Greatest Artist of All Time

[BurtWorm]

Poll question: Greatest Artist of All Time

[Rick Myers]

1. Salvador Dali!

:evilgrin:

[DenverDem]

4. Love Dali, have a signed print, but it's Yves Tanguy.

Check him out, he's an incredible surrealist.

<http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/tanguy/>

[mmm]

8. I haven't thought about Tanguy in years

[Zookeeper]

25. Yes!

Kind of a "love him or hate him" artist. I copied one of his paintings once, just to get my brain around his forms and space.

(Tanguy, that is...)

[mmm]

7. He is damn good

When you see his work live and up close prepare to be amazed.
The texture, size, composition and variety of subject matter
are mind boggling.

[PartyPooper]

11. Salvador Dali Flirted with me in Paris! I kid you not!

My partner and I were eating a very expensive lunch in a very chic Paris restaurant prior to departing on a train for Rome. It was 1976. I'll never forget it. And, Salvador Dali walked towards our table...his eyes were trained on me! (Believe me, this is one of my few claims to fame...and, I have a couple more. But, please don't ask me.)
;-)

And, to think, maybe, I coulda' been "Mrs. Salvador Dali". Sigh!

:-)

[BurtWorm]

24. I want to hear those other stories!

But this one is pretty damn good! :toast:

[BurtWorm]

2. My other grandmother!

;)

[DBoon]

3. R. Crumb

With Gilbert Shelton/Dan Sheridan a close second.

[DenverDem]

6. In that school, Jim Franklin, the Austin armadillo artist.

<http://www.threadgills.com/armadillo/jfkln.htm>

[holeinboatoutatsea]

5. Sickert

Walter.

Why the hell not? It's all subjective.

I took two years of art history, and have to say the decadence over the past two centuries is striking.

Sure, I can draw shadows and cubes and pretend people.

Can you draw:

Eyck, Jan van

[scucci]

10. I was actually going to post this painting

I've always thought it was absolutely brilliant! The detail is unbelievable in person. Check the mirror when looking at prints as most won't see the real thing in person. He was an absolute master.

[Doc_Technical]

9. Hieronymus Bosch

I don't know what rye bread mould this guy ate, but
I can relate.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I don't know Burt....Who's your grandmother?

Then I'll decide. ;)

[BurtWorm]

13. Roberta Rauschenberg.

;) Actually, my grandmother was pretty good at crocheting doilies.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Okay then, being a big fan of crocheted doilies...

I'm going with Roberta. :hi:

[Westegg]

14. Albert Pinkham Ryder...

...Okay, maybe not THE best, but a good one.

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Me!

[King of New Orleans]

17. Paul Klee

eom

[Feanorcurufinwe]

18. Van Gogh

You've gotta see them in person, though, they just don't translate very well to prints.

[sir_captain]

19. Bernini

His sculpture work is unreal

[PartyPooper]

20. Well, there are just too many to name. But, Michelangelo is at the top!

And, I especially like the 'contemporary' David Hockney!

:loveya:

[Westegg]

21. LeRoy Neiman...

..Love them "Sports Illustrated" covers.

[BurtWorm]

23. Damn! I knew I forgot someone!

[Zookeeper]

26. Aggh! Now I have to wash my eyes! n/t

[jus_the_facts]

22. Monet

:loveya:

[greendog]

27. Colonel E.Z. Smith

More: http://e-z-smith.com/

[SiobhanClancy]

28. Maxfield Parrish

Not the greatest of all time perhaps,but I love his work. Also like Cezanne,Cassatt,Edward Hopper and Vermeer.