In 1942 he published his most intriguing book the autobiography the secret life of salvador dali dali and gala returned to spain in 1948 the artist continued to be prolific in the late stages of his career he worked on a variety of projects while continuing to produce paintings sculptures and objects he was also particularly fond of . 26 salvador dalis splendid surreal paintings 1 landscape near figueras 1910 dali painted this picture when he was just six years old it was at the beginning of 2 basket of bread 1926 dali spent four months painting this piece of art bread has been featured heavily in his other 3 . Dali the paintings livre letude la plus complete a ce jour sur loeuvre peint de salvador dali apres des annees de recherche robert descharnes et gilles neret ont localise des toiles auparavant inaccessibles qui resument la maniere qua eue dali de representer le subconscient et ses mysterieuses activites enrichi de legendes mises a jour ce volumineux ouvrage replace . The authors robert descharnes 1926 2014 a photographer and writer published studies of major artists among them antoni gaudi auguste rodin and salvador dali he documented and catalogued dalis paintings and writings and was considered the leading expert on the artist gilles neret 1933 2005 was an art historian journalist writer and museum correspondent