Elephants
The mighty elephant, widely regarded as a symbol of strength and power, makes an appearance in many of the works of Salvador Dalí. In the Surrealist master’s prints, sculptures, and paintings, elephants have long, spindly, multi-jointed legs that appear structurally incapable of supporting the animal’s body. Although realistically-proportioned elephants are depicted in Dalí’s Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937), his iconic long-legged fantastical beasts were first seen in the artist’s painting Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944). They would later appear in paintings The Temptation of St. Anthony (1946), and Elephants (1948), often towering over strange, barren landscapes. As with many of the recurring images in his work, such as his famous melting clocks, Dalí has transformed the noble elephant into a dream-like creature that seems fragile and ephemeral.
Series by this artist
- The Divine Comedy246 available
- Venus48 available
- Dante36 available
- The Bible31 available
- Fruits30 available
- Faust27 available
- Signs of the Zodiac26 available
- Don Quixote25 available
- Shakespeare24 available
- Mythologies20 available
- Butterflies19 available
- Les Amours de Cassandre16 available
- Melting Clocks12 available
- Lobsters9 available
- Casanova8 available
- Memories of Surrealism8 available
- Les Diners de Gala5 available
- Poems4 available
- Playing Cards2 available