Top interesting and weird facts about Dali

Before I tell you more about Dali`s art works, love and career, I would like to share the most captivating facts about Salvador Dali. It will help you to understand better the mysterious and weird life of the artist or genius... Whatever you consider him to be.

1. One day at school Dali fell down the stairs. Everyone was talking about it. For this reason, Dali decided to "fall" down the stairs every day to be in the middle of attention.

2. Dali was scared of women and ants.

3. Dali didn`t sell his artworks. Gala Dali (his wife) was the one who was responsible for selling the pictures.

4. When Dali started to paint Eluard, Eluard was Gala`s husband. When Dali finished the painting, they were divorced and Gala had a love affair with Dali. ( I will tell you more about Dali and Gala in following posts).

5. Dali worked with Disney. (They have made a cartoon together). 

6. Dali was named after his dead brother ( I have already discussed it).

7. Dali created Chupa Chups logo. He didn`t take money for that. He just asked for a box of Chupa Chups a day.

Picture adopted from weheartit.com.

8. Some people gossip Dali`s wife Gala was a witch. 

9. Dali was obsessed with Hitler as a woman. Yeah...I am pretty serious. He has a painting dedicated to it The Enigma of Hitler, (1939).

10. Gala was eleven years older than Dali.

11. The difference between a person with schizophrenia and Dali is that Dali admitted he had schizophrenia.

12. Dali worked with Christian Dior to create a costume for 2045 year.

13. Dali used to come to art exhibitions in a diving suit.

14. Crater on Mercury was named after Dali.

15. Dali invented plastic coach which takes a comfortable form for a person who sits there.

16. Dali created fake nails with mirrors, so that ladies could check their look. (What a genius!)

17. His behaviour in public was not always accepted by society.

18. There is a movie about Salvador Dali Little Ashes.

19. I am addicted to Dali.

Thank you so much for your attention! I hope you liked this post.

Facts were taken from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_interesting_facts_about_Salvador_Dali?#slide=1

http://www.newstatesman.com/cultural-capital/2012/11/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-salvador-dali-0

http://primaryfacts.com/841/10-salvador-dali-facts/

http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/artists/salvador-dali/facts-on-salvador-dali.shtml

and my personal knowledge I learned from museum.