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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.  '''''Dali's [[surrealism]] incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]]'''''.  Dali's work is featured in [[Hollywood]] movies (the 2022 movie ''Daliland'' is a biopic about him<ref>https://deadline.com/2022/08/daliland-ezra-miller-tiff-closing-night-film-1235088092/</ref>), [[avant-garde]] television ads, and illustrations of the [[Bible]].

'''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.  '''''Dali's [[surrealism]] incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism's rebellion against [[logic]]'''''.  Dali's work is featured in [[Hollywood]] movies (the 2022 movie ''Daliland'' is a biopic about him<ref>https://deadline.com/2022/08/daliland-ezra-miller-tiff-closing-night-film-1235088092/</ref>), [[avant-garde]] television ads, and illustrations of the [[Bible]].

[[Pro-life]], Dali did spectacular spiritual paintings, including many illustrations of Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' as commissioned by [[Italy]], and the [[Immaculate Conception]] as commissioned by the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the Madonna of Port Lligat, 1949<ref>https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=phil_fac</ref>).

[[Pro-life]], Dali was inspired by his memories of his pre-born existence prior to his birth. Dali did spectacular spiritual paintings, including many illustrations of Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' as commissioned by [[Italy]], and the [[Immaculate Conception]] as commissioned by the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] (the Madonna of Port Lligat, 1949<ref>https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=phil_fac</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 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]].