Who is your favourite painter?

Question

I love all of El Greco's works, in my mind he was about 200 years ahead of his time, it took artists over two centuries starting with Manet and to Impressionism movement, to appreciate his genius, because what he did was so different to anyone else at the time that they diminished his art as c**p pretty much.

Answer 1

In terms of talent, I love Gericault (Raft of the Medusa is amazing!), Rafael, Jan Van Eyck, and Jacques-Louis David.  I also love Toulouse-Lautrec, Lucian Freud, Van Gogh, Chagall, Manet, and Goya (among others!).

I also am a fan of El Greco, but I think that being "ahead of his time" can be said for many painters.  Hieronymus Bosch was about 500 years ahead of his time, in my opinion, when he painted the garden of earthly delights, which could be seen as a precursor to surrealism.

I also don't believe it is true that people diminished his art as 'c**p;' El Greco had a large following at the time.  Of course there are always critics!

Art is a funny thing; it moves in such cycles, and different works are either in favor or not based on things like scientific inventions, and social/political circumstances.  In my opinion, impressionism and post-impressionism would not exist were it not for the invention of photography, the production of portable tubes of oil paint, the rising leisure class, and the spirit of freedom that had taken hold of post-revolution French society.  With the invention of photography, realistic painting was no longer necessary to preserve the images of nobility and important events.  Oil paint tubes allowed artists to take their works outside, and saved valuable time in mixing colors by hand.  The leisure class gave more people time to paint, and gave impressionists a subject matter (portraits were no longer reserved for royalty), and the freedom attitude led to the development of the "Salon des Refuses" (an exhibit put on by the art academy in France to allow the "second tier" artists to show their work).  It was at the "Salon des Refuses" that the impressionist movement received its name (from Monet's 'Impression: Sunrise').  A critic slammed it, and all of the similar paintings.  Of course, there is no accounting for taste.

Answer 2

My favorite painter or at least the category that he falls into is Banksy. He is my favorite "painter" because he change the views on what graffiti really is. He also independently changed are views on are society on and how we can live in peace with each other with out violence. He is are generations Gandhi. His work is very smart and most of all a beautiful form of ART!!

Answer 3

Where do I begin. Lol :) I like pretty much all of them. The 20th Century was the most remarkable, in my opinion, in terms of depth of thought and feeling and forms of expression.  

Answer 4

John Singer Sargent . . . I love the light in "Lily, Lily, Rose" http://www.rosarian.com/graphics/images/...

Frank Frazetta (Contemorary) . . .  and it is odd because he does fantasy art and I am not into fantasy art!  But I love his palette and his use of neutrals to make his colors sing!  Like I love the aqua in this as the cool light in a warm neutral composition. . . but could care less about the subject matter!  http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Fraze...

Mitch Albala (local contemporary) . . .  I love his use of value to describe the mountains, water and sky of the Pacific Northwest.  http://www.studioperspectives.com/art/al...

Answer 5

i like all of them but i aspire to be like Da Vinci because he is a scientist as well and is good a code!

Answer 6

cope2, ubuv, other graff artists

Answer 7

David Hockney!

Answer 8

degas or monet  

Answer 9

Richard Diebenkorn

and Van Gough of coarse

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