'''Salvador Dali''' (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931), housed at the Museum of Modern Art. Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art at that time. Surrealism incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism which was a rebellion against [[logic]]. | '''Salvador Dali''' (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989) was a Spanish [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] painter and sculptor, whose work includes one of the 15 most famous paintings of all time: ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' (1931), housed at the Museum of Modern Art. Surrealism was a more [[conservative]] alternative to [[Cubism]], which was a competing trend in art at that time. Surrealism incorporated concepts of science and even [[infinity]], unlike Cubism which was a rebellion against [[logic]]. |