Salvador DaliSalvador Dali

Salvador DaliSalvador DaliBornBorn: May 11, 1904: May 11, 1904

P.O.BP.O.B: Catalonia, Spain: Catalonia, Spain

StyleStyle: Surrealism: Surrealism

Well Known for: being the Well Known for: being the most famous painter of most famous painter of the surreal style. He also the surreal style. He also made sculptures of made sculptures of figures from his figures from his paintings.His wild paintings.His wild imagination has imagination has influenced several influenced several artists.He is famous for artists.He is famous for painting melting watches painting melting watches and elephants with thin and elephants with thin brittle legs. His paintings brittle legs. His paintings reflect dreamlike scenes reflect dreamlike scenes to the bizarre. to the bizarre.

Dali’s Surreal ImageryDali’s Surreal Imagery

Persistence of TimePersistence of Time

1931 24x33cm1931 24x33cm Oil on canvasOil on canvasDescription: this Description: this

painting has painting has watches that are watches that are melting to suggest melting to suggest Einstein’s theory of Einstein’s theory of time being relative time being relative and not fixed.The and not fixed.The landscape is landscape is surreal with a surreal with a sense of dreamlike sense of dreamlike symbolism. Ants symbolism. Ants are symbolic of are symbolic of death.death.

Persistence of Memory

Title: The Enigma of Hitler 1937 - Oil on Canvas

The Enigma of HitlerThe Enigma of Hitler

Description 2: One of his many Description 2: One of his many controversial paintings that controversial paintings that again reflects a dreamlike again reflects a dreamlike state. In this painting, Hitler state. In this painting, Hitler is on the plate that is bare. is on the plate that is bare. The phone receiver is The phone receiver is chewed off to demonstrate chewed off to demonstrate that the people must listen that the people must listen but not speak. The beans but not speak. The beans show substance. The bat show substance. The bat shows ability to find your shows ability to find your way in the dark. Umbrella way in the dark. Umbrella represents protection from represents protection from nature. When you have nature. When you have absence from nature, you absence from nature, you commit horrible crimes commit horrible crimes against humanity.against humanity.

Dali Extra CreditDali Extra Credit

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