Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, born 1904) was a leading Surrealist whose paintings, objects, and performances explored dreams, desire, and the subconscious with startling realism and eccentric imagination. He is famed for precise, illusionistic technique deployed in service of irrational, hallucinatory imagery—turning everyday items into unsettling symbols. Dalí also cultivated a public persona that blurred art, theatre, and self-mythology, expanding his reach into film, design, and popular culture. His work remains among the most recognisable in 20th-century art.