The Salvador Dalí House-Museum is the house in

Portlligat Portlligat is a small village located in a small bay on Cap de Creus peninsula, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean Sea, in the municipality of Cadaqués in the Alt Empordà Comarques of Catalonia, comarca, in Catalonia, Spain. The island of P ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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, where

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

lived and worked from 1930 to 1982. After the death of his wife

Gala Dalí Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елéна Ивáновна Дья́конова; – 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 ...

, he took up residence at Púbol Castle.

History

The house, formerly a number of small fisherman's huts, has a

labyrinthine In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by t ...

structure which from one point of departure, the Bear Lobby, spreads out and winds around in a succession of zones linked by narrow corridors, slight changes of level, and blind passageways. All the rooms have windows of different shapes and proportions framing the same landscape that is a constant point of reference in Dalí's work: the

bay.

Gallery

Salvador Dalí House Port Lligat outside.JPG Casa Salvador Dalí de Portlligat (Cadaqués) - 1.jpg Escalier dans le patio (Maison-musée de Dali).JPG

References

External links

* Alt Empordà Art museums and galleries in Catalonia Artists' studios in Spain Biographical museums in Spain Historic house museums in Catalonia Salvador Dalí {{Spain-museum-stub