On 14 November 1925, Salvador Dalí's first solo exhibition opened at the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona. The painter was only 21 years old. The works in the exhibition showed two aspects that would alternate and complement one another throughout his career: a return to order and tradition, and a search for the most experimental. These two confluences can be clearly seen in the five oils exhibited in Salvador Dalí, Apprentice painter, which are owned by the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí.