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Spain’s Dali

There is no question that when it comes to five-star hotels, Spain holds an esteemed place.  In a country where European elegance mixes with old-world traditions of hospitality and chivalry, there is a feeling here that is unlike any other place in the world.  Luxury and charm are in excess here, and the hotels are a perfect reflection of these ideals.  The amenities are cutting-edge, offering the best in technology and design, and still maintaining an excellence that comes from centuries of fascinating history and tradition.  There are incredible beaches, urban centers that define the modern city, and a vivacious culture that is infectious.  With its amazing museums and dizzyingly exciting night life, Spain has something extraordinary to offer members of the whole family.

Then there are the people of Spain.  With some of the most interesting personalities in the history of the world, Spain gives birth to artists and intellectuals who are true individuals.  This is certainly the case with one of the 20th centuries most visible artists, Salvador Dali.  Born in Figueres, in Catalonia, in 1904, the artist often said that he was the reincarnation of his brother, who died nine months before his birth.  This colorful figure would come to stand for one of the most interesting art movements in modern times, surrealism.  Dali experimented with other schools of art, such as cubism and futurism, he landed in surrealism with a large and unmistakable crash.  His iconic paintings made him one of the grandfathers of the style, and his unique visions serve as some of the most recognizable representations of the art of the subconscious.

Salvador Dali’s political leanings got him booted out of the surrealist camp by the founder, Andre Breton, yet his work still remained fiercely grounded in the world of dreams.  His melting clocks, tigers coming from pomegranates, and the numerous mystical portraits of his wife, Gala, are some of the most reprinted works of art in the world.  He also had a definite flair for the flamboyant, with his long and slender physique walking through the streets of New York City with his waxed mustache and elegant cane.  His appearance on the Tonight Show, with a leather rhinoceros, made him an instantly-recognizable celebrity of the bizarre.  There is a museum in his hometown Figueres,  the Dali-Theatre Museum, where some of his most peculiar objects are on display, to stand as a tribute to an eccentric and extremely influential Spaniard.

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