Salvador Dalí is an icon of Surrealism, creating some of the most recognizable artworks of all time. Working off psychoanalytic ideas, Dalí rendered hallucinatory characters in fantastic dreamscapes. He described his art as ‘hand-painted dream photographs,’ and had certain preferred and recurring images, such as the human figure with half-open drawers protruding from it, burning giraffes, and watches bent and flowing as if made from melting wax. Chevalier Surréaliste translates to Surrealist Knight, in honor of painter Diego Velázquez, who was very much an influence on, and admired by, Dalí.