10 June 1982
Atomic Leda has died - Gala DaliShe is the same. Elena Dyakonova, whose first husband was the French poet Paul Eluard, and her second was Salvador Dali.
How did an unattractive, silent Moscow girl become the master of the lives of first Paul Éluard, and then the greatest artist and mystifier of our century, Salvador Dalí? It's very simple—I largely created them... In both, half of me is
She was born in 1894. It is believed that she was born in Kazan. In her diary, she wrote: "Let there be Kazan—a big, beautiful city." By that time, her mother had left her husband, a Tomsk zemstvo assessor. Ivan Dyakonov and got acquainted with a Moscow student Dmitry GombergThe future lawyer will officially become Elena's stepfather, but unofficially he is considered the father of three other children.
In Moscow, she was friends with her sisters. TsvetaevsAt 18, she fell ill with tuberculosis. She was sent for treatment to the Swiss sanatorium of Clavadel. The aspiring poet was also treated for tuberculosis there. Eugene GrendelElena came up with a nickname for him - Paul Eluard from the names of relatives. And he began to call her Galá - from the French "holiday".
Is it really necessary to look like a workhorse or a miserable, gray slave to have a reputation as a worthy matron? But what if you don't want to be a worthy matron, if you want to be a "Gala" in every way—a feast for your loved one?
In love, Paul began to create with enthusiasm. He became a noted poet. In 1917, they married.
In 1929, the couple visited with the Magrittes DaliGala was 35, Salvador was 25. It was love at first sight. Gala left the family, and Dalí painted "Portrait of Paul Éluard":
“I felt that it was my duty to capture the face of the poet from whose Olympus I had stolen one of the muses.”
Gala became Dalí's only female model (aside from his sister), with whom he painted various images. She also took charge of the artist's financial affairs, making him a commercial success.
In 1968, Dalí presented his 74-year-old queen with the castle of Púbol. Gala accepted the gift, only allowing her husband to visit the residence with her written consent.
Lived to 87.
