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Dali, The Face Behind the Canvas So, what’s all this Dali stuff about then? Well, basically it’s about a man who could realize and implement dream like imagery onto canvas. Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali Domenech, was born on May 11th, 1904, in a small town in Figueres, Spain. He was the son of a prosperous notary, and spent his childhood at the family’s summer home in the coastal village of Cadaques. This would later prove to be an advantage because, of his love for the rock formations and water inlet there. These would be in many of his paintings, in years to come. As a young man, Dali went to the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Early recognition of Dali’s talent came with his first one-man show, held in Barcelona around 1925. However, his prime starting block came when three of his painting’s were shown in the third annual Ca