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Informationen zum Autor Paula K. Manzanero; Gregory Copeland Klappentext "Most famous for his surrealist painting The Persistence of Memory and its melting clocks, Salvador Dalâi combined his dreamlike ideas with his excellent technical skills to become one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. Beyond painting, Dalâi pursued the arts in many other mediums including sculpture, film, fashion, photography, architecture, and more. He was friends with many of his famous contemporaries, including Picasso, Bunuel, Miro, and Duchamp. Learn about the sometimes-shy man with the instantly recognizable upturned mustache in this book for young readers that details the life of one of modern art's most celebrated figures"--]cProvided by publisher. Leseprobe Who Was Salvador Dalí? A well-dressed man with a cane walks up the stairs of the Paris Metro (the underground subway). His hair is windblown, and his mustache is combed just right. As he stares directly into a photographer’s camera, a group of Parisians stop to look at him. Or, more accurately, at the large, hairy anteater he is walking at the end of a rope. Salvador Dalí was already a celebrity when the photo of him was taken in 1969. He was a world-famous painter who was known for using an image of one thing to stand in for something else. This is called symbolism. He was also famous for his unique way of life and his mustache, which he wore thin and styled so that each of the outer tips pointed upward on either side of his nose. Salvador had a friend he had nicknamed “the anteater.” Maybe he was creating a tribute to his friend by walking a real anteater? Or maybe he was just being himself. As a boy, he had been determined to prove he was different. And over the course of his long life, he demonstrated how special he was in every way he could think of. He became a painter, a filmmaker, a writer, a sculptor, and more. And it turns out that the photographer didn’t catch the appearance of a man in a suit with an unexpected animal on a busy city street by accident. This unusual scene was actually planned well in advance. Like social media influencers today, Salvador knew how to set up the right shot at the right angle at the right time. He knew how to get people talking about him and his art. And he loved shocking people. Salvador was one of the most famous and distinctive artists of the twentieth century. Like his art, his personality was exciting and bold. He enjoyed it when people questioned his unusual style. He wanted them to realize that some works of art, just like some people, require a closer look. Chapter 1: A Life in Spain Salvador Dalí, whose full name was Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, was born on May 11, 1904, in the town of Figueres (say: fee-GER-es), Spain. The town sits in the northeast corner of the country, in Catalonia, close to the French border. His mother was named Felipa Domènech i Ferrés. His father, Salvador Dalí Cusi, was a lawyer who could sometimes be very strict. The family, which included Salvador’s grandmother as well as his aunt Catalina, spoke the Catalan language. Just nine months before Salvador was born, his older brother, who had also been named Salvador, had died of a stomach flu or infection just before his second birthday. The second Salvador was given his brother’s clothes to wear and his toys to play with. In some ways, his parents treated him like another version of their firstborn son, who was no longer with them. When Salvador was three years old, his sister, Anna Maria, was born. A year later, he started school. By the time Salvador was six, his parents had moved him to a private school, and he also took classes in French, the language he would use throughout most of his adult life. But Salvador was never very interested in school and wished ...
