An Analysis on “The Face of War” by Salvador Dalí

“The Face of War” by Salvador Dali, is a painting created in 1941, which depicts a multiple of what seems to be the same faces. Dali had spent the years 1936–1939 in Paris, throughout the Spanish Civil War. During the beginning of the Second World War (1940), Dali fled to California with his wife, due to the Fall of France, in which Germany had invaded and captured France. This experience inspired Dali to express the misery of Europe through this painting. The main focus of this painting is the gigantic face, standing in the middle of nowhere. The interesting aspect of this painting is that there is an infinity of faces inside the biggest face, along with a few snakes surrounding it. Towards the bottom right edge of the painting, we can see traces of a hand. However, the hand seems to be absent of flesh, left with only the bones. The surroundings of this hand, along with the top right corner of the painting, seem to be contaminated or rotted, as the color contrast of the surroundings are much darker than the main background of the painting. <a href="https://rrsuh.medium.com/an-analysis-on-the-face-of-war-by-salvador-dal%C3%AD-4b5787fdf749">Click Here</a>