The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

Date: 1959

The painting The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus was completed in 1959. It is a huge canvas over four meters high. The painting was commissioned by the Morse couple, American millionaire industrialists. Columbus is depicted here as a young man bringing Christianity to the New World. A model for blessing St. Helena became Dalí's wife Gala. Dali depicted himself as a kneeling monk holding a crucifix. At the bottom of the painting, Dalí placed a bumpy, round area of sea urchins to symbolize the surface of other planets that we can discover. The image has metaphorical rather than historical value. You can see the original painting at the Salvador Dali Museum in Florida.

Dali painted picture The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1959. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait.

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).