Salvador
Dalí
was
born
in
Northern
Spain
in
1904.
His
father
a
prominent
notary
supported
his
artistic
talent
by
hiring
impressionist
painter
Ramon
Pichot
to
give
him
drawing
lessons
at
age
10.
Dalí
later
studied
art
at
the
Royal
Academy
of
Art
in
Madrid
where
he
was
expelled
for
refusing
to
take
an
exam
from
a
professor
who
Dalí
felt
knew
less
about
art
than
he