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Visit Figueres and Dally with Dali About Art-Tour of Spain, without a trip to Figueres, Figueres, the birthplace
of Salvador Dali (1904), one of the famous artists throughout the world. Son of
a prominent personality Dali drawing and painting began early in his life.
During the year 1922, at age 18, he left Madrid for Figueres, where he began
his formal training in art Residencia de Estudiantes. There he made friends
with other Barcelona artists such as remarkable poet Federico Garcia Lorca and filmmaker
Luis Bunuel. From Madrid, Dali went to Paris and was part of the surrealist
movement. In Paris, he met Helena Diakonova, known Gala, a Russian painter who
Dali's style, his muse and his wife later. During World War II, Dali and Gala
spent several years in the United States, but eventually return to Europe,
where he has his painting. In the 1970's, the Dali Theatre and Museum, for
his work. After the death of Gala, Dali has returned to Figueres, near the Dalí
Theatre and Museum. Dali died of heart failure in 1989, and the crypt is located in
the museum.
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