1. Who is the artist you picked?

Salvador Dali

2. When were they born?

May 11, 1904

3. When and how did they die?

January 23, 1989, Heart failure

4. Where did they live?

Madrid and Figueres Spain

5. Where did they go to school and what other artist did they aspire to be like?
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Dali didn’t aspire to be like anybody, but some of his
pieces are inspired by the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

6. What type of artwork are they most known for doing?

Surrealist paintings

7. In what museums can you find work by this artist today?

Two of the biggest collections of his works are in Teatro Museo Dali, in Spain, and The Dali Museum in
Florida.

8. Where was the artist’s work first exhibited?

In a gallery in Paris

9. Describe one work of art by the artist in 5 sentences.

A unique, surrealist work, that was ahead of its time. It has a lot of attention put into getting the colors
and shapes of the image perfect. The creative idea behind putting something heavy like an elephant,
on something so thin like the thin legs of a spider and have it still be able to be held up is physically
impossible, but Dali made it possible in paint. Also unique because of all the empty space put in
between the two elephants, instead of making them the center of the piece. Overall, its very well
thought out and it doesn't look like any other piece of art in its time.

10. List 4 other works by the artist.

The Persistence of a Memory
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
The Face of War
Melting Watch

11. How much would one of the artist’s work cost today?
The last piece that was sold, was sold at an auction with a winning price of $22.4 million.

12. What do you think the artist was trying to say with their art?
I think Dali was trying to just draw whatever came to mind in his surrealist paintings, in his more realistic
religious paintings, he was just drawing in the style that a lot of people drew in during that time.

13. What art movement was the artist part of?

Surrealism, Modern Art, Cubism, Dada

14. What are the characteristics of this art movement?

His main movement was surrealism so I will focus on that, Artists painted illogical, unreal things, but
they made it look realistic.

15. What is one weird or unusual thing about this artist?

He was expelled from art school twice

16. If you could ask this artist one question what would you ask?
Where did the ideas from your pieces come from?

17. Would you buy a work of art by this artist? Why or why not?
If I could, then I would. Dali is my favorite painter, and his work “The Elephants” is my favorite piece.

18. Do you think you could have been friends with this artist? Why or why not?
Yes, upon further reading, Dali was just a really nice down to earth guy, who just had a few unfortunate
years at the end of his life.

19. Describe the artist’s personality with 5 words.

Inventive, Creative, Caring, Fun, Determined

20. What else do you think we should know about this artist?
Dali never did any drugs to get ideas for paintings.

21. What is an interesting quote by this artist?

“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.”