Figueres (Spain) is located near the French-Catalan border, a 45-minute drive from Perpignan (Eastern Pyrenees), and is particularly famous as the birthplace of the artist Salvador Dali. On site and in the surrounding area, many places allow you to learn more about the painter and fully immerse yourself in his world. This is the perfect way to follow in the footsteps of the genius painter.
Birthplace of Salvador Dali
What better way to start this journey than by visiting Dali’s birthplace? This is where the Surrealist artist was born on May 11, 1904 and where he spent the first eight years of his life. After nearly 30 years of design, “Casa Natal de Salvador Dalí” will open to the public in October 2023.
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This venue offers an hour-long immersion into the intimacy of the early years of this unique personality. Visitors follow a journey narrated by the audio guide in the first person France 3 Occitanie . It is enough to better understand the artist and the man through his complex family relationships and his environment characterized by the Empordà landscape. Entrance costs between 8 and 12 euros and includes the audio guide.
Dali Theater Museum
Right next door, since 1974, visitors can visit the Dalí Theater Museum, adds the artist’s foundation website. Built on the remains of the old Municipal Theater, this building is considered the last great work of the artist, which he shaped to the smallest detail. Inside, the collection allows us to trace his artistic journey marked by various movements, including Impressionism, Futurism, Cubism and Surrealism.
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Among the main works of the museum we find Self-portrait with “Humanity” (1923), The range of sexual attractiveness (1934), Portrait of Gala with two lamb chops balanced on her shoulder (1934), Atomic Leda (1949) and Galatea of the spheres (1952). You can also see works by other artists and Dali’s private collection. A full online ticket costs between 17 and 21 euros depending on the period.
Three more Dalian places
If heritage lovers can continue their discovery of Figueres by going to Sant Ferran Castle, considered the largest bastion fortress in Europe, Dali lovers should leave the city to continue their journey. He first headed to his permanent residence in Portligat, where he lived until the death of his wife, Gala, in 1982. Today the place is a museum. This “pilgrimage” ends at the last place where the painter lived, the Pubol Castle, near Girona.
However, to discover the largest collection of Dali’s works, you will have to go beyond Catalonia to St. Petersburg, Florida (USA), at the Salvador Dali Museum. In France, the largest private collection is in Dali Paris, at 11 rue Polbot, Paris 18.
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