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Dali Triangle
Dali, born in Catalonia and if you are interested in the life of the artist then this trip would be very worthwhile. You can go and visit the places we explain below or we can arrange a guide for you that takes you to the several sights. What ever you decide it is always a couple of days enjoying the life of Salvador Dali and his environment.
SALVADOR DALI
Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) was an important artist of the surrealist movement, in the first half of the 20th Century
The painter with his strong personality, had a key role in contemporary culture and has become a universal genius, and is a good example of a man that is inseparable from its region, the Empordà and the landscape of Cap de Creus in northern Catalonia. He was born in Figueres and studied at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid. There he met with a range of emerging, intellectual personalities of the time, as the filmmaker Luis Buñuel and the poet Federico Garcia Lorca. He discovered Cubism, Futurism, metaphysical painting, photography and film and explored all the possibilities. After an exhibition in Barcelona in 1925 and in Madrid in 1926, Dali went to Paris where he met Picasso and detected the Surrealist movement.
Dali spent his summers in Cadaques, where his father was born and lots of his friends from the Madrid and Paris came to this little village.
Especially Paul Eluard, who came with his wife Gala.
When Dali came into conflict with the Surrealist movement, he settled in 1940 in the United States where he was developing his creative talent, achieved a considerable success, and influenced the fashion and advertising world. He also designed clothes and scenery for several ballets. The artist, who was always closely connected with his native bought at the height of his fame a few fishermen's houses in the small bay of Portlligat, near Cadaques, which he converted into his home and studio. From then on he alternated between the Costa Brava but also in cities like Paris and New York.
Finally, at the end of his life, he chose to stay in Catalonia and donated a Castle to Gala. This was his promise to make her a "queen of a castle"
This Púbol Castle, in the municipality of La Pera, close to La Bisbal de L'Emporda, is the house where Gala lived and the story goes that, the painter was not allowed inside the castle without a written permission of Gala herself.
In 1974, Dali's dream became reality and he opened his Theatre-Museum in Figueres, the Dali museum, this museum contains a varied collection of his work that reflects his entire artistic career. In reality, the museum is also a masterpiece of the genius because it was designed by the artist himself. Now It is one of the most visited museums in Spain.
After the death of Gala and later Salavdor Dali, the Foundation Gala Salvador Dali was created that now manages Dalies Triangle: The Theatre Museum in Figueres, Castle Púbol House and Museum in Cadaques. In this museum visitors can explore the artistic and human personality of the artist while enjoying the beautiful surroundings.
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Born as Elena Dmitrievna Djakonova (Kazan, Russia, September 7 (OS August 26) 1894 - Port Lligat, June 10, 1982), simply called Gala, was the wife of French poet Paul Eluard and later the Spanish painter Salvador Dali.
Gala came from a family of intellectuals. As a young woman she lived in Moscow and graduated as a teacher in 1915. One of her childhood friends was Marina Tsvetaeva.
In 1913 Gala was sent to a sanatorium in Clavadel, Switzerland because she was suffering from tuberculosis. There she met Eluard and fell in love with him. In 1916, during the First World War, she traveled to Paris to join him. A year later they were married and in 1918 their daughter Cecile was born. Gala was not interested in motherhood, neglecting her daughter for the rest of her life.
In August 1929 Gala, Eluard and some friends visited Salvador Dalí in Port Lligat near Cadaqués. It was love at first sight for Gala and Dalí. Gala and Eluard then divorced and Gala married Dali in 1934 (for the law). In 1958 their church wedding was consecrated in Montrejic . Her marriage to Dalí was not very sexual orientation, because Dali was known for his phobia of female genitalia. Dali was very likely a virgin when he met Gala in 1929. Before Dalí and Gala, he had a strong friendship with the homosexual poet Federico García Lorca, who twice unsuccessfully tried to have sexual contact with Dali Their friendship ended after the film Un chien andalou by Luis Buñuel and Dalí came out. García Lorca saw this film as a personal attack on him.
Although Gala was Dalí's muse , she also kept in touch with her ex-husband had multiple affairs with younger lovers.
Many of the paintings of gala by Dali can be found. In 1969 Dalí bought for her castle to Púbol Baix Emporda, where she lives until she dies in 1982 and was buried in a crypt. |
PROGRAMMA
Saturday morning Theatre-Museum Dali
The different collections managed by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation include all kinds of works of art: painting, drawing, sculpture, engraving, installation, hologram, stereoscopy, photography, etc., up to a quantity of some 4,000 pieces. Of these, some 1,500 are on show in the Dalí Theatre-Museum Dalí of Figueres.
The name Dalí Theatre-Museum covers three differentiated museum spaces, which propose a free and personal route around its rooms:
1) The Theatre-Museum itself, formed by the old burnt-out theatre converted into a Theatre-Museum based on the criteria and design of Salvador Dalí himself. This series of spaces form a single artistic object where each element is an inextricable part of the whole.
2) The group of rooms resulting from the progressive enlargements of the Theatre-Museum, where Dalí’s personal intervention is either testimonial or non-existent. These galleries are located in the Torre Galatea, are they feature several works from the Dalí legacy, as well as some of the new acquisitions made by the Foundation.
3) The gallery Dalí · Jewels, inaugurated in 2001, which includes the thirty-seven gold jewels set with gems of the old Owen Cheatham Collection, two jewels made later, and twenty-seven drawings and paintings on paper that Salvador Dalí made when designing the jewels.
Lunch on a terrace in Figueres.
This is the main town in the north of the province of Gerona. It is the capital of the region of Alt Empordà, one of the oldest in the history of Catalonia. It has some nice streets with lot of restaurants were we can have lunch.
Saterday afternoon Pubol Castle
The castle in púbol was Dali's gift to his wife Gala. Here is part of his art collection, the private rooms of Gala, a collection of haute couture, the famous Cadillac that the couple owned, and the crypt where the muse of Dali is buried. The garden with its elephants and a special fountain
Portlligat Sunday morning, the home and studio of Dali
1 km North of the village of Cadaques is situated one of the most beautiful bays in Cadaques: Portlligat. In this small bay Dali bought a number of small fishermen's houses to renovate these into his home and studio. A work of art in itself with a labyrinthine structure with furniture and personal items of Dali. The library and his studio are still in original condition. If the weather cooperates and we are interested we can walk down where we get a beautiful view of the coastline
Lunch at the top of the Cap de Creus.
The Natural Park of Cap de Creus is the first protected land and sea area of Catalonia. It is an, over 450 million years old, rocky surface that has been eroded over the centuries by the Tramuntana (strong northern wind well-known in this region). This has created a beautiful rugged coastline. Here we enjoy a lunch under the lighthouse on the top. This coastline offers memorable vistas. This landscape was the most inspiring for Dali and for him a very special place.
Sunday Cadaqués
This village, surrounded by beautiful countryside with some of the most beautiful and tranquil coves of the Costa Brava, is a very typical village. It is Unique and has much to offer. The streets are nice and the church of Santa Maria is definitely worthwhile visiting. The village has become a major art center with painters and artists of the avant-garde who are temporarily or permanently residented in imitation of Salavador Dali, who was always very connected with this place was
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