An eccentric and masterful Surrealist in painting and in life, Dali transformed the definition of Surrealism. With his realistic detail, Dali's paintings describe a hallucinatory reality which is often contradicted by the vision and character his imagery describes. Although a collaborator with Surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel, Dali, whose work was identified with Surrealism more than any other artist by the public, was expelled from the movement in 1937. After visiting Italy the same year, he briefly changed his style of painting to reflect the academic influence of Raphael before returning to a more private mythology. Included in major museums worldwide, Dali's work continues to fascinate, most recently with a major exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1994 of the celebrated early Surrealist years.