What was the name of Salvador Dalí’s father, a notary in Figueres?

Salvador Dalí’s father, a notary in Figueres, was named Salvador Dalí i Cusí.

Dalí was born into a middle-class Catalan family in Figueres. His father worked as a notary, a respected legal profession, and his mother was Felipa Domènech Ferrés. The young Dalí’s artistic ambitions developed within this family setting, although his relationship with his father later became strained, especially over Dalí’s artistic and personal choices.

The father and son are easy to confuse because they shared the same first and last names. Salvador Dalí the artist added several given names to his full name—Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech—while his father is generally identified as Salvador Dalí i Cusí. Dalí’s older brother, also named Salvador, had died before the artist was born, a family history that influenced the artist’s later sense of identity.