The Theatre Museum in Figueres
One can admire many works at the Theatre-Museum in Figueres. Galarina among others, the specter of sex appeal or Atomic Leda, not forgetting its facilities surreal as the Mae West room, the Rainy Taxi or recurrent obsessions and as the face of Gala.
Gala Dalí Castle Púbol.
The second area is the Púbol Castle, the town of La Pera, in the Baix Empordà, a castle Gala Dalí offered to keep his promise to make the queen of a castle. In addition to the art collection, are remarkable private apartments of his muse, his collection of designer apparel, Cadillac that belonged to the household and the crypt where Gala is buried.
House Museum in Cadaqués Portlligat
The triangle ends in the House-Museum of Portlligat, a set of fishing huts that Phallosan Dalí reformed to fix his home-workshop, the result is a labyrinthine structure, small spaces that are connected in a series of depressions, where are kept the furniture and personal belongings of the painter. To visit, take prior appointment.
Dali and Gala: Love on the Costa Brava
Gala Dalí, born Helena Dmitrievna Delouvin Diakonova in Kazan was married to Paul Eluard and Max Ernst’s lover before getting married with Salvador Dali and to live his life on the Costa Brava.
In 1929, Paul Eluard and Gala visited a very young Catalan painter Salvador Dali at his home in Figueras. Thunderbolt.
It appears the woman of his dreams of childhood, that he called mythical Galutchka,. He recognized because it has the same bare back. The proof is that its anatomy is precisely that of most female characters he depicted in his paintings and drawings. He gives a description in his “Secret Life”.
“His body had a childish complexion, his shoulder blades and lower back muscles the tension a bit abrupt adolescents. However, the small of the back was extremely feminine and linked through the torso with energetic and proud to the very fine ass tiny waist made it even more desirable. ”
To see all these works, you can safely take a lease on the Costa Brava.
They married civilly in 1932. The religious celebration of the marriage will take place in 1958.
She became the only female model and the main topic of inspiration of the painter who will continue to magnify and represent it as a living legend and a modern icon.