Trivia

He had an older brother also named Salvador Dalí (October 12, 1901-August 1, 1903)that died at the young age of 1 year and 9 months, from gastroenteritis. Consumed with pain, Dalí's parents wasted no time in begetting another child. He was born nine months later and was named after his brother. This deceased brother was a ghost rival of Dalí's throughout his childhood and was a disturbing influence in his psychological make-up. He grew up under the feeling that the first Salvador Dalí was the real one and he a mere forgery.

In 1945, he signed on with Walt Disney to assist in the development of a film to be entitled "Destino". The film project was cancelled with only 15 seconds of animation completed. The film was finally completed and released in 2003.

Early in his life, Dalí was an admirer of the painter Pablo Picasso and based several of his early paintings on Picasso's cubist style.

He included his wife, Gala Dalí, as a central character in many of his paintings.

A business developer, in total seriousness, approached Dalí with the intention to start a chain of lunch shops decorated with his artwork, and call the chain "Dalícatessen". Dalí responded by calling the business developer a "madman", and refused to accept any further offers.

In a relatively recent retrospective at the Tate Modern in Britain, a panel declared that Salvador Dali had designed the Tarot Cards in "Let Live and Let Die".

Was involved with Alexandro Jodorowsky's unsuccessful attempt to adapt the novel "Dune" to the screen. Dali would have played Emperor Shaddam IV. Another surreal artist, H. R. Giger, was also involved in the project.

Was a student and later collaborator with Luis Buñuel. Met at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid.

In 1923, in Madrid, at the Residencia de Estudiantes, Dalí met the poet Federico García Lorca who promptly fell in love with him. A close and passionate friendship developed in the following years. In the summer of 1927 Lorca twice tried physical intimacy with a somewhat complacent Dalí. He, nevertheless, became fearful of the homo-erotic aspects of the friendship and distanced himself of Lorca in 1928.

Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Music & Arts.

According to one Documentary, Dali liked to mythologise about his past, saying for instance that he had handed his Father a small pouch and said "There, now I have repaid everything I owe you". The Documentarian, hearing it at second hand, dismissed this anecdote as "impossible".

Born at 8:45am-UT

He is mentioned in the song "Big Wedge" by former Marillion singer Fish, a UK Top 40 single from 1990. He is also mentioned in the song "Was It All Worth It?" by Queen, a track from their 1989 album "The Miracle".

Had a relationship with Amanda Lear.

Giraffes on Horseback Salad, Dalí's treatment for a Marx Brothers movie, was adapted into a graphic novel in March 2019 by Josh Frank, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela Pertega.

Salvador Dalí was fluent in Catalan.