While in Paris, he had encountered countless influential artists such as: Picasso, Miro, and Rene Magritee. During this time, his paintings began to associate with these themes: “1) man’s universe and sensations 2) sexual symbolism and 3) ideographic imagery” (biography.com). All of the above led to Dali’s first Surrealistic period in 1929. Influenced by Renaissance artists, his art took on a precise hallucinatory style and appearance. “Dali’s major contribution to the Surrealist movement was what he called the ‘paranoiac-critical method’, a mental exercise of assessing the subconscious to enhance artistic creativity” (biography.com). “Dali was the most prominent representative of the Surrealist Movement. The ‘Persistence of Memory’ is his most celebrated piece, though his ‘Lobster Telephone’ and ‘Mae West Lips Sofa’ are icons of Surrealism” …show more content…
In 1945, Dali worked with Alfred Hitchcock on the motion picture, “Spellbound”. He made illustrations for works by Shakespeare and was even engaged by Walt Disney to work on producing the film, “Destino” (Salvador). Dali is largely notable for his clock paintings that give the impression that they are melting. On his deathbed, he was questioned if his clock paintings were correlated to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in some way, to which Dali retorted they were not. His clock paintings were his perception of Camembert cheese, melting in the sun