions

2013
The Dali Universe, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy
Dali: Mind of Genius, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2012
Dali: Mind of Genius, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Salvador Dalí, Oeuvres sur papier 1931 - 1981, Galerie de Messine, Paris
Dali, DTR Modern Galleries, Boston, USA
Salvador Dalí's Twelve Tribes of Israel, GRAM - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, USA
2011
Salvador DalÍ, Mind Of Genius, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Juxtaposing History: Salvador Dalí, the Hebrew Bible, and the Formation of Israel, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, USA
Salvador Dalí, the Surrealist, Opera Gallery, Singapore
The Dali Universe, Museo di Sant’ Apollonia, Venice (Opened May 2011)
Dali: Mind of a Genius, The Art Science Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2010
Dalí illustrator: Paper Dreams, Fundacion Canal, Madrid, Spain
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Bizarre Worlds of Salvador Dalí, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, USA
Dalí: The Late Work, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Dalí au Sommet, Open Air Exhibition, Courchevel, France
2009
Salvador Dali’ in Shanghai, The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, P.R. China
Dalí Open Air Exhibition, Chateau de Pommard, Bourgogne, France
Salvador Dali: Prints, Sculptures, Ceramics, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
Salvador Dalí y las revistas, CaixaForum Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2008
Monet to Dali, First center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, USA
2007
Masterpieces and Beyond, Open Air Exhibition, Hong Kong, P.R. China
2006
Dalí in Singapore, Open Air Exhibition, Ngee Ann City, Singapore
Spanish Painting, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, USA
2004
Dalí, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
L’Univers de Dalí, Chateau Lavardens, Lavardens, France
2003
Dalí: a Journey into Fantasy, Wuhan Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Wuhan, P. R. China
The Dalí Universe, The Beacon, Southgate, Melbourne, Australia
Dalí: a Journey into Fantasy, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai, P. R. China

Literature

1942
The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí.