Salvador Dali art is surreal, visit his museum from your Costa Brava villa and you will be surprised to experience what that really means.
Most of us have a vague idea of what surrealism is all about and many of us have come across Salvador Dali paintings here and there depicting figures propped up by crutches and clock faces seemingly dripping don the canvass. The impressions we have in no way prepares us for the full Salvador Dali experience which is a must see on any Costa Brava villa holiday.
Salvador Dali lived in the Costa Brava and until he died recently he was one of the few artists to be both alive and successful. To the extent that he was world famous and able to mould the superb art museum in Figueres, which is between Barcelona and the Spain/France border to his liking.
Unusually the Figueres Salvador Dali museum has an intense felling of Dali about it and when I first visited back in the 80’s you almost felt that the artist himself was observing how you reacted to his art and the manor of is exhibition.
When you visit the museum you are immediately struck by what a striking building it is and you feel straight away that you are entering the Dali experience. There are over 1500 pieces in the Figueres museum ranging from the small and intricate to the colossal in size. Your wits and senses are assaulted from all angles and you realize that Dali was not only a hugely talented and prodigious artist but that he could do just about anything from a fine art canvas to perspective bending montages which require extravagant imagination.
This is an art museum which can be enjoyed by adults and children alike and there is plenty of interaction to maintain flagging youngster’s interest. Highlights include the Galatea of the spheres, the Mae West room and the Rainy Cadillac.The Salvador Dali influence permeates into the town of Figueres itself which is rightly proud of this great artist. Figueres is about an hours drive inland from most of our Costa Brava villa resorts and offers an excellent and memorable day out.
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