GALA DALI CASTLE
PUBOL, SPAIN
IMAGE NUMBERS 717(top) & 718 (below)
The Castle of Púbol (or Gala Dalí Castle) is located in Púbol outside Girona, Catalonia. It was the home to surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala (but not at the same time). Gala is buried at the castle.
Dali had no hesitation in adding amusement value to the serious works of others. Here, he has painted over an old tapestry with a burning giraffe and a peeping saint.
After Gala's death in 1982, Dalí moved into the Castle for the first time. In 1984, a fire broke out in his bedroom under unclear circumstances, possibly a suicide attempt by Dalí. Dalí was rescued and returned to Figueres, where a group of his friends, patrons, and fellow artists saw to it that he was comfortable living in his Theater-Museum for his final years. In 1996, Gala's private castle in Púbol was opened to the public as the Gala-Dalí Castle House Museum.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/80th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. 45 mm Phase One wide angle lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.