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Salvador Dali

Through his art, filled with deviant and thought-provoking abstract images, Salvador Dali has made his mark in the world as being one of the most famous Surrealists. Surrealism is a 20th century movement dealing with the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery. (Mishka 2001) His art is popular with modern society as well as art enthusiasts. His paintings explore the connection between fantasy and reality, stemming from the subconscious mind.
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born in Figueres, Spain, in the Catalonia district, 1904. Catalans are said to be energetic, creative, and interested in making money. (Etherington-Smith 1992) Dali possessed at least two of these attributes. His energy was not shown as physical in a sense; rather it was displayed in the stroke of his brush, in tune with his creative subconscious mind.
One of the reasons Dali's works were so eccentric stems from his early childhood. It is said that Salvador Dali was born twice. The f...

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