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Also Known As Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech
Born May 11, 1904 • Spain
Died January 23, 1989 (aged 84) • Spain
Notable Works “An Andalusian Dog” • “The Golden Age” • “The Persistence of Memory”
Movement / Style Surrealism

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