Salvador Dali: Kickin' ass from beyond the grave

Salvador Dali, who's long been an artist I admire, lead an interesting life.  I mean, come on, just look at the guy, how could he not be interesting.  

Well anyway, he was an interesting man, who made a lot of very interesting paintings and movies.  Right now, you may be asking yourself, "If he's so popular, what pieces did he make?" and to put it simply, he painted the picture that most people think of as "Melting time"  or some variation of that.  The one with all the clocks melting all over the place.  It's really called "The Persistence of Memory" or actually probably the Spanish translation of that, because Dali was a spanish painter.  

I was fortunate enough to be able to go see his exhibit in LA at the LACMA (Las Angeles County Museum of Art) which really blew my mind.  I got to see The Persistence of Memory in person.  When you see a lot of paintings in books, the pictures are only a maximum of about 7 inches by 10 inches, but when you see them in person, they're usually something like 3.5 feet by 5 feet.  Dali was not the case.  The Persistence of Memory was maybe a 12 inches by 7 inches, which is amazing because it has such intricate details, and it's so amazingly painted.  

I really hope I learn more about this coocoo painter.