Salvador Dalí

It is the most emblematic work of Salvador Dalí and one of the most recognized pieces of global Surrealism, also known as “The Soft Watches”. In this painting, the artist explores his interest in the passage of time, the transformation of matter, and the shifting perception of reality — subjects that would define much of his career.

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Surrealist composition with masterful visual play. In this case, the artist transforms the reflection of trees and swans on a lake into perfectly outlined elephants.

This is one of the most representative works of Spanish surrealism, painted in 1946, in oil on canvas, measuring 35.43 x 47.24 inches.

St. Anthony the Great of the 3rd century, one of the first Christian hermits, is depicted in the desert fighting against the temptations of fame, sex, wealth, and power. Each of them is mounted on the back of an animal. The Saint interposes the Cross between himself and the temptations, as the only hope to ward them off.

Painted in 1954, it is a remake in response to the painting that Dalí himself had painted more than 20 years ago. This time the desert is filled with water and the world appears divided between what is above and below the surface. What was once a solid mass now appears fragmented into aligned blocks. According to experts, the symbolism of the work includes allusions to quantum mechanics, the self-destruction of the human race, and the atomic bomb.

Surrealist painting of religious inspiration, painted in 1951.

At the time Dalí created this work, he was already a man quite close to the Catholic faith; nevertheless, he found several detractors who did not understand the modernist character and the original perspective of the work.

The central figure is based on a small drawing that Saint John of the Cross had made in the 16th century.

Composition done in oil, painted in 1936, 6 months before the Spanish Civil War began.

It is considered a premonitory work in this sense, the artist foresaw the horrors of the war that was about to begin.