Period - Surrealism

The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Works of Art

The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus is the name of a painting by artist Salvador Dalí, begun in 1958 and finished in 1959. It is a huge canvas, over 14 feet tall and over 9 feet...

The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory
Works of Art

La persistencia de la memoria or The Persistence of Memory is the most famous painting by artist Salvador Dalí. It has been owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since...

The Madonna of Port Lligat
The Madonna of Port Lligat
Works of Art

The Madonna of Port Lligat is the name of three paintings by Salvador Dalí. The first was created in 1949, measuring 49 x 37.5 centimetres , and is now housed in the Haggerty Museum of...

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
Works of Art

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí. (The title is also known as One Second Before Awakening from...

The Treachery Of Images
The Treachery Of Images
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The Treachery of Images is a series of paintings by Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte, famous for its inscription Ceci n'est pas une pipe (pronunciation...

The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator
Works of Art

The Great Masturbator is a painting by Salvador Dalí executed during the surrealist epoch, and is currently displayed at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. The center of...

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans
Works of Art

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans is a painting by Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí. Depicted is a grimacing dismembered figure symbolic of the Spanish state in civil...

The White Crucifixion
The White Crucifixion
Works of Art

The White Crucifixion is a painting by Marc Chagall. It was painted in 1938, and can be viewed at the Art Institute of Chicago. The white crucifixion painting emphasizes the suffering of...

The Son of Man
The Son of Man
Works of Art

The Son of Man is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The painting consists of a man in a suit and a...

The Swallow's Tail
The Swallow's Tail
Works of Art

The Swallow's Tail — Series on Catastrophes was the last painting of Salvador Dalí, done in May 1983. It is the final work in a series based on...

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers
Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers
Works of Art

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers is an oil painting by Belarusian painter Marc Chagall, painted in 1913. It appeared in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind. This picture was painted in 1913 in...

The Hallucinogenic Toreador
The Hallucinogenic Toreador
Works of Art

The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí. A large painting — it measures in at 402 x 292 cm — it is displayed at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg,...

The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table
The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table
Works of Art

The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table is a painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The title refers to the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. In this image Vermeer...

Morphological Echo
Morphological Echo
Works of Art

Morphological Echo is a title shared by two oil on panel paintings created by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The first of these works was painted between 1934 and 1936 and measures 64...

The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory
Works of Art

La desintegración de la persistencia de la memoria or The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory , is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. It is an...

Swans Reflecting Elephants
Swans Reflecting Elephants
Works of Art

Swans Reflecting Elephants is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. This painting is from Dalí's Paranoiac-critical period. It focuses on a double-image that causes the...

The Nostalgia of the Infinite
The Nostalgia of the Infinite
Works of Art

The Nostalgia of the Infinite is a painting by the Greek-Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. The subject of the painting is a large tower. The scene is struck by low, angular...

Love Song
Love Song
Works of Art

The Song of Love is a painting by the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. It is one of the most famous works by de Chirico and an early...

Forest and Dove
Forest and Dove
Works of Art

Forest and Dove is a painting by the German surrealist Max Ernst. It depicts a nocturnal scene of a forest of bizarre, abstract trees. In the thick of the forest is a child-like depiction...

I and the Village
I and the Village
Works of Art

I and the Village is a painting by the Jewish Belarusian-born French artist Marc Chagall. It is currently exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Painted in oil in 1911, the artwork...

On the Threshold of Liberty
On the Threshold of Liberty
Works of Art

On the Threshold of Liberty is a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. It depicts a large room surrounded by windows. Each window reveals a different scene: a sky, fire, wood, a...

Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Works of Art

The Metamorphosis of Narcissus is an 511 x 781 mm oil on canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. This painting is from Dalí's Paranoiac-critical period. According to Greek...

Still Life Moving Fast
Still Life Moving Fast
Works of Art

Living Still Life is a hand oil painting on canvas by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The painting was originally known as Nature Morte Vivante and was Dalí's sixth masterwork...

Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity
Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity
Works of Art

Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity is a 1954 painting by Salvador Dalí. During the 1950s, Dalí painted many of his subjects as composed of rhinoceros horns. Here...

Tuna Fishing
Tuna Fishing
Works of Art

Tuna Fishing was painted by Salvador Dalí in 1966-1967 and is seen by many as one of Dalí's last masterpieces. Filled chaotically with the violent struggle of the men in the...

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