This was Dali’s childhood. He was born in Figueres, Spain in his beloved Catalonian region. Early on he became a talented illustrator, and was devoted to 15th- to 18th-century European art ...
The story goes that, at some point, the mayor of Figueres asked Dali if he would donate a painting to the town. He decided to do more than that. He decided this was where his art would live on ...