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- RobotKeaton, on 05/27/2009, -1/+8What, no Rockwell?
- elYorte, on 05/27/2009, -0/+5Forgive me: Other than being gay, is there a reason Warhol is referred to as "Her" in this?
- n0xz, on 05/27/2009, -2/+7Leonardo Da Vinci should be #1. Picasso is more prolific ... but his genius is not on par with Da Vinci or Michelangelo.
- muxaulo, on 05/27/2009, -6/+11What, no Banksy?
- pimpofpixels, on 05/27/2009, -0/+4I bet you have a tricorder and enjoy flying machines though.
The truth is that art and science are intrinsically linked. They're both the exercise of creativity and imagination, and they fuel each other. - Kuci06, on 05/27/2009, -0/+4...Hitler?
I mean, he was important - shdwfx, on 05/27/2009, -1/+5Very interesting... apparently, only western or european culture produces any artists even worth mentioning. Everyone else is clearly unworthy.
Or, the author is just an ***** with his racist blinds on. - kestermatsumoto, on 05/27/2009, -1/+4Egon Schiele but no Gustav Klimt? Where are H.R.Giger, and Gottfried Helnwein? Plus the list is a little skewed towards dead European painters. How about Hokusai Katsushika? Norman Rockwell? Frida Khalo?
- Sconz33, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3Are you kidding? Like the article says, Picasso "looked back at the masters and surpassed them all." Anything Leo or Michelangelo could do on canvas Picasso could do - and then notch it up a level. Some of the sketches he did as a teenager far outstrip those two in terms of technical ability and beauty.
- nemomarlin, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3They should be on the list too,
John Singer Sargent - most important American potraitist, painted the famous portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
William Bouguereau - the most important man of Pre-Raphaelite Movement - n0xz, on 05/27/2009, -1/+4Nahh ... I read the article, but surpassing Da Vinci ? Everyone has their opinion, but if you ask 1000 persons, showing Picasso's arguably most famous painting Guernica and ask them to name it, how many can tell the name ? Show them the Mona Lisa and see the difference. About sketches, show them the most famous Picasso's sketches vs the Vitruvius man ... or Leonardo's portrait ?
Picasso is great, but most of his art is inaccessible and on the contrary, almost everyone can enjoy the beauty of a Vinci or a Michelangelo. That's a definition of a true master, the ability to communicate with the mass. - shibagarden, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3Probably because he wasn't really known as a painter.
- phatcat77, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3Art vs Technology.
What makes us human is our art, and our technology. Both things are unique to us only. So I feel they come from the same place, and without one you wouldn't have the other. - Sconz33, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3What's one got to do with the other? That's like looking at a list of top 10 movies then saying it's stupid because you prefer to listen to music.
- Cavemonster, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3I disagree, Basquiat was revolutionary even just for his graffiti work.
True, he didn't bring any sweeping ideas as game-changing as Warhol, but his work ages better. While as Warhol's ideas become mainstream, every one of his pieces becomes less interesting, Basquiat's work wasn't grounded in the gimmick, it stays fascinating as time goes by.
Also, Warhol wasn't really a painter as much, his real contributions were more as a printmaker. - kahoona1, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3David should be higher if you ask me.
- Bekey, on 05/27/2009, -0/+3Happy that William Blake was on the list. :)
- Petestreet, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Rockwell is under appreciated.
- pimpofpixels, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Couldn't have said it better myself.
Actually, I'd have bitched more about including Warhol as a painter. - Petestreet, on 05/27/2009, -1/+3Picasso was a genius of the highest caliber. Da Vinci was so many things, and his art is astounding.
Picasso was purely an artist. I love both of their work, I guess I can relate to Picasso better though. - feedroh, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Gustav Klimt on #37, Frida Khalo #70
- 6donkey9, on 05/27/2009, -1/+3I'm glad there is an article about artists here on Digg but Basquiat at #22 NO ***** WAY! More important than Warhol? Basquiat wouldn't be a footnote without Warhol. Many of the artists on that list are more important than both of those hacks!
- Cavemonster, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2You're a philistine.
1) This is a silly thread to make that point in, it's like a list of the top 10 horror movies and you come in and say "Doctors are more important than horror movies, horror movies never saved a life! durr!!"
