Traveling for the sake of traveling is a very salutary reason in itself; and an enjoyable one. But think about other reasons people might want to go places and experience aspects of life. Traveling in search of your heroes is a very good reason as well.
Sometimes, you admire a person, their contribution, their spirit or their art and you want to connect with who they are or who they were. What better way than to experience a fragment of their lives and travel to their birthplace or to locations that were meaningful to them? That’s what I thought we’d explore today. Let’s find Salvador Dali!
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali Domenech, the greatest surrealist painting of the 20th century and a self-proclaimed genius, was born in 1904 in Figueres, in the Spanish province of Catalonia.
Dali was born in a beautiful small town, home to some beautiful old monuments, the 18th century Sant Ferran Castle and the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dali. The latter is the museum that documents the life and great work of Dali together with his wife and life-long companion, Gala.
When he was 16, Dali wrote in his diary that he would be “a great genius” and that people would admire him. A controversial and eccentric figure, Dali is regarded as one of the most revolutionary artists that ever walked the world. Even those who dislike him as a figure must admit that his paintings and other art work are immensely imaginative and display an irreproachable technique.
He may be known as a painter today, but Dali also worked in design, the movie industry, fashion and theater. Among his best friends, he counted Luis Bunuel and Federico Garcia Lorca.
In 1969, he purchased the Pubol Castle in Girona. He died in 1989, but his work lives on and his admirable and sometimes preposterous life can be traced in a grand Spanish tour. Barcelona car rental can provide the vehicle for you.
