Salvador Dali Distinctively Visual

The persistence of memory is an oil on canvas painting painted by one of the most famous surrealist painters of all time Salvador Dali. This masterpiece was painted in 1931 and like its' title, it depicts time and its positive and negative aspects. The painting is 9.5 in × 13 in and is found in the museum of modern art in New York. Dali’s painting is one of the most unique and conveys the symbolism as well as the point Dali is trying to get across beautifully. The pocket watch painted as if it was a fabric symbolizes time and memory. Today the paining found in the Modern Art Museum is in a good condition serves as one of the most famous surrealist paintings ever created.
Just like any other painting, line in this painting is what creates the flow of the painting. Different shapes such as a disfigured human face are visible but, the shapes of a pocket watch in a different length are the most visible and stand also standout in color. Light blue and yellow are used in the background as well as simple colors in other parts of the painting. The usage of space and form is not as perfect because of the background yet; Dali has balanced the painting with his use of one point perspective and three dimension to make the painting appear more symmetrical. Texture is in this painting is very important. The four pocket watches bend in a way as if they were a
He studied in the students’ Residence in Madrid before he moved to Paris. He experimented with different styles such as futurism and cubism. Beside his paintings, Dali also did a couple of sculptures. He settled with a style that is known as surrealism and he was an expert at it. Dali painted his “unreal dream” as he said. To others, the type paintings he did would have just seemed a hallucination or just a dream but, Dali was creative and brought his imagination to life through his paintings. His major influences include artists he knew such as Pablo Picasso and Joan