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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born on May eleventh 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figures in northern Spain. This was where Dali grew up only 16 miles from the French border in the province of Catalunya. Dali considered his childhood important as shaping him into an artist. He had a typical upbringing in which he received maternal love and paternal authority. Dali refused to conform to the normality of society. Regardless, his father, who was a prosperous notary, mother, and younger sister all supported his early interest in art. Dali’s training as an art student was contributed to by both a formal education, and also friendships he made with other young intellectuals. He attended San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, starting in 1921. Salvador got himself into trouble with his school on several occasions. He was expelled, then reinstated, and expelled again. One thing that school did for him was bringing him into contact with a group of students that would contribute to his intellectual maturity. Among these fellow students were Luis Buñuel and Federico Garcia Lorca. Both were involved in collaborations with Dali in later years. In 1929, Salvador Dali traveled to Paris on behalf of his friend, Lu