Salvador Dalí: Flowers

Considered an artistic genius, Salvador Dalí is one of the most famous painters in the world and one of the most prominent of those in the surrealism movement. Although his name commonly evokes images of surrealist art depicting melting clocks and fictitious creatures, Dalí also created more understated artworks with themes far more varied than people might think. This motif, Flowers, was a motif which he often incorporated into some of his works as the central subject, and as a secondary feature in others. His 1972 series of lithographs, Surrealist Flowers, uses flowers as the basis for surrealist artworks. It consisted of images like lilies becoming melting clocks, dahlias with fingers, anemones turning into forks and roses covered with a chest of drawers. His 1981 series Flordalí is also famous for its flowers. One of the original paintings even sold for almost €300,000 at auction in 2016 - that's around $354,000.

From the ones that are taller than horses to the ones small enough to fit in a vase surrounded by butterflies, Artsper presents its selection of Dalí's surrealist works featuring flowers.