Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Salvador Dalí
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Final years and death === [[File:Dali Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Dalí by [[Allan Warren]], 1972]] [[File:20061227-Figueres Sant Pere MQ.jpg|thumb|Church of ''Sant Pere'' in [[Figueres]], site of Dalí's baptism, first communion, and funeral]] [[File:Salvador Dali Crypt in Figueres.jpg|thumb|Dalí's crypt at the [[Dalí Theatre and Museum|Dalí Theatre-Museum]] in [[Figueres]] displays his name and title.]] In 1968, Dalí bought a castle in Púbol for Gala, and from 1971 she would retreat there for weeks at a time, Dalí having agreed not to visit without her written permission.<ref name="GalaGSDF" /> His fears of abandonment and estrangement from his longtime artistic muse contributed to depression and failing health.<ref name="Meisler" /> In 1980, at age 76, Dalí's health deteriorated sharply and he was treated for depression, drug addiction, and Parkinson-like symptoms, including a severe tremor in his right arm. There were also allegations that Gala had been supplying Dalí with pharmaceuticals from her own prescriptions.<ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) pp. 574–79</ref> Gala died on 10 June 1982, at the age of 87. After her death, Dalí moved from Figueres to the castle in Púbol, where she was entombed.<ref name="Meisler" /><ref name="GalaGSDF" /><ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) pp. 589–91</ref> In 1982, [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|King Juan Carlos]] bestowed on Dalí the title of ''Marqués de Dalí de Púbol''<ref name="Marquess title">[http://www.heraldaria.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=25695&t=25695 Excerpts from the BOE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105053225/http://www.heraldaria.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=25695&t=25695 |date=5 January 2012 }} – Website Heráldica y Genealogía Hispana</ref><ref name=":7">[http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1989-4234 Dalí as "Marqués de Dalí de Púbol"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120630120254/http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1989-4234 |date=30 June 2012 }} – Boletín Oficial del Estado, the official gazette of the Spanish government</ref> (''Marquess of Dalí of Púbol'') in the nobility of Spain, [[Púbol]] being where Dalí then lived. The title was initially hereditary, but at Dalí's request was changed to life-only in 1983.<ref name="Marquess title" /> In May 1983, what was said to be Dalí's last painting, ''[[The Swallow's Tail]]'', was revealed. The work was heavily influenced by the mathematical [[catastrophe theory]] of [[René Thom]]. However, some critics have questioned how Dalí could have executed a painting with such precision given the severe tremor in his painting arm.<ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) pp. 603–604</ref> From early 1984, Dalí's depression worsened and he refused food, leading to severe undernourishment.<ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) pp. 602, 610</ref> Dalí had previously stated his intention to put himself into a state of suspended animation as he had read that some microorganisms could do.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/dali-6-12.html|title=Salvador Dalí – Paths to Immortality|website=History of Art|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731220713/http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/dali-6-12.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 1984 a fire broke out in Dalí's bedroom and he was hospitalized with severe burns. Two judicial inquiries found that the fire was caused by an electrical fault and no findings of negligence were made.<ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) pp. 604–10</ref> After his release from hospital Dalí moved to the Torre Galatea, an annex to the Dalí Theatre-Museum.<ref>Gibson, Ian (1997) p. 610</ref> There have been allegations that Dalí was forced by his guardians to sign blank canvases that could later be used in forgeries.<ref name="scandal">{{cite book | title=The Dalí Scandal: An Investigation | author=Mark Rogerson | isbn=978-0-575-03786-1 | publisher=Victor Gollancz | year=1989 | url=https://archive.org/details/daliscandalinv00roge }}</ref> It is also alleged that he knowingly sold otherwise-blank lithograph paper which he had signed, possibly producing over 50,000 such sheets from 1965 until his death.<ref name="Meisler" /> As a result, art dealers tend to be wary of late graphic works attributed to Dalí.<ref name="Forde_170"/> In July 1986, Dalí had a pacemaker implanted. On his return to his Theatre-Museum he made a brief public appearance, saying: {{blockquote|When you are a genius, you do not have the right to die, because we are necessary for the progress of humanity.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://somatemps.me/2017/03/26/video-ultima-entrevista-a-dali-viva-el-rey-viva-espana-viva-cataluna/| title = Somatemps Catalanitat és Hispanitat, ''Última entrevista a Dalí: "¡Viva el Rey, viva España, viva Cataluña!"'' (video), published 26 March 2017| date = 26 March 2017| access-date = 22 July 2017| archive-date = 9 July 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170709151952/https://somatemps.me/2017/03/26/video-ultima-entrevista-a-dali-viva-el-rey-viva-espana-viva-cataluna/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/17/cultura/521935202_850215.html| title = El País, ''Dalí vuelve a casa'', 17 July 1986| newspaper = El País| date = 16 July 1986| access-date = 22 July 2017| archive-date = 14 September 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172118/https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/17/cultura/521935202_850215.html| url-status = live| language=es}}</ref>}} In November 1988, Dalí entered hospital with heart failure. On 5 December 1988, he was visited by King Juan Carlos, who confessed that he had always been a serious devotee of Dalí.