Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. He was born on May 11, 1904 on the first floor of Carrer Monturiol, 20 in the town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain into a middle-class family. His father, Salvador Dalí i Cusí, was a strict and authoritarian notary, while his mother, Felipa Domènech Ferrés, was supportive and encouraged Dalí’s artistic talents.
In the summer of 1912, the family moved to the top floor of Carrer Monturiol 24 (presently 10). Dalí later attributed his “love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes” to an “Arab lineage,” claiming that his ancestors were descendants of the Moors.
Dalí showed signs of artistic genius at a young age. His parents supported this, and he began drawing early. By age 10, he was taking formal art classes. Even as a child, Dalí was known for his eccentric and attention-seeking behavior.
His older brother, also named Salvador, died of gastroenteritis nine months before he was born. When Dalí was five, his parents took him to his brother’s grave and told him he was the reincarnation of the dead child. Dalí was haunted by the idea of his dead brother throughout his life, mythologizing him in his writings and art. Dalí said of him, “[we] resembled each other like two drops of water, but we had different reflections.” He “was probably the first version of myself but conceived too much in the absolute.” Images of his brother would reappear in his later works, including Portrait of My Dead Brother (1963).
Dalí also had a sister, Ana María, who was three years younger, and whom Dalí painted 12 times between 1923 and 1926. His childhood friends included future FC Barcelona footballers Emili Sagi-Barba and Josep Samitier. During holidays at the Catalan resort town of Cadaqués, the trio played football together.
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