Art History Guide

Salvador Dali was an eccentric best known for his engaging, but incrediablity unothodoxed and surrealist work. His flair for the dramatic and nonconformist attitude drew a wide range of people to purchase his work. His most famous work The Persistence of Memory (1931) introduced the surrealistic imagery of soft melting clocks/watches in a strange landscape.

Wikipedia has an indepth information and bio of the unconventional man — Salvador Dali (Wikipedia)