Salvador Dalí Museum

Salvador Dalí Museum

The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, houses the largest collection outside Europe of the works of the artist Salvador Dalí and is located on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg in downtown St Pete.

History

Shortly before marrying in 1942, A. Reynolds Morse & Eleanor R. Morse attended a Dalí retrospective at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Intrigued by the artist’s subject matter, and impressed by his draftsmanship, they bought their first painting a year later. The purchase began a 40-year relationship as patrons and friends of Dalí that resulted in a comprehensive collection of original Dalí work.

Until 1971, the Morses displayed their collection in their Cleveland, Ohio, home. When they loaned over 200 pieces to a Dalí retrospective in 1965, they realized that 25 years of collecting produced a mini-retrospective that needed a permanent home.

In 1971, with Dalí presiding over the opening, the Morses opened a museum adjacent to their office building in Beachwood, Ohio. By the end of the decade with an overwhelming number of visitors, the Morses decided to again move their collection.

After a search that drew national attention, a marine warehouse in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida was rehabilitated and the museum opened on March 10, 1982.

Artworks

The museum's collection includes 95 oil paintings, over 100 watercolors and drawings, 1,300 graphics, photographs, sculptures and objets d'art, and an extensive archival library, and displays are periodically rotated.

The museum is home to 7 of the 18 masterwork paintings by Dalí (including The Hallucinogenic Toreador and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus), the most of any museum in the world. To be considered a masterwork these paintings must be at least 5 feet in any direction and have been worked on for over a year.

In addition to displaying the work of Dalí, the museum aims to educate the public and promote understanding, enjoyment and scholarly examination of art through the exhibition of works by Dalí and artists of similar vision.

With the Dalí Theater-Museum created by Dalí himself in his home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, St. Petersburg's Dalí museum has one of the world's largest collections of Dalí's works.

New Location

In mid 2008, a new location for the Dali museum was announced. It will be built on the downtown waterfront next to the Mahaffey Theater, featuring a huge glass entryway and skylight. The target date of completion stands at 2010. [http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/04/new-dali-museum.html]

See also

* Dalí Theatre and Museum — Museum of Dalí in his home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
* Espace Dalí — a Paris, France, museum of Dalí's drawings and sculptures
* A. Reynolds Morse & Eleanor R. Morse - Dalí's patrons
* T. Marshall Rousseau — Executive Director of the Salvador Dalí Museum, 1982-2002.

External links

* [http://salvadordalimuseum.org/ Salvador Dalí Museum website]


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