Despite his public perception as an iconoclast and avant-garde artist, Salvador Dalí was deeply indebted to his European predecessors and often invoked their art in his own creations. Even his trademark mustache was inspired by Velázquez.

Join Julia Welch, assistant curator, Paintings, Art of Europe, and Frederick Ilchman, chair and Mrs. Russell W. Baker Curator, Art of Europe, to explore Dalí’s work and pieces in the collection by the artists who inspired the 20th-century maverick.