Salvador Dali
Spanish, 1904­1989
Inventions of the Monsters
1937
Oil on canvas
51.2 x 78.4 cm
Joseph Winterbotham Collection, 1943.798
© 1995 Demart Pro Arte, Geneva / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 

The artist Dali painted his fantasies and dreams as if they were real. These are imaginary monsters that appear before a war or disaster. Dali finished this painting shortly before Hitler’s Nazis took over Austria in 1938.

Where is the monster with the cat-like mask? How many different kinds of monsters do you see? The artist put himself and his wife in the painting—twice. Can you find them?