1904 | born in Catalonia |
1921-22 | studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Arte de San Fernando in Madrid |
1925 | first solo exhibition in Barcelona |
1928 | met the artist Pablo Picasso in Paris |
1929 | acquaintance with the key figure of the Surrealist movement, André Breton |
1929 | first Surrealist film collaboration with director Luis Bunel and joins the Surrealist group founded by Andre Breton |
1940 | moves to the United States of America |
1941 | first retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York |
1942 | autobiography The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí |
from 1950 | Dalí deviated from his surrealist style and painted 19 pictures in the classical style. These works deal with themes such as history, religion and science |
1970 | return to Spain and construction of the Teatre-Museu Dalí in Figueras |
1983 | Establishment of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation |
1989 | died in Catalonia |