GOODBYE DALI Part 8: Have You Ever Been to Spain/Port Lligat? (#91E): After our tour of the Dalí (Dali) Theatre and Museum, Pascual took us to Port Lligat to see the house where Dali lived and worked from 1930 to 1982. After Gala died in 1982 at the age of 87, Dali moved to Púbol Castle, which he bought for her in 1968. Gala died in Port Lligat, but was buried at Púbol Castle.
About Dali’s home, A. Reynolds Morse (Ren) wrote we, “must not forget the simple barracks into which moved Gala and Salvador Dali in 1930. The spectacular modern villa had its beginnings in this original group of buildings which the past 42 years have seen continuously expanded and modified.” Dali’s home was closed when Pascual and I approached, but it has now also become a Museum. There were no eggs on rooftops when we were there.
I was excited to see the old building that Dali had painted in 1954, “Noon (Barracks Port Lligat). I stood where Gala posed for “Saint Hélèna à Port Lligat” (1956). Bill Hough and I saw the same view as in “The Angel of Port Lligat” (1952).
We looked across across the Bay of Port Lligat as shown in “The Weaning of Furniture Nutrition” (1934), which Ren wrote was the only piece of art to survive the Nazi invasion of the owners home, “for it was so small that she was able to pull it from its frame and slip it into her trench coat pocket as she fled.”
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It was an incredible feeling to stand where Dali stood and see the scenes painted by Dali over the years.