{"id":8971,"date":"2015-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salvador-dali.org\/fundacio-dali\/noticia\/mor-antoni-pitxot-i-soler-vicepresident-de-la-fundacio-dali-i-director-dels-museus-dali\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:20:11","slug":"director-of-the-dali-theatre-museum-antoni-pitxot-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/www.salvador-dali.org\/en\/dali-foundation\/news\/director-of-the-dali-theatre-museum-antoni-pitxot-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of the Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum, Antoni Pitxot, passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antoni Pitxot, director of the Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum and vice-president of the Dal\u00ed Foundation, passed away last 12 June.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0was born in Figueres in January 1934 into a family with a strong artistic tradition that was closely linked to the Dal\u00eds. He began his drawing studies in San Sebasti\u00e1n under Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, who had also been Salvador Dal\u00ed&#8217;s drawing teacher in Figueres. He lived in in San Sebasti\u00e1n and Madrid until settling permanently in Cadaqu\u00e9s in 1966. During this period his work took a decisive turn. He focused his attention on studying the objects around him: the stones of Cadaqu\u00e9s, from which he extracted anamorphic, anthropomorphic and allegorical visions, connecting with an underground current of Western painting ranging from some of the masters of Italian Mannerism to surrealism. Dal\u00ed chose his work as part of the permanent collection on display on the second floor of the Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum in Figueres and appointed him as Director of the Theatre-Museum.<\/p>\n<p>During his professional career Antoni Pitxot&#8217;s work appeared in many individual and collective exhibitions, from 1955 up to the one currently on display at the Cadaqu\u00e9s Municipal Museum entitled <em>Dal\u00ed. Pitxot. Cadaqu\u00e9s. About painting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He received numerous awards and honours over the years: in 2004 the Ministry of Culture awarded him the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts, which was presented by His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain in the city of C\u00e1ceres. In 2014, Figueres City Council recognised Antoni Pitxot&#8217;s cultural and civic career with the Silver Fig Leaf award. 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