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Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елена Ивановна Дьяконова; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1894 – 10 June 1982), usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in surrealism. She also inspired many other writers and artists.
Don Salvador and Anna Maria Dalí (Portrait of the Artist's Father and Sister) (1925) Double-sided Verso (Studio Scene) (1925) The Dali Museum, St Petersburg, Florida; Female Nude (1925) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Figure at a Window (1925) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
On the bottom left of the painting, Dalí painted his wife Gala as Mary Magdalene looking up at Jesus. Dalí thought of her as the "perfect union of the development of the hypercubic octahedron on the human level of the cube". He used her as a model because "the most noble beings were painted by Velázquez and Zurbarán. [He] only [approaches ...
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol [b] [a] gcYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí (/ ˈ d ɑː l i, d ɑː ˈ l iː / DAH-lee, dah-LEE; [2] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), [c] was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and ...
It depicts Gala Dalí, Salvador Dalí's wife and muse, as pieced together through a series of spheres arranged in a continuous array. The name Galatea refers to a sea nymph of Classical mythology renowned for her virtue, and may also refer to the statue beloved by its creator, Pygmalion .
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí, from 1944. A shorter alternate title for the painting is Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee. The woman in the painting, dreaming, is believed to represent his wife, Gala, a regular presence in his work.
Another equivalence could be made regarding the other twins of the myth, Dalí's sister Ana María being the mortal Clytemnestra, while Gala would represent divine Helen. [1] Salvador Dalí himself wrote: "I started to paint Leda Atómica which exalts Gala, the metaphysical goddess and succeeded to create the ‘suspended space’".
The Salvador Dalí House Museum is a residence and workplace of Dalí, adapted from small fisherman's local houses in the town of Portlligat, where Dalí lived and often worked, from 1930 until 1982, after Gala's death. It is now a house museum and is also managed by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. [7]