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... By Peter Lee 10J Exhibition Title: "UN-Reality by Salvador Dali" Theme of the Exhibition: "Beyond Reality" The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, 1931, oil on canvas The Persistence of Memory, 1931 Many of Dalí's paintings were influenced and inspired by the landscapes of his youth. Several in particular were painted on the slopes of Mount Pani, which was covered in beautiful umbrella pines at the time. Many of the strange and foreboding shadows in the foreground of many Dalí paintings is a direct reference to and result of Dalí's love of this mountain near his home. Even long after he had grown up, Dalí continued to paint details of the landscape of Catalonia into his works, as evidenced by such works as The Persistence of Memory, completed in 1931. Note the craggy rocks of Cape Creus in the background to the right. One of Dalí's most memorable Surrealist works, indeed the one with

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