Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) ranks #10 as Spain's most internationally famous artist and Surrealist maestro, painting dreamlike images of melting watches and distorted figures that still fascinate viewers worldwide. His Teatro-Museo Dali in Figueres, his most elaborate artwork, attracts over 1.5 million visitors annually, making it 20% more visited than the average Spanish art museum. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dali lived with his muse Gala in a converted fisherman's house at Port Lligat, producing works that remain more widely recognized than those of #9 Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's costumed participants. His 1931 painting 'The Persistence of Memory' sells at auction for up to $30 million, outperforming the average Surrealist piece by 40%.