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again. Surrealism spoke to him. It provided him with another outlet in which he could be himself. Encyclopedia Britannica explains the reason his artistic style matured “His discovery of Sigmund Freud’s writing on erotic significance of subconscious imagery, and his affiliation with the surrealists in Paris” (Bio 1). He was famous for taking drugs to induce his “paranoiac critical “state. He thought it enhanced his creativity. Dali seemed too focused at this time on using sexual symbolism, as to describe sensation and what these feelings may mean. He used a collage format to fit multiple scenes in one painting. These paintings where filed with dream like images no doubt using some classical techniques from early renaissance artists. He also met Paul Elaurd’s wife Elena Diakonova. her nickname was Gala. Although she was 10 years older than him, he fell deeply in love with her and she left Eluard to be with him. Eluard continued to work with Dali on various shows and exhibitions after that dispite this event.In 1930 he collaborated again with Luis Bunuel in the film The Golden Age. It is remembered for its startling opening scene in which a human eye is slashed open by a razor blade. Now rising to fame he attracted clientele. Viscount and Viscountess Charles and Marie Laure were his first patrons. The husband and wife bought many Avant -garde style art in the 1920’s. Dali continued to paint and in 1931 created The persistence of memory. It is famously synonymous with the surrealist movement. The watches in the painting seem to melt. Projecting the thought that time has no meaning in his world but everything else is dead or can be destroyed. An idea animated by Einstein’s theory as well.
In 1934 there was a trial against Salvador and he was expelled from the surrealists. It is speculated that Salvador sympathized with Francisco Franco of Spain. I would say this was expected because he was from Spain. Dali said that his expulsion was officially recorded “He (Salvador) had repeatedly been guilty of counter revolutionary activity involving the celebration of fascism under Hitler.”(bio.com 2)
“The only difference between me and them is that I am a surrealist"