PAINTER

Salvador Dalí

1904 - 1989

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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( DAH-lee, dah-LEE, Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli], Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salvador Dalí has received more than 15,443,465 page views. His biography is available in 184 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 178 in 2019). Salvador Dalí is the 6th most popular painter (up from 7th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Spain and the 2nd most popular Spanish Painter.

Salvador Dalí is most famous for his surrealist paintings.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 184

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Salvador Dalí ranks 6 out of 2,023. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Raphael, and Rembrandt. After him are Claude Monet, Albrecht Dürer, Edvard Munch, Peter Paul Rubens, Frida Kahlo, and Caravaggio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Salvador Dalí ranks 1. After him are J. Robert Oppenheimer, Deng Xiaoping, Pablo Neruda, Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Seuss, Umberto II of Italy, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Jean Gabin, B. F. Skinner, Ève Curie, and Johnny Weissmuller. Among people deceased in 1989, Salvador Dalí ranks 1. After him are Nicolae Ceaușescu, Hirohito, Ruhollah Khomeini, Bette Davis, Samuel Beckett, Herbert von Karajan, Andrei Sakharov, Ted Bundy, Konrad Lorenz, Georges Simenon, and Sergio Leone.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Salvador Dalí ranks 2 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881). After him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Francisco Goya (1746), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Francisco Franco (1892), Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Philip II of Spain (1527), and Hernán Cortés (1485).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Salvador Dalí ranks 2. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881). After him are Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Joan Miró (1893), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Marià Fortuny (1838).

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