Wood Engravings by Salvador Dali
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí I Domenech was born at 8:45 on the morning of
May 11, 1904 in the small town agricultural town of Figueres, Spain.
Figueres is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, only sixteen miles
from the French border in the principality of Catalonia. The son of a
prosperous notary, Dalí spent his boyhood in Figueres and at the family's
summer home in the coastal fishing village of Cadaques where his parents
built his first studio. As an adult, he made his home with his wife Gala
in nearby Port Lligat. Many of his paintings reflect his love of this area
of Spain.(More Information)