Saturday, September 25, 2010

15 Artists: Another Facebook Meme

Oh, how we love lists! These lists on facebook are like cocktail party getting-to-know-yous. The one that I've seen making the rounds lately is the "15 Albums that have stayed with you," or some such. You are supposed to take no longer than fifteen minutes to compile the list -- so no outside research! Heh. Making such a list does not appeal to me.

However, when I saw someone post a 15 Artists list, I thought it might be fun to try my own. Other folks stuck to painters only. I included photographers and one cartoonist. I came up with this list off the top of my fifteen minute brain, then searched the happy internet for images. I am a wee bit discouraged that my brain could only come up with two women. Anyway, here are some pretty pictures for you to enjoy.


Odd Nerdrum


Duane Michals


Vincent Van Gogh


Pierre Bonnard


Dorothea Lange


Paul Klee


Egon Schiele


Yousuf Karsh


Diane Arbus


Weegee


Andy Warhol
Pablo Picasso


Henri Matisse


Robert Crumb


Philip Guston






Peace.

4 comments:

ms fahrenheit said...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markart/267238618/

Courbet
and
Wyeth too!

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kuspit/kuspit10-06-05_detail.asp?picnum=19

Anonymous said...

cafe at arles is the prettiest painting ever. :)

Rowena said...

I'm going to try off the top of my head...
van gogh
degas
kiki smith
klee
klimt
kahlo
lucien freud

this is hard on my brain....
I have to think some more. I can see all these paintings and photos, but I can't remember their names.

Hecate said...

Amazing post, Ina.

Frederick Church.

Dorothy Parker.

Mary Oliver.

Matisse.

Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Chanel.

Yves St. Laurent.

Dorothy Sayers.

Francis Hodgson Burnett.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

Pamela Colman Smith.

John William Waterhouse.

Christopher Vacher.

Handel.