Perhaps the most famous clock artwork is that of Salvador Dali.
Almost everyone has seen his eye-catching surreal creations
somewhere; clocks which appear distorted or melted, often
portrayed in strange predicaments. Dali was born in a Spanish
city named Figueres in 1904. Influenced by the artist Ramon
Pichot, Dali’s original work consisted mostly of charcoal
drawings. After adopting a style he believed to be Cubism, Dali
gained a lot of attention. Shortly after this, the handsome
young Dali was expelled from the academy he attended because he
felt his professors were not good enough to evaluate his work
(and who knows, maybe he was right)! Perhaps this was true;
everything about Dali was artistic, including his wild handlebar
mustache which he often created different designs from. There is
even a famous photo of Dali with flowers on each end of the
mustache as it points skyward. Dali’s permanent influences upon
his style varied from Picasso to Raphael, making his art work
reflect a combination of many styles