Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí was born on May 11, 1904 , and died on January 23, 1989. He was a Spanish surrealist painter .

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, most known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His artistic skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters..His most famous work, The Persistence of Memory, was finished in 1931. Dalí's artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography..


He was highly imaginative, and also had an affinity for partaking in unusual and grandiose behavior, in order to draw attention to himself. This sometimesannoyed those who admired his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his odd mannerisms sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork