Figueres
Salvador Dalí was born in the city of Figueres in 1904, where he took his first steps. The city, in full social and cultural effervescence, strongly influenced the artist's work and personality.
Dalí in person
The figure of Salvador Dalí cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of the environment in which he grew up and the people he interacted with during his early years. Approaching Dalí’s personal life provides some keys for analyzing his artistic production in greater depth.
His Family
Family, along with the landscape, marked Dalí's early years. An authoritarian father, the unexpected death of his mother and the shadow of a deceased brother from whom he inherited his name, influenced his personality.
Teachers and Friends
Also playing a prominent role in his process of artistic and personal growth were some of his teachers and friends from childhood and youth, several of whom would accompany him for the rest of his life.
The Family Home
Within these walls, Dalí forged some of the memories and experiences that would mark him for life and help him build his artistic personality. The kitchen, the gallery or the terrace were their domestic paradise.
Dalí the artist
Dalí is one of the most fascinating creators in the history of art. However, the often histrionic and excessive public persona he created overshadows a deeper personality forged through tenacity based on effort and hard work, from his beginnings to the last stage of his life.
Mass Media
Dalí always defended that the general public understood art better than specialists and to connect with them he did not hesitate to use mass media such as cinema, television and advertising.
The Empordà Region
The places and landscapes where he was born and raised accompanied Dalí throughout his creative career, forming a personal atlas that sinks its roots into his most intimate geography.
Deep Thoughts
Far from his apparent, public frivolity, Dalí was always interested in science and used it as a source of inspiration. His work has links with physics, biology, optics... and, obviously, psychoanalysis.
The Great Provocateur
From his childhood years in this house, Dalí always sought to draw attention to himself in order to feel unique and often went against what was expected of him. As he entered adulthood, he took this desire to an extreme and developed his own perspective on what he believed creativity, imagination and genius to be, to the point of proclaiming himself "divine Dalí."