- 1904: Salvador Dali is born in Figueres, Spain.
- 1928: Dali joins the Surrealists.
- 1934: Marries the love of his life Gala.
- 1942: Publishes “The Secret Life of Salvador Dali,” which is an entertaining, if not exaggerated piece full of some fact and lots of fiction.
- 1955: Isidor Bea begins to assist Dali and essentially creates all of his large canvases from then on.
- 1960s: Dali begins to make mechanical prints, which signals the downfall of the authenticity of any of his prints from then on.
- 1970s: Rumors begin to circulate about Dali’s failing health, attributed to Parkinson’s Disease due to shaking hands.
- 1973: The Young Dali, Manuel Pujol Baladas, begins working as Dali under the direction of Gala.
- 1974: Dali signs upwards of 3,000 blank sheets of paper which would later be used to produce counterfeit lithographs.
- 1980: Dali falls ill in New York and does not sign anything from then on. All prints created in the 1970s and 1980s are considered “fakes” by art historians.
- 1981-1983: Dali produces nearly 1 canvas a week, despite ailing health, and at the likely hands of either Manuel Pujol Baladas or Isidor Bea.
- 1984: 18 Dali paintings stolen from the Signature Gallery.
- 1989: Dali dies in Spain.
- 2003: Dali ink drawing stolen from Rikers Island lobby.
- 2005: Dali art stolen in Belgium.
- 2006: Dali painting “The Two Balconies” stolen in Brazil.
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