The Elephants

Date: 1948

One of the recurring motifs in Dalí's works are elephants. He paints them for the first time in 1944. He was inspired by the sculpture of Giovanna Lorenzo Bernini, which depicts an elephant carrying one of the Egyptian obelisks. Dalí adds extremely long and skinny legs to the elephants, which creates the impression of ghosts. The Elephant painting dates from 1948.

Dali painted picture The Elephants in 1948. Prevailing color of this fine art print is red and its shape is landscape.

Salvador Dali Domingo Felipe Jacinto (1904-1989). Spanish, more accurately Catalan surrealist painter known for his distinctive and often bizarre paintings. His work frequently features elements of symbolism. Dalí created more than 1,500 works, including paintings, drawings, book illustrations, designs for costumes and furniture, sculptures, cartoon animations and more. Among his most famous paintings are The Persistence of Memory (1931), The Elephants (1948), Christ of St. John of the Cross (1951), Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937), and The Dream (1944).