Oscar M. Dominguez (January 3, 1906 - December 31, 1957) was a Spanish surrealist* painter. Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother in Tacoronte and devoted himself to painting at a young age after suffering a serious illness which affected his growth and caused a progressive deformation of his facial bone frame and limbs.

He went to Paris at 21 where he first worked for his father in the central market of Les Halles, and spent his nights drinking in cabarets. He then frequented some art schools, and visited galleries and museums.

Dominguez was rapidly attracted by avant-garde* painters, notably Yves Tanguy and Pablo Picasso, whose influences were...