Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born on May 11th, 1904. The palace of birth was a small town about an hour drive from Barcelona called Figueres. His Father was a prosperous notary, who also supplied his family with a summer home Cadaques. This summer home was also the place for Dali’s first studio which his parents arranged for him. He found an interrest in art very early and decide to attend the San Fernando Academy …showed first 75 words of 447 total…

…showed last 75 words of 447 total…his wife died in 1982 Dali’s health got worse. The years after his wifes death he spent totally secluded from the rest of the world in his house in Figueres. The fact that he was burned in a fire in his home did not help much. Two years later he had a pace maker inplanted. This only delayed the process. Because of heart failure Dali died on January 23, 1989. A tragic event in modern art history.