Museum building

Main courtyard

The Teatro Museo (in Spanish language) or Teatre-Museu (in the now preferred Catalan language) or Theatre Museum is the Salvador Dalí Museum in his home town, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain; in full it is called the "Teatre Museu Gala Salvador Dalí". Download high resolution version (1764x1152, 309 KB)Teater Museu Gala Salvador Dali, the museum building from outside, picture taken by User:Andris in 1995, scanned by Iveta Sala This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for... Download high resolution version (1764x1152, 309 KB)Teater Museu Gala Salvador Dali, the museum building from outside, picture taken by User:Andris in 1995, scanned by Iveta Sala This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for... Dali Museum, Figueres, from de Wikipedia. ... Dali Museum, Figueres, from de Wikipedia. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. ... Figueres Town church tower, Figueres Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ...

The heart of the museum was the building that housed the town's theatre when Dalí was a child, and where one of the first public exhibitions of young Dalí's art was shown. The old theater was bombed in the Spanish Civil War and remained in a state of ruin for decades until Dalí and the mayor of Figueres decided to rebuild it as a museum dedicated to the town's most famous son in 1960. The museum also occupies buildings and courtyards adjacent to the old theater building. Spanish Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The museum opened in 1974, with continuing expansions through the mid-1980s. It houses the single largest and most diverse collection of works by Salvador Dalí, the heart of which was from the artist's own collection. In addition to Dalí paintings from all decades of his career, there are Dalí sculptures, 3-dimensional collages, mechanical devices, a living-room with custom furniture that looks like the face of Mae West when viewed from a certain spot, and other curiosities from Dalí's imagination. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ...

Large mural under the theatre dome

Ceiling mural in Dalí's bedroom

The museum also houses a small selection of works by other artists collected by Dalí, ranging from El Greco to Marcel Duchamp, and a gallery devoted to the work of Dalí's friend and fellow Catalan artist Antoni Pitxot, who became director of the museum after Dalí's death. Dali Museum, Figueres, from de Wikipedia. ... Dali Museum, Figueres, from de Wikipedia. ... Dali museum, Figueres, from de. ... Dali museum, Figueres, from de. ... Baptism of Christ, painted 1596–1600 El Greco (medieval Castilian for the Greek) is the name by which Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος Domênikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – April 7, 1614), a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish school, is best known. ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Antoni Pixtot (born 1934 in Figueres) is a Catalan artist. ...

Dalí is buried in a crypt in the Teatro Museo basement.

External link

• Dalí Theater Museum English language webpage