Video Description: Salvador Dali: A documentary about the work and life of the great Spanish artist. Salvador Dali. Source: 1986 BBC Arena episode.

Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) was a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres. Dali was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.