Melting Clocks "The Persistence of Memory"

The concept of the dream is integral to understanding Surrealism and also plays a key role in unlocking the secret meaning of The Persistence of Memory.

For Surrealists, dreams were very important. A major goal of the art movement was to capture visually ...

The Persistence of Memory is arguably Dali’s most famous painting. Its iconic "melting clocks" have become an icon of Surrealism and one of the most recognizable pieces of art of the twentieth century. While the painting's true secret meaning is uncertain, Salvador Dali most likely knowingly encr...

Sometimes referred to as just the "melting clocks" painting, in Dali's The Persistence of Memory (1931) a mysterious human-like white figure sleeps in an otherwise deserted landscape

A clock covers the sleeping figure's back, almost the same way a blanket might cover a sleeping child. Near...