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'''Salvador Dali''' (1904-1989, both born and died in Figueres, [[Spain]]) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931) as displayed at the Museum of Modern Art.  Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art throughout the 1900s.  Surrealism incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]].

'''Salvador Dali''' (1904-1989, both born and died in Figueres, [[Spain]]) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931) as displayed at the Museum of Modern Art.  Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art throughout the 1900s.  Surrealism incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]].

Dali had phenomenal technical skills at painting, superior to his contemporaries.  In Paris in 1929, Dali met [[Joan Miró]], Andre Breton and his Surrealist group, the Romanian Dadaist Tristan Tzara and Paul Eluard. It was here that Dali first met Gala, his future wife of nearly 50 years.  Politically, Dali supported the successful elimination of [[communism]] from [[Spain]] by [[Franco]].  Spiritually, Dali converted from [[atheism]] to [[Christianity]] after painting his "Vision of [[Hell]]."<ref>https://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/fatima-vision-of-hell-helped-atheist-salvador-dali-return-to-god/</ref>

Dali had phenomenal technical skills at painting, superior to his contemporaries.  In Paris in 1929, Dali met [[Joan Miró]], Andre Breton and his Surrealist group, the Romanian Dadaist Tristan Tzara and Paul Eluard. It was here that Dali first met Gala, his future wife of nearly 50 years.  Politically, Dali supported the successful elimination of [[communism]] from [[Spain]] by [[Franco]].  Spiritually, Dali converted from [[atheism]] to [[Christianity]] after painting his "Vision of [[Hell]]."<ref>https://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/fatima-vision-of-hell-helped-atheist-salvador-dali-return-to-god/</ref> Dali's father was a hardened [[atheist]], while his mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]].

Dali's early works were experiments with contemporary techniques, including [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] works like ''Self-Portrait'' (1921) and [[Pointillism|Pointillist]] works like ''Nude in a Landscape'' (1922-1923). ''Portrait of the Cellist Ricardo Pichot'' (1920) and ''Portrait of Luis Buñuel'' (1924) lean closer towards [[Post-Impressionism]], and ''Venus and Amorini'' (1925) is executed in the [[Cubism|Cubist]] style.  

Dali's early works were experiments with contemporary techniques, including [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] works like ''Self-Portrait'' (1921) and [[Pointillism|Pointillist]] works like ''Nude in a Landscape'' (1922-1923). ''Portrait of the Cellist Ricardo Pichot'' (1920) and ''Portrait of Luis Buñuel'' (1924) lean closer towards [[Post-Impressionism]], and ''Venus and Amorini'' (1925) is executed in the [[Cubism|Cubist]] style.