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In 1938, Dali painted "The Endless Enigma". How many different pictures are included in this painting?

8. The two main things people usually notice at first are the face and the philosopher reclining. The other things are the greyhound, mandolin, compotier, figs on a table, mythological beast, and the woman seen from the back mending a sail.

In the painting "Enigmatic Elements in the Landscape", who is the child in the sailor's suit?

Dali. The boy in the sailor's suit is Dali as a young boy the man with the easel is Vermeer of Delft, and the woman beside Dali is his nurse.

In the painting "The Enigma of my Desire: My Mother, My Mother, My Mother", what language is 'my mother' written in?

French. 'ma mere' is written inside each of the openings.

In the painting "Bird", what type of animal is the foetus inside of the bird?

cat. Painted in 1928. He glued sand and gravel to this painting which gives it an almost fossilized kind of look. It was influenced by Max Ernst.

In 1936, Dali painted a picture of a table on tile. Around it was sand, a camel, a boy, and a pack of Camel cigarettes. What is the name of this painting?

Sun Table. The table is from the Cafe le Casino in Cadaques. The tile is from his kitchen at the time.

One of the most amazing paintings of Dali's, "The Madonna of Port Lligat", is of a woman with her hands in prayer and a young child in her stomach. What is in the child's stomach?

bread. This is the first of the religious paintings. The child is a young Jesus Christ. The painting was so large that he had to haul it by truck and, in order to see it now, you would have to take the door off of the place in which it is staying because it won't fit through anything else.

Who is the girl in the painting "Girl Standing at the Window"?

Ana-Maria. Painted in 1925; Ana-Maria is Dali's sister. He often painted his sister in front of windows. You can see this painting at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid.

In the painting, "The Visage of War", there is a face with skulls for eyes and a skull in its mouth. What is inside the eyes and mouths of those skulls?

more skulls. Painted in 1940; reminiscent of the Spanish Civil War. There is an imprint of Dali's hand on the lower right side of the painting.

Which one of Dali's paintings, from 1944, has the same name as one of today's modern movies?

Tristan and Isolde. It was painted as a backdrop for the ballet "Bacchanale". Dali also painted backdrops for "The Spanish Lady" and a "Ballet de Gala".

One of Dali's most popular paintings, "The Temptation of Saint Anthony", has a mixture of people and animals. The animals have regular-sized bodies, but their legs are incredibly long and skinny. What animals are these?

horse and elephants. Painted in 1946; the horse represents strength and voluptuousness. He entered his first painting contest with this, but lost to Max Ernst.