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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]
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 ...
The Lacemaker (copy of the painting by Vermeer Van Delft) (1955), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation; The Sacrament of the Last Supper (1955) National Gallery of Art, Washington; Paranoiac-Critical Study of Vermeer's 'Lacemaker' (1955) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation
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.
First shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, since 1934 the painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, which received it from an anonymous donor. It is widely recognized and frequently referred to in popular culture, [ 1 ] and sometimes referred to by more descriptive titles, such as "The Melting ...
Enigmatic Elements in a Landscape (Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres) Spectre of Vermeer's Chair (private collection) [5] Dalí revered Vermeer, and also drew several times on his The Lacemaker, for instance in Paranoiac-Critical Study of Vermeer's Lacemaker. [6] Dali also painted a copy of The Lacemaker on commission from collector ...
Bond was born in London, on 10 December 1937. [2] [3] [4]In 1965, Bond made a documentary film with Salvador Dalí, Dali in New York.Dalí had been based in New York city, particularly the St Regis Hotel, with his wife Gala since the 1930s.
During Dalí's sojourns at the St. Regis Hotel in New York between the 1950s and 1970s, Field routinely observed the artist confirm or deny the authenticity of pieces brought before him. Ian Gibson describes Field by 1963 as "a seasoned habitué of Dali's Sunday court at the King Cole Bar" with "privileged status as a friend and collaborator." [2]