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Artists full name- Salvador Dalí

Date of Birth- May 11, 1904

Art Period-Surrealism. Surrealism is a cultural movement created in the 1920's. Surrealism shows surprise in the picture.

Date of the Painting - This painting was painted in 1931.

Country of Birth / Country where worked - Dali was born in Figueres, Spain, and worked in Madrid.

This painting is located in The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Story- Each object in the painting has a meaning. The clocks are compared to cheese. Dali once said that his mind and time is like the holes on cheese. He believes that the ant on the bottom left is indicated as nervousness. The whole painting is painted from an imagination or a dream. He made the objects transform to distorted shapes. He also made the beach and rocky mountains give the light. That is the story of the painting.

Interesting Fact- He has his own place of his works where people go to see the paintings.

Artist Statement- I chose this painting because I like the setting. I think the clocks look really cool melted. Also I could imagine someone in this painting. To blend myself into the painting, I did two steps. First, in the background, I made myself blue to fade with the background. Also, I made myself look like I was melting like the clocks. I used a lot of tools during this project. For example, I used, the move tool, magic lasso, and different kinds of filters. These following paintings are in The Dali Museum located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Websites- -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD -http://www.ehow.com/facts_5161691_meaning-persistence-memory.html -http://www.authenticsociety.com/about/ThePersistenceOfMemory_Dali