Gala Dalí
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03/27/24 • 44 min
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Lover and muse to multiple artists, Gala notoriously spit on people she didn’t like—or worse. Her marriage to the renowned artist Salvador Dalí was as surreal as his paintings, which he signed with both of their names even though she never held a brush.
Starring Laura Ramoso as Gala Dalí and José Arroyo as Salvador Dalí
Also featuring Stephen K. Amos, Nigel Daly, Neve O’Brien, and Tavis Doucette
Source List:
MUSE: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History’s Masterpieces by Ruth Millington, ©2022, Pegasus Books, Ltd.
The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose, ©2002, Harper Collins E-books
The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali, Trans. By Haakom M. Chevalier, ©1993, Dover Publications
Biography.com, The Surreal Romance of Salvador and Gala Dalí
The Paris Review, When Your Muse is Also a Demonic Dominatrix
The Art Story, Gala Dalí: Russian-Spanish Art Patron and Muse
Wikipedia, Gala Dalí
Fahrenheit Magazine, Anna María and Salvador Dalí, Different Paths for the Same Blood
The Dalí Org, Gala Dalí
Poetry Foundation, Paul Éluard
The Art Story, Salvador Dalí
Briannica, Salvador Dalí
El País, Dalí and Lorca’s Games of Seduction
Gazette du Bon Ton, The Surreal Life of Salvador Dalí
Art Hive, Love Story in Pictures: Salvador Dalí and Gala
Time, Salvador Dalí
The New York Times, Gala Dalí’s Life Wasn’t Quite Surreal, but It Was Pretty Strange
Yang Gallery, Dalí & Gala: The Love Story
Lover and muse to multiple artists, Gala notoriously spit on people she didn’t like—or worse. Her marriage to the renowned artist Salvador Dalí was as surreal as his paintings, which he signed with both of their names even though she never held a brush.
Starring Laura Ramoso as Gala Dalí and José Arroyo as Salvador Dalí
Also featuring Stephen K. Amos, Nigel Daly, Neve O’Brien, and Tavis Doucette
Source List:
MUSE: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History’s Masterpieces by Ruth Millington, ©2022, Pegasus Books, Ltd.
The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose, ©2002, Harper Collins E-books
The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali, Trans. By Haakom M. Chevalier, ©1993, Dover Publications
Biography.com, The Surreal Romance of Salvador and Gala Dalí
The Paris Review, When Your Muse is Also a Demonic Dominatrix
The Art Story, Gala Dalí: Russian-Spanish Art Patron and Muse
Wikipedia, Gala Dalí
Fahrenheit Magazine, Anna María and Salvador Dalí, Different Paths for the Same Blood
The Dalí Org, Gala Dalí
Poetry Foundation, Paul Éluard
The Art Story, Salvador Dalí
Briannica, Salvador Dalí
El País, Dalí and Lorca’s Games of Seduction
Gazette du Bon Ton, The Surreal Life of Salvador Dalí
Art Hive, Love Story in Pictures: Salvador Dalí and Gala
Time, Salvador Dalí
The New York Times, Gala Dalí’s Life Wasn’t Quite Surreal, but It Was Pretty Strange
Yang Gallery, Dalí & Gala: The Love Story
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