Salvador Dali on This Day in History

This Day In History: Spanish painter and sculptor Salvador Dali died on this day in 1989. What I like about SD is that he was not content to play the insufferable role of the self-important starving artist. If you needed artwork done for a commercial project, Salvador Dali was more than willing to do it...for a price of course. He created ads for De Beers Diamonds, S.C. Johnson & Company, Gap, and Datsun station wagons, Vogue, Town & Country and Chupa Chups lollipops. He was even a spokesperson for Alka-Seltzer and the French chocolate company Lanvin. He even designed swimsuits and published a cookbook and a novel.