... although he showed great talent in art.> In 1918, Dali was sent to live with Ramon Pitchot, a family friend, connoisseur of art, and talented Impressionist painter> Dali became obsessed with a room full of Pitchot's Impressionist paintings in the tower, and spent hours there admiring them, eating, and painting.> In 1920-1921 Dali was exposed to, and influenced by, the Italian Futurists, Bonnard, and Eugene Carriere.> In 1921, at the age of seventeen, Dali entered the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid.> Dali was suspended for one year at the Academy in 1923 because of indiscipline.> Dali's antisocial behaviour continued after he returned to the Academy, and he was subsequently expelled in 1926.> In 1928, Dali moved to Paris, and was exposed to the Paris Surrealists.> He joined the movement in 1929 and produced his first surrealist paintings, including Illumined Pleasures, 1929.> In that year, Dali ...

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