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Salvador Dalí born in Figueres (formerly
Figueras), Spain, on May 11, 1904 in the district of Girona in
Catalonia, the son of Salvador Dalí y Cusi, a notary, and Felipa
Domènech.
Dalí begins his education at a private school run by
the Brothers of the Marist Order in Figueres. On a summer vacation, he
encounters modern paintings. He studies drawing under Professor Juan
Nuñez at the Municipal School of Drawing in Figueres. First exhibition,
at the family apartment. In 1918 the city of Figueres presents two
exhibits of works arranged by Dalí’s father in the upper foyer of the
Teatro Municipal, which is now converted into the Teatro Museo Dalí.
Dalí experiments with impressionism and pointillism.
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