{"id":88737,"date":"2026-05-11T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=88737"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:30:01","slug":"profile-of-the-day-salvador-dali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-salvador-dali-88737.html","title":{"rendered":"Profile of the Day: Salvador Dal\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you have Spanish ancestry? On this day in 1904, surrealist painter Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image: Salvador Dal\u00ed \/ Library of Congres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dal\u00ed y Dom\u00e8nech in Figueres, Spain. Nine months before his birth, his older brother, also named Salvador, died of gastroenteritis. At the age of five, his parents had told him that he was the reincarnation of his brother. A believer in the concept, Dal\u00ed incorporated images of his brother into his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encouraged at a young age to pursue his artistic talents, Dal\u00ed experimented with\u00a0different mediums, including\u00a0painting, film, sculptures, and photography. He is perhaps best known for his painting of melting clocks called “The Persistence of Memory.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore Salvador Dal\u00ed’s family tree on Geni and share your connection to the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View Salvador Dal\u00ed’s Geni Profile<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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