<ref>[[Meredith Etherington-Smith|Etherington-Smith, Meredith]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=soncxLrkYX0C The Persistence of Memory: A Biography of Dalí] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054622/https://books.google.com/books?id=soncxLrkYX0C&dq |date=19 April 2016 }} p. 411, 1995 Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0-306-80662-2}}</ref> Dalí gave the king a drawing, ''Head of Europa'', which would turn out to be Dalí's final drawing. On the morning of 23 January 1989, Dalí died of cardiac arrest at the age of 84.<ref name="Artner">{{cite news |last1=Artner |first1=Alan G. |title=Surrealist painter Salvador Dali, flamboyant art revolutionary |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1015353001 |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=24 January 1989 |page=9|id={{ProQuest|1015353001}} }}</ref> He is buried in the crypt below the stage of his [[Dalí Theatre and Museum|Theatre-Museum]] in Figueres. The location is across the street from the church of ''Sant Pere'', where he had his baptism, first communion, and funeral, and is only {{convert|450|m|ft}} from the house where he was born.<ref>[[Meredith Etherington-Smith|Etherington-Smith, Meredith]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=soncxLrkYX0C ''The Persistence of Memory: A Biography of Dalí'']{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, pp. xxiv, 411–12, 1995, Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0-306-80662-2}}</ref> ==== Exhumation ==== On 26 June 2017, it was announced that a judge in Madrid had ordered the exhumation of Dalí's body in order to obtain samples for a paternity suit.<ref>{{Cite news |title=La exhumación del cuerpo de Salvador Dalí se inicia hoy a partir de las 20 horas |url=http://www.marca.com/tiramillas/actualidad/2017/07/20/59706333ca474183398b4636.html |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=20 July 2017 |newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]] |language=es |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720151240/http://www.marca.com/tiramillas/actualidad/2017/07/20/59706333ca474183398b4636.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Joan Manuel Sevillano, manager of the ''Fundación Gala Salvador Dalí'' (The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation), denounced the exhumation as inappropriate.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grael|first=Vanessa|url=http://www.elmundo.es/catalunya/2017/07/21/5971a29b22601d47788b45e0.html|title=La fundación Gala Salvador Dalí carga contra la exhumación del pintor: "Queremos una compensación patrimonial"|date=21 July 2017|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|access-date=21 July 2017|location=Figueres|language=es}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The exhumation took place on the evening of 20 July, and his DNA was extracted.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Redacción |title=Muelas, uñas y huesos: las pruebas que demostrarán la supuesta paternidad de Dalí |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170720/424249280386/exhumacion-paternidad-salvador-dali-hija.html |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=20 July 2017 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720022816/http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170720/424249280386/exhumacion-paternidad-salvador-dali-hija.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 6 September 2017, the Foundation stated that the tests carried out proved conclusively that Dalí and the claimant were not related.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41180146 "Salvador Dalí: DNA test proves woman is not his daughter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616172344/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41180146 |date=16 June 2018 }}, BBC News.</ref><ref name="Josep">{{Cite news |last=Josep |first=Fita |title=El bigote de Dalí sigue intacto, marcando las 10 y 10, es un milagro |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170721/424276137999/salvador-dali-pelo-unas-dos-huesos-largos-exhumación.html |date=21 July 2017 |access-date=21 July 2017 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |location=Barcelona |language=es |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110213611/https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170721/424276137999/salvador-dali-pelo-unas-dos-huesos-largos-exhumaci%C3%B3n.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 May 2020, a Spanish court dismissed an appeal from the claimant and ordered her to pay the costs of the exhumation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Court dismisses appeal from woman claiming to be Salvador Daíi's daughter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/19/court-dismisses-appeal-from-woman-claiming-to-be-salvador-dalis-daughter|date=19 May 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=20 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520003654/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/19/court-dismisses-appeal-from-woman-claiming-to-be-salvador-dalis-daughter|url-status=live}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Salvador Dalí
(section)
Add topic