It is impossible to talk about Salvador Dali without mentioning his wife Gala Dali. She is a very interesting person to talk about as well. Gala`s real name was Elena Ivanovna Diakonova. She was a Russian lady from Kazan, from a family of intellectuals. One of her friends in Russia was Marina Tsvetaeva.
In 1912 Elena was sent to Switzerland, where she had her tuberculosis cured. There she met her first husband Eluard. They married and had a daughter. However, Gala was not a really good mother.
In 1929 Gala and her husband visited Salvador Dali. They started to have an affair even though Gala was 10 years older. Gala divorced her husband and moved in with Salvador, but the maintained close relationships with her previous husband.
Nevertheless Gala was considered a witch and whore, Dali loved her for the rest of his life. Gala Dali was spitting into faces of people she did not like. She was also a very cruel person. When Dali and Salvador did not have money and they had to live at Lydia Nogeures`s house ( Dali`s old friend), they had a bunny. Dali loved their pet very much. When they were invited to Paris, the couple didn't know what to do with their lovely animal. So one day when Dali came home after painting outside, Gala gave him a soup. When Dali finished his dinner, Gala said it was their favourite bunny in the soup.
Salvador was encouraging her love and sex affairs with other young artist. She was even buying very expensive gifts for her lovers. For example, she gave aways Dali`s paintings and a million dollar mansion to her lover Jeff Fenholt ( he was a famous rockstar). She was his muse, love and life. Gala was responsible for selling Dali`s paintings, she worked as his agent. Dali and Gala seemed to be a happy family. However, people claimed Dali and Gala were having arguments in public and even fighting at during their last years together.
Salvador was encouraging her love and sex affairs with other young artist. She was even buying very expensive gifts for her lovers. For example, she gave aways Dali`s paintings and a million dollar mansion to her lover Jeff Fenholt ( he was a famous rockstar). She was his muse, love and life. Gala was responsible for selling Dali`s paintings, she worked as his agent. Dali and Gala seemed to be a happy family. However, people claimed Dali and Gala were having arguments in public and even fighting at during their last years together.
Gala died when she was 87 and was buried in Girona, in the house Dali bought for her. Dali could`t believe Gala has died. The rest of his life seemed to be a torture.
Gala meant a lot in Salvador`s life. She loved him for his being crazy. Once, when Dali wanted to impress Gala he put turd all over his body. Gala liked this behaviour. She adored Dali`s hysterical laugh and all his fads. Dali didn't feel ashamed with Gala. He knew she was his destiny, his life. She had some magical control over him.
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