[Curiosities] Five works to remember the painter Salvador Dalí

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1. The persistence of Memory (1931):
Perhaps one of the most famous paintings in the world, with dimensions of only 24 x 33 centimeters and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. It also draws attention for its meaning related to the concept of the relativity of space and time, referred to in the well-known melted clocks.

2. Soft construction with boiled beans (1936):
Related to the horrors of war, which Dalí represents by a deformed monster that strangles itself. Conceived months before the start of the Spanish Civil War, the Catalan would later add the subtitle "Premonition of the Civil War." It presents a possible reference to the work "Saturn devouring his children", by Francisco de Goya, only this time humanity is the one that self-destructs.

 

 

Although he had no limits when it came to exploring artistic expression and also ventured into photography, film, scenography or literature, his greatest legacy is found in his main oil paintings, which are among his approximately 1,500 paintings.

Here are five of his most representative works.

1. The persistence of Memory (1931):
Perhaps one of the most famous paintings in the world, with dimensions of only 24 x 33 centimeters and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. It also draws attention for its meaning related to the concept of the relativity of space and time, referred to in the well-known melted clocks.

2. Soft construction with boiled beans (1936):
Related to the horrors of war, which Dalí represents by a deformed monster that strangles itself. Conceived months before the start of the Spanish Civil War, the Catalan would later add the subtitle "Premonition of the Civil War." It presents a possible reference to the work "Saturn devouring his children", by Francisco de Goya, only this time humanity is the one that self-destructs.

 

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