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Dalí is one of the most famous SURREALIST painters.
You will see to the the right his painting Persistence of Memory ,1931 which is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Listen HERE to a description of painting by curator Anne Umland.
WATCH this video. It discusses characteristics of el surrealismo, symbols found in Dalí's work and provides examples.
What is SURREALISM?
*Depiction of a dream-like or unconscious state. *Emphasis on the mysterious, marvelous, mythological and irrational in an effort to purposely make art strange. *The combining of the real with the unreal