Good morning everyone,
I apologize for being gone again. I forgot I had a conference at eCademy today.

You already read a little bit about the popular surrealist painter Magritte. Today you will read a little bit about the most popular surreal painter of all time, the crazy and eccentric Salvador Dali.

FIRST: Before you read anything, do a google image search of "Salvador Dali Paintings". Take a look at the man and his paintings. Formulate an opinion about those paintings and his style in general.

NEXT: Visit the page here: http://thedali.org/timeline/
You can click on the timeline at the bottom of the page to skip around to different decades of his life, and you can click on the pictures to show more facts. Some of your questions will come from the reading and some will come from captions on the pictures. Type your answers in Microsoft WORD.

1900's
1. What was Dali's relationship with his mom and dad like as a child?

1910's
2. When did Dali have his first public exhibition? (Clue: you have to click the pictures to get additional facts)

1920's
3. Who exposed Dali to the world of surrealism?
4. What devastated Dali in 1921?

1930's
5. Who was the psychoanalyst Dali met in 1938?
6. What painting did Dali make in 1931? Make sure to check it out- it's his most popular.
7. Dali made a telephone that looked like what in 1938?

1940's
8. What was Dali's first painting in the US? take a look at it, too.

1950's
9. What types of things did Dali become obsessed with in the 1950's?

1960's
10. What deepening interests were powerfully reflected in his work in the 1960's?

1970's
11. To what did he dedicate his energy in the 1970's?

1980's
12. What happened to Dali in 1984?
13. What was the year and title of his last paining? Take a look at it.
14. What year did Salvador Dali die?

YOUR OPINION
15. What is your opinion of Salvador Dali's work, and WHY? Do you like it or not? Do you think it's creative or off-putting and strange, and why? Can you appreciate the symbolism or would you prefer a more aesthetically pleasing style of paining? Write a short paragraph on what you think.

16. Insert a couple of Salvador Dali paintings that you do like. (Or kind of like, if you hate his work)

Name your document LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_Dali.doc and drop in the surrealism worksheets folder.

I always liked this one :)