In the late 1930s dali began painting in a more academic style influenced by the renaissance masters his admiration for raphael is particularly evident in paintings such as poetry of america 1943 raphaelesque head exploding 1951 and maximum speed of raphaels madonna 1954 throughout the 1930s dalis ambiguous political stance on fascism alienated him from his surrealist colleagues which eventually expelled dali from the movement. Dali the paintings the most complete study of salvador dali s painted works yet after years of research robert descharnes and gilles neret located previously inaccessible works that epitomize dalis depictions of the subconscious and its strange workings. 26 salvador dalis splendid surreal paintings 1 landscape near figueras 1910 dali painted this picture when he was just six years old it was at the beginning of 2 basket of bread 1926 dali spent four months painting this piece of art bread has been featured heavily in his other 3 . By far the most popular surrealism painting in the world even though by then salvador dali wasnt a part of the art movement anymore the persistence of memory continues to offer numerous representations meanings symbolics and interpretations the unforgettable imagery of the melting clocks the well known rock at cap de creus in catalonia which looks like a head the leafless olive tree