Salvador Dali was a Spanish artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 and was arguably the greatest Surrealist artist. He is a painter known as being eccentric. He wed Gala, his dearly loved muse, who is a subject found in a lot of his paintings. It is projected that Dali has painted in excess of 1,500 pieces. On top of this, Dali also produced some experimental film making, writing and sculpting. He also produced, along with Walt Disney, an animated short called Destino. Prior to his death, Dali tried his hand in fashion, ballet, advertising illustrations, jewelry, opera.

Dali was repeatedly at odds in the company of other affiliates of the "official" Surrealist assembly. This group of artists habitually disliked the essence of his paintings. Moreover, his conservative views were detested as well. In 1934, he was kicked out of the "official" Surrealist circle.

Dali was celebrated for painting everyday objects in atypical ways. His paintings are found to include recurrent symbols such as clocks, ants, elephants and eggs. Dali's most legendary work is known as The Persistence of Memory, which was painted in 1931. One can see the original surfacing of the "soft watch" also identified as melting clocks in the painting. Dali shows this as a representation for the human mania with the nature of time placed in disagreement to people.

In the early days, The Persistence of Memory was brokered by an art dealer. Julien Levy, the American broker, had warned Dali at the start - that his painting, in all likelihood, would not sell. Nonetheless, it did go on to sell and almost immediately it was placed in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Dali was before long associated with Surrealism by the American people. For this reason, he was pictured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1963.

The Persistence of Memory has made its return to New York's Museum of Modern Art and can be sought there at present. The sequel painting to this work of art is The Disintegration of The Persistence of Memory. It was painted by Dali during 1954. This painting is at present shown in St. Petersburg, Florida in The Salvador Dali Museum. His additional paintings hang in public art galleries, as well as museums, around the world.