Jan 01, 1970 - Madrid, SPAIN - A Spanish (Catalan) artist SALVADOR DALI was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Salvador Dali's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Dec 18, 1979 - Paris, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI arrives for a retrospective of his work at the Pompidou Center. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

May 09, 1979 - Paris, FRANCE - A Spanish (Catalan) artist SALVADOR DALI, one of the most important painters of the 20th century, pictured a night before his entry into French Academy (pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language). He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Salvador Dali's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Artist Salvador Dali unveils one of his new paintings, part of a collection called

Jun 01, 1973 - Madrid, Spain - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Salvador Dali w Hotelu Moris w Paryzu. Salvador Dalí, wlasc. Salvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dali i Domenech, marques de Dalí de Pubol (1904--1989) - katalonski malarz, jeden z najbardziej znanych surrealistow. Jest jednym z bardziej rozpoznawalnych artystow XX wieku. Postrzegany byl jako skrajny ekscentryk, wymyslil wlasna metode surrealistyczna zwaną "paranoiczno-krytyczna".

Mar 31, 1970 - Cannes, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI visiting an antique shop in Canne. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jan 01, 1970 - Madrid, SPAIN - A Spanish (Catalan) artist SALVADOR DALI was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Salvador Dali's artistic repertoire also included film, sculpture, and photography. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Spanish painter and engraver. Paris.

Nov 16, 1967 - Paris, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI with his solution for Paris traffic jams, a bicycle, on the Rue de Rivoli. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

May 10, 1966 - Paris, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI after he was awarded a medal for 'freindship and courtesy' at the Meurice Hotel. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Dec 10, 1962 - Paris, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI signs his book, 'Dali e Gala' while connected to a oscillograph at the Grand Librarie de Saint-Germain de Pres. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

May 19, 1960 - Paris, France - (File Photo) SALVADOR DALI (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech), 1st Marquis of Pubol, was a Spanish painter known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. PICTURED: SALVADOR DALI in front of his painting 'Satan' at a exhibition of paintings illustrating Dante's 'The Divine Comedy'. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Resting his chin on the handle of his cane, Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali studies an exhibit of contemporary Greek art in New York, January 4, 1956. Dali called his trademark mustache his

Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali is seen in New York on Nov. 4, 1942. (AP Photo)

Closeup of painter, Salvador Dali on July 4, 1936. (AP Photo)

Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Spanish painter and engraver. Double exposure on a single view.

Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Spanish painter and engraver.

Our undated picture shows Spanish, painter and graphic artist Salvador Dali posing. (AP-PHOTO)