The Persistence of Memory
Melting watches on the Catalan shore became the best-known image of Surrealism
- Author
- Salvador Dalí
- Style
- Surrealism — Dream and the unconscious over reason: an impossible reality painted with precision
- Century
- 20th century
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Made around the same time (±30 years)
- 1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
- 1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris
- 1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
- 1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
- 1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
- 1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
- 1959–1973 Sydney Opera House — Jørn Utzon · Modern architecture (International Style) · Sydney
- 1930–1931 Empire State Building — Shreve, Lamb & Harmon · Art Deco · New York
What was happening in the world
- 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement
- 1917 October Revolution
- 1917–1922 Russian Civil War
- 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic
- 1919 Treaty of Versailles
- 1928 Discovery of penicillin