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was born on May 11, 1904. He was a leader in the new movement of art in the early 20th century called Surrealism. In 1921 Dali studied at the San Fernando Acadamy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Here he was able to associate and learn from such Spanish modernists as Fedr ....

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.... in which imagery is based on fantasy and the world of dreams. It is thought have grown out of the French literary movement in the 1920's and has it's roots in Dadaism. These painters developed a dreamlike, or hallucinatory, imagery that was all the more startling for its highly realistic rendering. Some of Dali's better known paintings are: "Persistence Of Memory" also know popularly as "Soft Watches" (1931), and "The Sacrament Of The Last Supper" (1955). These Paintings have become part of the definitive record of 20th Century art. Dali used many mediums to illustrate his inspirations. His most popular of course are his paintings, but he also ....