Salvador Dali

Yes he went to the USA for some years.

The painting is oil on canvas and measures 100 x 70 cm. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 100 x 70 cm.

He feared insects.

Salvador Dalí was 1.72 m (5ft 7-3/4 in), according to his prison record when he was 20 years old. However his hairdresser/biographer Luis Llongueras says Dalí was 1.74 m (5ft 8-1/2in) tall.

Actually Dali's fear of insects was an important face. He added ants to his most important and most talked about work, "The Persistence of Memory". Other important works included grasshoppers, flies and other insects. These icons helped to shape Dali's persona. You can see more examples of these works online, try salvadordaliexperts.com as an example. Look for the "Persistence of Memory" and notice the ants in the image.

His mother died when he was young, but his father completely supported him. This was until Dali was kicked out of his house due to writing "I sometimes spit on my mother's portrait for fun", on Jesus's Sacred Heart, a painting.

Salvador Dali was a Famous Surrealist Artist

Dali died of heart failure in Figueres, Spain 1989 at the age of 84.

There is usually one and the same answer to those questions 'Why did XXX become an artist?' Because he felt he had the talent and the urge. It is as simple as that!

well, yes and no... it was mainly his wife, Gala. He painted many paintings of her.

I suppose she did eventually, but she was alive at age 42 when she published a book.

In 1958.

Salvador Dali got expelled because he was too smart.

Salvador Dali's painting genre is surrealism.

It is not much use asking WHY painters paint. They are not bribed to, or the Mafia forces them. They paint what they want. Dalí often painted his dreams.

Salvador Dali, it is not known exactly when he said this.

This is a quote from famous Spanish painter Salvador Dali, I don't understand why it is a question.

Neither will get very far.

Swans Reflecting Elephants is 51 cm × 77 cm (20.08 in × 30.31 in).

his father was an artist-he was in training to become a great artist since he was a child.

Oil paint on canvas.

Salvador Dali died January 23, 1989 at Pigueras Hospital in Figueras, Spain. He died of heart failure.

Not sure how many he sold exactly, but he painted around 1,000 oil paintings in his lifetime and the bulk of them where sold. A small number where given away (including his most famous: The Persistence of Memory) and others where early life works that only became of value years later.

During his career (1920's to 1970's) Dali would always sell a work. He couldn't paint them quick enough to meet demand. His fellow surrealists coined the anagram 'Avida Dollars' for him as a result.

His art is Surrealism.
Surrealism which is part of Modernism.

In Figueres, Barcelona, Paris, US and Figueres again.

Dalí is buried in a crypt in the Theatre-Museum basement in Figueres in Spain. He is amongst his work.

He was the best known of the surrealists.

He also used Dildo's that had been previously used by salvador himself to masturbate. Also his wife would dip them in his oil paint and use it as a type of lube.

I know that Pablo Picasso affected his painting style, and the subject matter mainly came from his own psyche. I also know that the two artist (Picasso and Dali) met at some point.

I hope this helped a little. This is just knowledge I know off of the top of my head.

'The Trinity' (Study for The Ecumenical Council). 1960. Oil on canvas. 58.4 x 66 cm. Vatican Gallery