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The Face Of War by Salvador Dali This painting is a skull-like head surrounded by long hissing snakes. Each skeleton has a skeleton within it so the head is full of infinite death. This is a symbol of mass murders and concentration camps. This painting was painted in the United States, where Dali was to live for eight years and reach the pinnacle of his worldly fame and success. Dali was a Spaniard born on 11 …

…of blue in it. The tone on the skull-like head helps show up facial features and expressions, so you can see that it is frowning. The skulls in the right eye socket are much more lightly toned than the other skulls. Dali is a well-known artist famous for his unique style of painting, he was a very talented artist and he must have had a very active imagination to come up with such peculiar paintings.