Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is Spain's most internationally famous artist and one of the 20th century's great eccentrics, the maestro of Surrealism who painted dreamlike images of melting watches, distorted figures, and hallucinatory landscapes that continue to fascinate viewers worldwide. Born in Figueres in Catalonia, Dali spent his life between Spain and France, living with his muse and wife Gala in a converted fisherman's house at Port Lligat near Cadaques. He designed his own museum, the Teatro-Museo Dali in Figueres, as his most elaborate artwork, and it remains among the most visited museums in Spain.