| 1904 |
Salvador
Dalí is born on May 11th in Figueras, on the Catalonian
coast of Northern Spain. He is to become the great Master of
Surrealism – an icon of 20th Century modern art. |
| 1910 |
Dalí’s
first painting, a landscape. |
| 1921 |
Dalí
joins the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, where
he becomes friendly with gay poet Lorca. During his time at
the School he is arrested and jailed for 35 days for anarchistic
tendencies, holds his first one-man show in Barcelona and meets
Picasso and Mirò before being expelled from the school
five years later. |
| 1929 |
Dalí
collaborates with Buñuel to make his first film, Un Chien
Andalou. In the same year he is introduced to a captivating
Russian, Helena, at a surrealist group he was brought to by
Mirò. Helena is soon to become Gala, Dalí’s
beloved wife. |
| 1932 |
The
Persistence of Memory painting creates a sensation as Salvador
Dalí exhibits at New York’s Julien Levy Gallery.
|
| 1945 |
The
explosion of the Hiroshima bomb inspires Dalí to embark
on a nuclear period, including a lecture at the Sorbonne, for
which he arrived in a Cadillac lined with cauliflowers. Dalí
also begins work with Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock to
design sets for his psychoanalytic thriller, Spellbound. |
| 1958 |
Salvador
marries Gala at the ‘Chapel of Angels’ in Spain |
| 1959 |
Dalí
visits Pope John XXIII |
| 1965 |
Dalí
illustrates the Bible with 100 watercolours – a book that
is to become one of his most renowned and coveted collections. |
| 1969 |
The
Dalí Museum in Figueras opens to the public. His exhibition
at the Knoedler Gallery stirs substantial interest among the
American press. |
| 1973 |
Following
the opening of the Dalí museum in Cleveland, the Dalínian
Holographic Room goes on exhibit. The following year, the Museo-Teatro
in Figueras opens. |
| 1981 |
Dalí
recovers slowly from an illness contracted in New York. Concerned
for his health, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain visit
him in Port Lligat. |
| 1982 |
Dalí’s
beloved wife Gala dies after fifty years of companionship. On
hearing of her death, Dalí said, “She is not dead.
She will never die”. After losing his wife, Dalí
abandons public life and closes himself off in his Castle of
Pubol, where Gala was buried. |
| 1989 |
Salvador
Dalí dies on January 23rd. At 85 years old he was one
of the great Modern Masters of 20th Century art, with a legacy
that continues to manifest itself across the world. |
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