Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born in Spain in 1904. As a child, Dali showed strange behaviour and quite often interrupted his class in school. As he grew up, he began painting pictures that came from his dreams. His dreams were both scary and unreal.
Dali went to an art school in Madrid, Spain. He got kicked out and never completed his course. He even once spent time in jail. However he continued to paint and his art style became widely known as Surrealism. Dali drew everyday items, but changed them in very odd ways. For example, one of his paintings is of melting clocks.
Just before he died in 1989 at 85 years old, he had created works in film, ballet, opera, fashion and advertising illustration.
Here are some of his famous works:
The Persistence of Memory
Crucifixion
The Sacrament of the Last Supper
