Yes Myrna, he loved her so much; and it showed in the many Gala portraits he made over the years. When a fire broke out in 1984 in Dali's room at the stately residence where they had both lived for long, it was said that he had actually tried to commit suicide out of his love for her. The place, known as 'Gala Castle', had been bought by Dali in 1969 in the vicinity of Pubol, Spain.
Here is a lithograph, 'Coronation of Gala', that he made in 1976.
Salvador Dali - Coronation of Gala (lithograph on Arches, 1976)
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Hi Miguel,
The more I see of Dali the more I like him. You can tell how he loved his wife. I can understand why he pined away after her death.
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