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Salvador Dalí
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Salvador Dali never paid his restaurant tabs. Dali would pay his tabs by check and scribbled on them. He based this form of payment by his theory that they could never cash in a check with such a valuable piece of art on it. This theory ended up being correct as no restaurant has ever cashed a check given to them by Dali. Source: Facts.net
Linking up with a bunch of fantastic peeps from the blogosphere who host Wordless Wednesday – Betty, image-in-ing, Keith, Senior Salon, Esme Salon, CatSynth, and Suzana.
We had an exhibition with Dali’s creations in Bucharest. I discovered that there are much
more than I thought.
Thank you for the subject, dear Sandee!
Happy WW and a fine week! Hugs and love!❤️😘
Salvadore Dali was absolutely “one of a kind”……creativity was his LIFE!
Hugs, Pam
what a great idea, maybe I the MadSnapper Procreator might try this. ha ha haha ha ha ha ha
The restaurants were very smart not to cash his checks. They need to be framed instead!
Now if only that would work for me. Very interesting and I bet those checks are worth way more than the amount they were written for.
I had a chance to visit the Dali museum in St Petersburg, Florida, and passed it up (this was almost 10 years ago). Now, I would do it in a heartbeat. There’s just something about those melting clocks. Alana ramblinwitham
No lack of self-confidence from him, huh? LOLOL And he wasn’t wrong!
Have a wonderful day!
I have to admit I have never been a fan of Dali, but we all have different tastes which is good. The restaurants were very clever to keep those cheques. I wonder if any have been sold at auction.
We have never heard of him, but if he is really famous, the check is probably worth a lot more not cashed than cashed.
Very interesting. He sounds like a bit of a jerk. 🙂 Thanks for hosting. Have a nice day. XO
wow! Fascinating stuff Sandee! 💜💜
Interesting tidbit! He was definitely one of a kind. Happy Wednesday.
Wouldn’t it have been interesting to have met him? I just love this picture and could spend a lot of time just looking at it and trying to figure it out. And I probably never would be able to!
Mom’s house in New Jersey had a Dali-like painting on the kitchen wall. The previous owner was an artist who was a Dali fan.
Now that was a great fact! I have always enjoyed Dali’s works, and I am not surprised he thought that about his checks. I would rather have that check (and I guess the restaurants thought so too) than a few dollars. Dali was right. Who would cash them? You know the one with the melting clock? One of my son’s is a teacher…he was still early on in teaching… about 26 yrs. old. Endless teachers meetings take place sometimes every other day or worse. After hours of course, where the Principal drones on forEVER. Once my boy started a net going around showing his rendition (sketch on a scar of paper) of the melting clock denoting how time was passing. I’m his mother but it cracked me up when he mailed me that paper piece, and still does!
started a NOTE going around…not a net, for pete sake!
We knew that. Auto correct sucks. 🤣😎🙃
I’ve always liked Dali’s work. Now I like him better. What a great gimmick. 🤣😎🙃
I admire Dali’s artwork very much – it’s up there in my pantheon.
As a person, this and other stories suggest that he was a bit…difficult.
That’s such an interesting thing!!!
So interesting, a bit of trivia, Sandee. I love that no restaurant has cashed his check; that speaks volumes to the public’s respect for Dali’s artistic genius. I like his art; such imagination boggles my mind… no pun intended.
A wonderful Wordless Wednesday to you, dear friend. Much love and peace to you.
What an interesting way to make “payment.” That only works if you’re a famous artist!
The practice speaks volumes about his ego.
That’s interesting:) Recently read Salvador Dali’s “Dali’s Mustache”
Thanks a lot for hosting.
From what I have read about Dali…he was a very interesting character (and talented artist)!
The irony is that those checks are worth a lot more than the face value that way.
Whoa…we had no idea! What a fascinating tidbit of a giant in art. We can always count on you to provide such remarkable tidbits. Happy mid-week, dear Sandee.
The Detroit Institute of Art in Michigan had “Dali Atomicus” on display; Dali floating in air, water swirls and cats, in a black-and-white photograph.
Was thrilled to see it in person!
Discovered a new-to-me artwork of his at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York when there last year, and discovered there is a Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
He was a surrealist like no other!
Fun info about Dali ~ hugs,
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