Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali is known as one of the great surrealist painters of the 20th century. Salvador was born May 11, 1904, in the Catalan town of Figueras, near Barcelona, Spain. Dali first began painting at the age of 10 and at the age of 12 he went on a vacation with an artistic family, the Pichots. Ramon Pichot was Dali's first role model when it came to painting, he greatly influenced Dali with his artwork. Dali later attended the Municipal Drawing School, where he received his first formal training in art, drafting, painting, and engraving. Dali's first exhibition was…