Deided muse and creature of poetry, object of sexual desire and artistic creation. It is easy to Costa Brava to walk in Dalí’s footsteps, but who was actually the woman at his side who appears in countless works of the artist and who has the mysterious name Gala Eluard Dalí wears? in the middle of the small village of Púbol You come across a castle that seems rather simple from the outside, over whose stone walls look like mindful guardians over Dalí’s long-legged elephant sculptures. Unlike in the museum in Figueres, which was opened by the artist himself, on the beach in Portlligat, where crowds of art lovers cavort in the summer months, this is Enchanted Spot surrounded by a pleasant silence.
1968 bought dali His deeply venerated wife Gala that fortress as a retreat, he himself had to ask in writing for the following years to be admitted to the cocoon out of power to break through that Gala had spun around himself in the course of her life. Who was this woman with the shady eagle face And the dark eyes, whose narrow lips suggest that she rarely adorned a smile and which was lifted up to the goddess by her many lovers? In 1894, Gala was born as the youngest child alongside two brothers under her actual name Jelena in Russia – her family is deeply religious, a character trait from which Gala will never alienate herself. The sickly child spends most of her youth in a sanatorium where she first acquainted with the Poet Paul Éluard Power – A marriage and a child will emerge from the childhood love, but Gala will never be seriously interested. Already in these early years the Killustrious passion of the girl and although Gala himself never became creative, she later makes it her purpose in life. Her intimate draw towards Paul, whom she admires deeply for his poetic talent and for whom the exotic girl limitless source of inspiration will inspire her desire to live only for art and love from now on.
The perfect symbiosis All of Gala’s relationships are inherent in all of Gala’s relationships of the artist and muse that became apparent in the marriage of the two – in 1921 she began an affair with the painter Max Ernst, he, too, makes them the object of his works of art, in which he often makes them appear half-baked and which leads to a triangular relationship, and the Galas marriage takes a first thrust of daggers. It seems as if the now 27-year-old, who was often perceived as closed and capricious, would gradually outgrow her more childish role as the wife of the great poet. Maybe yours was here Longing awakened to escape the comfortable nest in which she and Paul had settled. In 1929 she finally met on a trip to the Picturesque coastal town of Cadaqués for the first time the then unknown Dalí – in which eccentric, intoxicating character of the artist, who at first glance fell in love with Gala’s rough beauty, she must have sensed her escape. When the time for the journey home came a few days later, Paul Éluard has to go on his own. Gala has long since the catches of Dalís surrendered and never returned to her husband.
What was it, what Gala dress so irritated in this new life? If she had succeeded at Dalí’s side, who now turned to her full of inspiration, godly, untouchable status to acquire that she had longed for a lifetime? From then on she was not only a beloved muse of the artist, but also became his astute manager, who managed to help him become well known within a few years. that is behind Gala strong personality concealed, is just as unquestionable as her penchant for power obsession, which finally seemed to do justice to her marriage to Dalí. Despite the hard contours in which Gala’s character is mostly traced, that end of the love story A look at the soft core between her and Dalí. When the artist became seriously ill in old age, it was his wife who watched over him in his bed for weeks until she finally left the strength herself. To the place of her burial There are at least as many rumors about her personality – allegedly Dalí is said to have secretly brought his wife to Púbol after her death.
Get at:
Casa – Museo Castillo Gala Dalí
Plaza Gala Dali, E – 17120 Púbol – La Pera
when:
June – September: 10.00 a.m. – 8.00 p.m
September – November: 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m
November – December: 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m
January – March: closed
Closed on Mondays outside the summer months!
how much:
Ticket regular: 8 euros
Ticket reduced: 6 euros
More: Salvador Dali – Castell Gala Dalí de Púbol, The Dalí triangle, Night in the Museum – Dalí to touch.
