Salvador Dali: His Life through His Paintings

The bizarre and powerful images in the work of Salvador Dali have often been used as the definition of Surrealism, the artistic movement that was born in France in the late 1920s. Such paintings as The Persistence of Memory with its soft watches and The Sacrament of the Last Supper became widely known as part of the definitive record of twentieth-century art. Salvador Dali introduces us to the magical world of Surrealism, exploring his paintings and explaining the thoughts and experiences that inspired them.