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Dali, Salvador ___ 1904-1989 ___ Spanish
___ painter
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Dalí was born in Figueres,
northeast Spain, the son of a well-known notary. He showed artistic talent
from an early age, and went to study at the Royal Academy in Madrid, although
he was expelled twice and never took his final exams. However, he did become
friends with the great Spanish dramatist and poet, Federico García
Lorca, and the film-maker Luis Buñuel, with whom he collaborated
on several avant-garde projects. In 1928, he moved to Paris where he met
Picasso and Miro, and, in particular, Andre Breton, with whom he formed
a group of surrealists. Some of his most famous surrealist works date from
this period - 'The Spectre of Sex Appeal' and 'The Persistence of Memory'
for example. Also in Paris, in 1929, he met Helena Diakonova, known as Gala,
a Russian immigrant who would become his model, partner and business manager.
During the Second World War, Dalí and Gala lived in the US, with
Dalí not only painting but contributing to other artistic fields,
such as cinema, theatre and ballet. He became something of a darling in
high society, and famous men and women commissioned him to paint their portraits.
While in the US, he wrote 'The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí'. In
1948, the couple returned to Europe, spending time either in their residence
in Lligat, Spain, or in Paris. In the post war period, Dali became more
interested in history and science and these subjects formed the themes of
many of his later works such as 'Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus'.
During the 1970s, he created and inaugurated the Dalí Theatre-Museum
in Figueres, which houses a large collection of his works. The work entitled
'Diary of a Genius' is, in essence, a second volume of Dalí's autobiography.
One
biography link
DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1952-1963 ___ love/sex self art
creativity psychology
WEB TEXT LINKS
etext
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Salvador
Dali Foundation ___ possibly
SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Diary of a Genius
November 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information
may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different
names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or
uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown,
or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British'
a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was
compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts
were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if
they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates
and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with
caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are
only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies.
4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges,
and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising.
I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some
variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited
myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their
original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the
titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries. |