The Shadows of Cadaqués The coastal light of Cadaqués, Spain, shapes the early vision of Àngel Planells i Cruañas. Born in 1901, he moves through a landscape where the boundaries of reality feel thin. It is here that he encounters the creative energies of Salvador Dalí and Eliseu Meifrèn. In 1918, the pull of Barcelona draws him away from the coast to study the technical rigors of painting, lithography, and engraving. Economic hardship forces a return home, but the intellectual hunger remains. By 1928, he is no longer merely a student; he is a voice in surrealist poetry and art criticism, pre…