the Pitchot's, Dali was introduced to Impressionism. Its vivid colors and artistic effects enthralled him (Maddox 12-13). Its influence on him can be seen in the hauntingly beautiful painting, Girl At A Window.
             At seventeen, he was enrolled in the Escuela de Bella Artes in Madrid. Although a model student, Dali was frustrated with the teachers and felt they had nothing to offer him. New cubist painters Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso were on the forefront of art with their sketches and Dali embraced Cubist art with a flourish. Out went the vivid colors of Impressionism and in went the drab olive, black, red, and white colors associated with Cubism (Maddox 18). The dark, stark colors and the rounded geometric influences of cubism can be seen i
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