Salvador Dali
Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) was a Spanish painter and printmaker who was influential for his part in the Surrealist movement. His explorations of subconscious imagery within his paintings were...
Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) was a Spanish painter and printmaker who was influential for his part in the Surrealist movement. His explorations of subconscious imagery within his paintings were groundbreaking at the time and are known to this day as the embodiment of Surrealism. Arguably one of his best-known works; Dali’s painting, The Persistence of Memory depicts melting clocks and ants in a vast landscape. This painting is a striking example of the strangeness of time, and shows Dalí’s desire to twist the viewers’ visual ideas about what is ‘normal’ and ‘accepted.’ The rise of fascist leader Francisco Franco in Spain led to the artist's departure from the Surrealist movement, although he still continued on with his artistic practices until his death in 1989. His works reside in museums and galleries around the world such as The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.