Salvador Dalí LE100 Fountain Pen

Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres and discovered his love for art and his remarkable painting talent while still at school. In 1922 he enrolled at the well-known Academy of San Fernando to study arts. During the following years Dalí proceeded to improve his different techniques. In 1926 he however was sent down: he refused to complete the final examination as he didn't consider the teacher capable to judge his accomplishment. During the early thirties Dalí discovered his own style, his own particular language and form of expression which were always to remain with him and, although his style would continue to change and develop, were what deep down we are all familiar with and which so clearly distinguishes him – a mixture of avant-garde and tradition.