Which 1937 Salvador Dalí painting shows flaming giraffes in a barren landscape?

The Burning Giraffe is Salvador Dalí’s 1937 painting showing flaming giraffes in a barren landscape.

Dalí painted the work during the Spanish Civil War, although he presented its imagery through the personal and dreamlike language of Surrealism rather than as a straightforward battlefield scene. The composition includes elongated, drawer-filled human figures and a burning giraffe in the distance.

The drawers suggest Dalí’s interest in hidden psychological contents, while the fragile figures and flames create an atmosphere of anxiety and instability. The painting is often discussed alongside other works from Dalí’s wartime period, including Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, also known as Premonition of Civil War.

The title can be confused with Dalí’s later paintings featuring elephants, drawers, or flames. The giraffes are the identifying motif: their bodies rise above the desolate setting and make the work immediately recognizable.