Introduction to Salvador Dali's painting "Persistence of Memory"

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 It is one of his most precious works for many years. It was painted long after the art school in Madrid and Barcelona in 1931. His early educational work reflected the unusual abilities of various styles.

In the 1930s, Dali's unparalleled ability as an artist combined with his discovery of Sigmund Freud's doctrine of subconscious imagery and introduced his recognizable maturity into the world. Before painting from

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 Dali is also familiar with the Paris surrealists. He feels that he can create a breakthrough art that can build reality in the subconscious.

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 One of Dali's most famous paintings. This painting is a good example of a sharp contrast between the sharp hard line and the softness of the melt. The watch itself symbolizes the concept of past time, sometimes it is irrelevant to the time in the universe. Dali may have been commenting on the surrealist interpretation of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

Daly portrays an abstract figure in the middle of the composition, and some people interpret it as a self-portrait. This bizarre character reappears in his work, representing a soul who travels in the realm of reality and subconsciousness. Dali often poisons himself to an illusion state and spends a lot of time exploring his subconscious mind. The character in this painting has only one closed eye, suggesting a dream.

The ant climbed over the clock drawn in the lower left corner. Dali often paints ants to symbolize decay. This effectively links the planes of mortals, which is obviously a depiction of the subconscious.

Salvador Dali is likely to use the clock to represent mortality, not text time. The cliffs that provide the background are part of Catalonia, the home of Daly's childhood.

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 It is one of the biggest wins in Dali. The actual size of this canvas is only 9 1/2" x 13".

The painting was first exhibited at the Julian Levi Gallery and has been part of the New York City Museum of Modern Art [MoMA] since 1932, thanks to an anonymous donor.

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