Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain to father Don Salvador Dali y Cusi and mother Felipa Domenech. The year was 1904. The answering machine had just been invented as well as the first flat-disk phonograph. A remarkable new child’s toy had been created, and dubbed the “Teddy Bear.” In 1907, his sister, Ana Maria, was born. Dali, being the only young male in a female-dominated household, was pampered by his overprotective mother, grandmother, aunt, and nurse. All this attention was not enough for Dali, and he constantly sought ways to seek more. He frequently threw tantrums and would induce coughing fits on himself. He purposely would wet his bed to anger his father. Dali continued this until he reached the age of eight, when he discovered he could anger his father much more i

ntensely by getting himself into trouble at school. By the age of 10, Dali stopped acting out so much, and began to show an interest in art. He produced his first painting. By the time he was 15, he had already set up his own art exhibition. In 1921, a 17-year-old Salvador Dali entered the Madrid Fine Arts School, hoping to fuel his interest in Futurism and Cubism. However, Dali was suspended for a year after urging all students to rebel against the school’s authorities. In 1926, the school decided to expel Dali for similar reasons.

Perhaps because he grew tired of it, or perhaps to keep his own sanity, Dali strayed away from Surrealism and returned to the Classical form of art in 1936. He experimented with several types of classical art, including Classical Spanish, Classical Italian, and pompier. Dali’s departure from Surrealism was made more evident in the 1930\'s, when he took up a great interest in Hitler, and not Lenin, who was favored by the other surrealists. This created a strain with his surrealist friends, and in 1939 Dali decided to move to the United States. Interestingly enough, he borrowed money from Pablo Picasso, a well-known artist specializing in cubism and abstract art.

Dali wasted no time in generating success in the United States. He participated in the making of several films. He co-directed the first surrealist motion picture with Luis Bunuel, titled “Un Chiea A Dalou A Andalusian Dog”. He designed the surrealistic dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound”. He was also filmed the motion picture “Don Juan Tenorio.” By 1951, Dali had become world-famous. In the height of his success, Dali returned to Spain. He began to experiment with sculpture. One might assume that he constantly wanted to explore new ideas and me

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