Dalí's 'The Persistence of Memory' as a Summer Icon
Salvador Dalí's 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory, often called Melting Clocks, is highlighted as the perfect artwork for hot summer days. The oil-on-canvas work, measuring 9 1/2 x 13 inches (24.1 x 33 cm), depicts melting clock faces in a barren seaside landscape with a leafless tree, simple architectural structures, and a distorted globular form resembling a sleeping human with long eyelashes. Instantly recognizable, the painting epitomizes the Surrealist movement and is Dalí's most famous work. The article is published by Art & Object.
Key facts
- Salvador Dalí painted The Persistence of Memory in 1931.
- The painting is oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13 inches (24.1 x 33 cm).
- It depicts melting clock faces in a barren seaside landscape.
- The landscape includes a leafless tree, simple architectural structures, and a distorted globular form resembling a sleeping human.
- The painting is often referred to as Melting Clocks.
- It is considered the epitome of the Surrealist movement.
- It is Dalí's most famous work.
- The article is from Art & Object.
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Artists
Institutions
- Art & Object
- Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation