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Salvador Dali Etching, Marc Chagall Portrait #1370272

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Salvador Dali Etching, Marc Chagall Portrait #1370272
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Artist: Salvador Dali [after]

Medium: Etching

Size: 11" x 8"






Salvador Dali was born in May 11, 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figueres, Spain. Figueres is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, only sixteen miles from the French border in the principality of Catalonia. The son of a prosperous notary, Salvador Dali spent his boyhood in Figueres and at the family's summer home in the coastal fishing village of Cadaques where his parents built his first studio. As an adult, he made his home with his wife Gala in nearby Port Lligat. Many of his paintings reflect his love of this area of Spain.



The young Salvador Dali attended the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Early recognition of Salvador Dali's talent came with his first one-man show in Barcelona in 1925. He became internationally known when three of his paintings, including The Basket of Bread (now in the Museum's collection), were shown in the third annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928.



The following year, Dalí held his first one-man show in Paris. He also joined the surrealists, led by former Dadaist Andre Breton. That year, Dalí met Gala Eluard when she visited him in Cadaques with her husband, poet Paul Eluard. She became Dalí's lover, muse, business manager, and chief inspiration.



Dalí soon became a leader of the surrealist movement. His painting, The Persistance of Memory, with the soft or melting watches is ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1970's</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:11</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:8</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Salvador Dali Etching, Marc Chagall Portrait</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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