Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí, known for his extravagant personality and artistic genius, was one of the main representatives of surrealism.
Gala
Wife and muse of Salvador Dalí, whose real name is Elena Ivanovna Diakonova. A mysterious and intuitive woman, she knew how to recognize the artistic and creative genius when she encountered it.
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- 1894
- 1895Kazan - Moscow
- 1896Kazan - Moscow
- 1897Kazan - Moscow
- 1898Kazan - Moscow
- 1899Kazan - Moscow
- 1900Kazan - Moscow
- Birth of Salvador, first child of the Dalí-Domènech couple
1901Kazan - Moscow- 1902Kazan - Moscow
- 1903Kazan - Moscow
- 1904Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1905Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1906Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1907Kazan - Moscow
- 1908Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1909Kazan - Moscow
- 1910Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1911Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1912
- Figueres1913Kazan - Moscow
- Figueres1914Kazan - Moscow
- Return to Russia and start of World War I
- Figueres1915Kazan - Moscow
- 1916
- First exhibition at his home
Figueres1917Paris- Marriage to Paul Éluard in Paris
- Figueres1918Paris
- First group show at the Figueres Municipal Theatre and contributions to the magazine Studium
Figueres1919Paris- 1920Paris
- 1921Paris
- Muse and collector
- 1922
- First expulsion from the Real Academia
Madrid - Figueres1923Paris- Meets Giorgio de Chirico in Rome
- Imprisoned in Girona. Return to Madrid
Madrid - Figueres1924Paris- First solo show at Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona. Visit from Federico Garcia-Lorca in Figueres
Madrid - Figueres1925Paris- Gala in Au Défaut du silence de Paul Éluard and Max Ernst
- Definitively expelled from the Real Academia. Trip to Paris and Brussels. Meets Picasso in Paris
Madrid - Figueres1926Paris- 1927Paris
- 1928Paris
- First contact with the Paris surrealists through Joan Miró. Premiere of Luís Buñuel’s Un chien andalou. Meets Gala
Paris1929- Start of their life together: Gala-Salvador Dalí. Establishment in the surrealist group. Premiere of L’Âge d’or in Paris
Paris1930- 1931Paris
- Witnesses first-hand the creation of The Persistence of Memory
- 1932Paris
- Separation from Paul Éluard. Formation of the Zodiaque collectors group
- Paris1933Paris
- Marries Gala in a civil ceremony in Paris. First attempt to expel him from the surrealist group. First trip to New York
Paris1934Paris- Marries Dalí in a civil ceremony in Paris. First conflicts with the surrealist group. First trip to New York
- Paris1935Paris
- Featured on the cover of Time Magazine. Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. International Surrealist Exhibition in London
Paris1936- Paris1937Paris
- 1938Paris
- 1939
- Goes into exile in the United States due to World War II
Paris1940Paris- Goes into exile in the United States due to World War II
- Solo exhibition at the MoMA in New York. Increase in the production of projects for the performing arts
New York1941New York- 1942
- 1943New York
- 1944New York
- 1945New York
- Mother dies in Leningrad
- Dalí and Walt Disney in Destino magazine
New York1946New York- 1947New York
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950Portlligat - New York
- The ‘ball of the century’ with Christian Dior. Presentation of the Mystical Manifesto
Portlligat - New York1951- Death of Paul Éluard
Portlligat - New York1952Portlligat - New York- Death of Paul Éluard
- 1953Portlligat - New York
- Portlligat - New York1954Portlligat - New York
- Gala’s corral. Performances based on Vermeer’s The Lacemaker
Portlligat - New York1955- 1956Portlligat - New York
- Portlligat - New York1957Portlligat - New York
- Dalí and Gala are married in a private religious ceremony at the Els Àngels shrine
Portlligat - New York1958- Portlligat - New York1959Portlligat - New York
- Chaos and Creation, video art with Philippe Halsman
Portlligat - New York1960Portlligat - New York- 1961Portlligat - New York
- The Oval Room: a space of her own in Portlligat
- Portlligat - New York1962Portlligat - New York
- 1963Portlligat - New York
- Donation to the Picasso Museum
- 1964Portlligat - New York
- ‘I want to go down in history as a legend’
- Anthological exhibition on Dalí in New York. Meets Amanda Lear
Portlligat - New York1965Portlligat - New York- Jean-Christophe Averty’s Autoportrait mou de Salvador Dalí
Portlligat - New York1966- Portlligat - New York1967Portlligat - New York
- 1968Portlligat - New York
- A. Reynolds Morse publishes Ode to Gala Incognita
- Gives Púbol Castle to Gala
Portlligat1969- 1970Púbol-Portlligat
- 1971
- 1972Púbol-Portlligat
- 1973Púbol-Portlligat
- 1974
- 1975Púbol-Portlligat
- Portlligat1976Púbol-Portlligat
- Portlligat1977Púbol-Portlligat
- 1978Púbol-Portlligat
- Double recognition in Paris: retrospective at the Centre Pompidou and induction as a foreign associate member into the Académie Française des Beaux-Arts
Portlligat1979Púbol-Portlligat- Retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London
Portlligat1980Púbol-Portlligat- Portlligat1981Púbol-Portlligat
- Gala dies. Move to Púbol
Púbol1982Púbol-Portlligat- Gala dies
- Paints his last work. Establishment of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. First major retrospective in Spain
Púbol1983- Fire in Púbol and transfer to the Galatea Tower
Púbol1984- Culture and Science: Determinism and Freedom symposium at the Dalí Theatre-Museum
Figueres1985- Figueres1986
- Publishes the tragedy Martyr
Figueres1987- Last poetic texts Elegies to Gala
Figueres1988- Salvador Dalí dies
Figueres1989