Who was Dali?

Getting Dali and Dada mixed up is a criminal mistake. However, there was a phase when many Surrealists crossed over to become Dadaists. Salvadore Dali was a painter who remained committed to the aesthetics of beauty and his fevered imagination continued to conjure up images that were often considered the ravings of a mad man. He did, however, admit to being influenced by the Dadaist movement, but many aesthetes are of the opening that Dali8217;s work was too painterly to be anti-establishment. Dali was born in Catalonia, Spain, in 1904. Dali8217;s father, Salvadore Dali Cusi, held an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in 1916 and subsequent trips to Paris were instrumental in forming his decision to become an artist. The hallmark of Dali was not just his eccentricities but his vision combined with impeccable skill. His command over the brush could conjure up images that were hyper-real and yet he would employ distortions and fantasy landscapes to transform reality.

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