Salvador Dali

Made by 9th grade student Kateryna Horbunova

A Little Biography

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in

Catalonia. His real name is Salvador
Domenech Felip Jacinte Dali i Domenech.
He is a Spanish painter, graphic designer,
sculptor, director and write.
 Interesting Facts
about Salvador Dali
First Painting
Salvador one of the most famous
representatives of surrealism. He painted his
first painting is titled "Landscape near
Figueres" in 1910, at the age of only 6 years.
Now this little thing, painted in oil on
cardboard. This painting is in the Salvador Dali
Museum in St. Petersburg (Florida, USA
Famous mustache
Dali, referred himself to the famous
mustaches, recognizing the mustache
with an absolute cult of his cults.
Salvador Dalí loved his mustache so
much that he even dedicated a book to it.
And I'm not just a book, but an "absurd
work," as the artist himself called it. The
mustaches in this book are presented in
the most different forms: they are tied in
the form of an infinity sign, stacked with
a dollar sign, decorated with miniature
portraits of great dictators…
 The most
expensive painting
The highest amount offered for a
painting by Salvador Dali is 127,000,000
(one hundred and twenty-seven million)
dollars. It was the amount that was ready
for such a government of Spain for the
painting "Christ of St. John of the Cross"
(1952).
 Salvador Doli's wife
Dali lived all his life with one woman:
Elena Dyakonova, but the artist also
married her twice.Dali and Gala met in
1929 in Cadaques. Gale was 35, Dali was
25. Dali had just arrived from Paris, where
together with Buñuel he finished editing
the film "Andalusian Dog"