2) Scientists and engineers solve problems, keep people alive and fed and comfortable, give them tools. They are the mechanics that keep the car of society running. Art is where that car goes when it's running well. - Cavemonster, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Also, Picasso had so many bodies of work that have had hugely lasting influence. If he had only painted Guernica, he'd warrant being on the list, but he just kept going ang going.
- pimpofpixels, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2O'Keeffe would have been a nice touch.
- delooka, on 05/27/2009, -3/+5Salvador Dali should be much higher than 54
- kahoona1, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Rauschenberg should be on there somewhere too I think.
- Petestreet, on 05/27/2009, -1/+3I wasn't sure about your assertion that he should be on the list. I looked at his Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy and I have to agree.
He's important. His art has depth and stirs controversy. What he has to say is as profound as many who made the list. - Cavemonster, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Not bad, a few I think deserve to be up there.
Arthur Dove (never gets enough credit)
Helen Frankenthaler
Diego Rivera
For the most part I'd say it's a good list. - gatorfree, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Gauguin got that Tahitian lady action, DAMN!
- texnite, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2"The broken column", terrible self-portrait by Frida Kahlo
C'mon man...she was in an accident! She was also kind enough to show us her boobs, what more do you want - pimpofpixels, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2A pretty good list: not complete by any stretch, and only tolerable if "not in any particular order", but an impressive review of art history.
- nemomarlin, on 05/27/2009, -0/+2Da Vinci's sketch is just amazing.. maybe Michelangelo, Raphael or Ingres can match Da Vinci, but certainly not Picasso.
Picasso is more of an innovator. - everythingiknow, on 05/27/2009, -2/+4 Basqiat is good but not enough for this list, likewise with Murakami.
Also it's difficult to do just painters as there are so many that cross over between painting, printmaking and sculpture (eg Warhol), then maybe we should be including Beuys and a whole lot more?
And I agree about the western culture thing, Hiroshige and Hokusai (though printmakers) should be there. - andrihb, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1He's not even the only man on the list referred to as "her". There are plenty of other mistakes, I think the author may be dyslexic.
- andrihb, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1It had to be said.
- NSResponder, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1It's a list of painters. Pollock wasn't a painter, he was a guy who figured out how to sell drop cloths to idiots.
If it were a list of people who were experts at PR and salesmanship, he'd be #1.
-jcr - imkidred, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1Buried for not listing VERMEER until 43.
- jaradams, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1Totally bogus by the the poster's own standards. He says that Rothko and Basquiat cannot be measured or quantified for influence or importance yet, and yet he does just that. According to him, Picasso believed his work derivative of Cezanne, so how can a derivative artist be more important than the person from whom his work is derived, especially as Cezanne has not vanished from the public consciousness. A my favorites list that he wants to justify for some reason. How's this crap get listed?
- rumbl3r, on 05/28/2009, -0/+1Why is Any Warhol referred to as a 'her'?
- UNEXPLODEDduck, on 05/27/2009, -1/+2just because you don't like his work doesn't mean he's not important..
- HeartsOfOak, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1Fair enough. I read the disclaimer, but the list still left me disappointed. Like the author just flipped through every other list of important artists and then took out all the women and non-European people.
I'm mostly exaggerating, I don't really think the guy is a racist. He's just got a stilted view of the art world. - Hellahulla, on 05/27/2009, -2/+3No Escher? Meh.
- Hellahulla, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1He did? That's something new for me. Thanks.
- ToxicGas, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1agreed about Sargent
- Equinamin, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1Great self-portraits...but why was the only woman' on the list' ~ Frieda's called~ "terrible" ?
Here comes the Judge' and she speaks' Spanish... - pimpofpixels, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1I sort of let them off the hook due to their disclaimer at the top:
"Although this list stems from a deep study of the painters, their contribution to painting, and their influence on later artists, we are aware that objectivity does not exist in Art, so we understand that most readers will not agree 100% with this list. In any case, theartwolf.com assures that this list is only intended as a tribute to the painting and the painters that have made of it an unforgettable Art"
To me, as an incomplete and unordered list, it is interesting. - jonshipman, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1wtf? Alberto Durero? Why does his self-portrait name get all romanticized?
And it's Albrecht Dürer not ALBERT DÜRER - nemomarlin, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1I know. then Winston Churchill should be on the list too because Churchill likes to paint landscape.
- likethegoddess, on 05/28/2009, -0/+1Gosh, I hope this is a list rather than a ranking.
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