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Salvador Dali Museum Reviews – St. Petersburg, Florida

Salvador Dali Museum, st. petersburg florida

Salvador Dali is without a doubt one of the most talented, unique artists that ever lived. Seeing his original work displayed in front of me to experience it is something that I have dreamt of for years.

Finally, out of all places, I got to enjoy it in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Salvador Dali Museum Review – What It Is About?

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  • The Dali Museum Collection has works from his entire career (1904-1989)
  • The building where the museum is located was designed by architect Yann Weymouth and is an artwork in itself

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  • It has a glass bubble known as an enigma, made up of 1,062 pieces of glass as an homage to the dome that adorns Dali’s museum in Spain.

atrium at Salvador Dali Museum, st. petersburg florida

  • The Collection includes 96 oil paintings, many original drawings, book works, prints, sculptures, photos, manuscripts, and an extensive archive of documents.
  • There is a photo exhibit of his life that is worth visiting to fully get immersed into Dali’s life.
photos, Salvador Dali Museum, st. petersburg florida
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  • The Mathematical Garden – It is an environment  that allows students to experience the relationship between math and nature. There is also a labyrinth.
  • First Floor – here you will find the store, café, theater, and the Raymond James Community Room (a space for conferences).
  • Second Floor – This is where scholars of Dali and the Avant-garde will do research in the museum’s extensive library. It is also where the administrative offices are.
  • Third Floor – This is where the galleries are.

The Main Reason Salvador Dali Museum Exists

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  • It was founded due to the works collected by Reynolds and Eleanor Morse.
  • In 1942, the Morses visited a traveling Dali retrospective at the Cleveland Museum of Art organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and became fascinated with the artist’s work.
  • On April 13, 1943, the Morses met Salvador Dali and his wife Gala in New York initiating a long, rich friendship regularly visiting the Dali’s villa in Port Lligat, Spain.

Who Was Salvador Dali?

  • Salvador Dali is one of the most celebrated artists of all time.
  • Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueras Spain.
  • Dali spent his childhood and early adolescence in Catalonia.
  • In 1925, Dali had his first solo exhibition in Barcelona, and that decade saw his works showcased throughout the world.
  • After becoming a prominent figure of the Surrealist movement, he was nearly expelled after a “trial” in 1934 due to differences in political stances.
  • In 1939 he was expelled from Surrealism.
  • Dali and Gala (his wife) spent the better part of the 1940s in America after fleeing WWII.
  • During his stay in the US he teamed up with Alfred Hitchcock to create dream-like sequences for Spellbound and was later hired by Walt Disney to complete the art and storyboards for what would ultimately become the film Destino.
  • Salvador Dali went through a classical phase throughout the 1950s. He created nineteen large canvases characterized by meticulously detailed images of religious, historical and scientific themes, or what Dali called “nuclear mysticism.”.
  • Gala was always his greatest muse and inspiration and her face is depicted in the majority of his art works.
  • In the 60’s he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, one of Spain’s highest distinctions and began work on what would become the Teatro-Museo Dali (The Dali Theatre-Museum).
  • In 1984, Dali was severely injured in a house fire at his Pubol castle and was confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life.
  • He then moved to Teatro-Museo where he died of heart failure on January 23, 1989 at the age of 84.
  • In 1990, his estate was split between Madrid and Catalonia, and many prominent exhibitions of the artist’s work continued to show throughout the world.

Information for Visiting Salvador Dali Museum

Phone: 727.823.3767

Address: One Dali Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL

Prices

  • General Admission (18-64 years old) $24
  • Seniors (65+) $22
  • Students (13-17 years old) $17
  • Children: (6-12 years old) $10
  • Children: 5 and younger FREE

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