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  1. Salvador Dali

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    In 1934, Breton famously expelled Dalí from the group, supposedly coining the backronym "Avida Dollars" (eager for dollars) to criticize Dalí’s commercialism, which Dalí subsequently adopted as a personal moniker.[4]
    A crucial figure in Dalí’s life and career was his wife, Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, known as Gala. Originally the wife of poet Paul Éluard, Gala became Dalí’s muse, manager, and primary artistic inspiration starting in the early 1930s. Dalí frequently signed works jointly with her name, often claiming that Gala was the essential catalyst for his productivi…