The First Days of Spring
- Artist
- Salvador Dali
- Date
- 1929
- Style
- Surrealism
- Genre
- Landscape
- Location
- Salvador Dali Museum
"'The First Days of Spring' is a 1929 oil and collage on panel by Salvador Dalí, exemplifying his mastery within Surrealism. The painting depicts a fantastical landscape filled with dreamlike, distorted imagery, blending painted elements with collaged materials. Dalí’s innovative use of collage techniques enhances the surreal and layered quality of the scene, capturing the essence of a new season’s awakening through imaginative visuals that challenge reality."
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