The Persistence of Memory BY SALVADOR DALI
One of the most iconic images ever Salvador Dali’s mind bending The Persistence of Memory has been reproduced countless times of posters and prints.
And is heralded as one of the most famous paintings in the world by one of the one of the most recognizable names in art.
Dali painted the piece in 1931 and it has since become the defining painting of the surrealist art movement.
The image in question is said to be one of the first pieces that Dali painted in which he used his ‘paranoid-critical’ technique where after experiencing self-induced hallucinations the artist would project his own phobias into the canvas.
Of which he famously said “The difference between a madman and me,” he said, “is that I am not mad.”
He would subsequently use the imagery of melting watches several times in later work
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