WHO IS.......? SALVADOR DALI

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueras, a little village in Spain, located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, sixteen miles from the French border in the region known as Catalonia. Dalí attended the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid where his talent was quickly recognized. His first one-man show was held in Barcelona in 1925. In 1928 he won international fame at the third annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh. Dalí went to Paris where he met Gala Eluard who was to become his lover, muse, manager and source of inspiration. They were married in 1934. During World War II Dalí and Gala took refuge in the United States, returning to Spain after the war. Ever flamboyant and with a flair for publicity, Dalí became a prolific artist of international fame.