Artist
1904
Figueres, Spain
Spanish
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Le Meurice's official history says Salvador Dalí made the hotel his second home and its Dalí apartment page identifies him as a former resident; independent hotel histories describe recurring month-long stays over roughly 30 years.
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Salvador Dalí made Le Meurice his Paris home for roughly a month each year, occupying the former royal suite and treating palace-hotel life as a form of performance. His requests became part of its mythology, but the deeper appeal is the setting: ornate rooms facing the Tuileries, grand service and just enough eccentricity to suit an artist who turned every entrance into theatre.
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