Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation
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The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation is a private cultural institution founded by the painter Salvador Dalí
with the mission of promoting his artistic, cultural and intellectual oeuvre. (The foundation is also named after his wife, Gala Dalí
.)
Created on 23 December 1983 at Púbol Castle, Dalí
presided over and directed the foundation in person from the outset. His death on 23 January 1989 inaugurated a period of transition until, in 1991, the board
of the foundation appointed Ramon Boixadós Malé president.
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
with the mission of promoting his artistic, cultural and intellectual oeuvre. (The foundation is also named after his wife, Gala Dalí
Gala Dalí
Gala Dalí , usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of first Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí, and an inspiration for them and many other writers and artists.- Early years :...
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Created on 23 December 1983 at Púbol Castle, Dalí
DALI
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presided over and directed the foundation in person from the outset. His death on 23 January 1989 inaugurated a period of transition until, in 1991, the board
Board
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of the foundation appointed Ramon Boixadós Malé president.
the Foundation's museums
- Dalí Theater-Museum (FigueresFigueresFigueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors...
) - Dalí-JewelsDalí-JewelsDalí-Joies is a permanent exhibition at the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres , for which the architect Òscar Tusquets has completely refurbished a building annexed to the museum. The two floors that house the collection of jewels have an entrance independent from that of the museum, and can...
(FigueresFigueresFigueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors...
) - Home-Museum Salvador DalíPortlligat Museum-HouseThe Portlligat Museum-House was a small fisherman's hut, the place in which Salvador Dalí usually lived and worked up since 1930 till 1982 when, upon the death of his wife Gala Dalí, he took up residence at Púbol Castle....
(Portlligat) - Home-Museum Gala-Dalí CastleCastle of PúbolThe Castle of Púbol is located in Púbol, in the comarca of Baix Empordà, Girona, Catalonia. It was the home to surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala .Dalí bought the castle in 1969...
(PúbolPubolPúbolis a small town located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The artist Salvador Dalí lived at the Castle of Púbol; in 1982, he was named Marquis of Púbol....
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