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Salvador Dali was born on this day in 1904

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DALI (DAH-lee)

Spanish surrealist artist

Common clues: Limp watch painter; A museum hanging; Surrealist Salvador; “The Persistence of Memory” painter; Mustachioed artist; Surreal guy

Crossword puzzle frequency: 5 times a year

Frequency in English language: 34414 / 86800

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At the age of six years I wanted to be a chef. At the age of seven I wanted to be Napoleon. My ambitions have continued to grow at the same rate ever since. -- Salvador Dali

Salvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dalí Domenech (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. Dalí's work is noted for its striking combination of bizarre dreamlike images with excellent draftsmanship and painterly skills influenced by the Renaissance masters. Dalí was an artist of great talent and imagination. He had an admitted love of doing unusual things to draw attention to himself, which sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric theatrical manner sometimes overshadowed his artwork in public attention.


Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten


Upon Francisco Franco's coming to power in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Dalí came into conflict with his fellow Surrealists over political beliefs. As such Dalí was officially expelled from the predominantly Marxist Surrealist group. Dalí's response to his expulsion was "Surrealism is me." Andre Breton coined the anagram "Avida Dollars", by which he referred to Dalí after the period of his expulsion; the Surrealists henceforth would speak of Dalí in the past tense, as if he were dead. The surrealist movement and various members thereof (such as Ted Joans) would continue to issue extremely harsh polemics against Dalí until the time of his death and beyond.



The Persistence of Memory, 1931









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22 We- >1 09 Surrealist Salvador

14 We+ >1 07 Mustachioed surrealist

13 We >1 05 Painter of limp watches

12 Tu >1 07 Spanish surrealist MIRO

10 We+ >1 08 "The Persistence of Memory" painter

8 Mo+ >1 08 Artist Salvador

7 Tu >1 04 Limp watch painter

6 Tu >1 03 "Persistence of Memory" painter

6 Tu+ >1 09 "The Persistence of Memory" artist

6 We- >1 04 Mustachioed artist

5 Tu >1 05 Surrealist painter Salvador

4 Tu+ >1 96 Spanish painter GOYA MIRO SERT

4 Mo >1 00 Surrealist painter

3 Tu+ >1 99 "Tuna-Fishing" painter

3 We- >1 97 Bunuel collaborator

3 Mo+ >1 92 Limp-watch painter

3 Mo+ >1 02 Painter Salvador

3 We- NYT 97 Spanish Surrealist MIRO

3 Th+ LAT 05 Surrealist influenced by Freud

2 Th >1 05 "Burning Giraffe" painter

2 Fr NYT 05 "Christ of St. John of the Cross" artist

2 Th- >1 09 "Eggs on a Plate Without a Plate" artist

2 We- >1 09 "Lobster Telephone" artist

2 Th- >1 06 "Swans Reflecting Elephants" painter

2 Fr >1 07 "Tuna Fishing" artist