Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala Dali - Softcover

Klein, Michèle Gerber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349020019 ISBN 13: 9780349020013

Verlag: Virago, 2026

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The long-awaited, definitive biography of Gala Dalí, which unmasks this famous yet little-known queen of the twentieth-century art world.

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Michèle Gerber Klein is an author and journalist, who writes frequently about art and fashion. Her first book, Charles James: Portrait of an Unreasonable Man, was named a Financial Times Best Book of 2018. A columnist for Mann Publications, she has contributed to numerous publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, Cottages and Gardens, and Quest, where her subjects have included Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Lacroix, Tina Barney, Maurizio Cattelan, and Diane Arbus. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she serves as the vice president of the Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation and is involved with many arts institutions including the Drawing Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum. She lives in New York City.

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'A revealing biography of the incredibly influential but often overlooked Gala Dalí' TOWN & COUNTRY

Surreal tells the riveting story of Gala Dalí (1894-1982) who broke away from the her cultured but penurious background in pre-Revolutionary Russia to live in Paris with both France's most famous poet, Paul Éluard, and artist Max Ernst. By the time she met the budding artist Salvador Dali in 1929, Gala was known as the Mother of Surrealism. She rapidly became his mentor and protector, marrying him in 1934 and subsequently engineering their vast fortune. At a time when artists were celebrities, Gala acted as the ambassador of the Surrealist movement, spreading its popularity across the globe.

Gala was a heroine whose originality captivated people wherever she went, and her life story has everything : glamour; drama; passion; ambition; money; art; defiance and daring. In this vivid, detailed rendering, Michèle Gerber Klein has brought Gala out of the shadows to reveal a charismatic figure who played a pivotal role in the art world, yet has never received the full recognition she deserves.

'In Michèle Gerber Klein's new biography, Surreal, Gala Dalí gets her due . . . one thing is certain: Whatever else, she was a woman who knew her own worth' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Virago
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0349020019
• ISBN 13: 9780349020013
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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