86 Dali Portrait Of My Dead Brother Grátis . The face is not only a portrait of the absent brother, it is a composite portrait of both brothers. He was born exactly nine months after the death of his older brother, who was also named salvador. 14/04/2021 · portrait of my dead brother, 1963 surrealist artist salvador dali had a brother who died in infancy nine months before dali's birth. 13/08/2020 · in 1963, salvador dali painted a large, perfectly square canvas of his elder brother — "portrait of my dead brother". The visage of the child, who appears to be an adolescent boy, does not correspond to either dali, but, rather, is meant to suggest a generic image of wholeness and completion (indeed, the enormous head looms large over a desolate landscape).