Favorite Artists
Anybody have any favorite artists?
Personally I'm quite fond of Edward Hopper and James Sienna.
I need to write a paper about asymmetric balance for a drawing class. It has to be a painting from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but their search is only by artist, and all of the artists I'm fond of are either abstract, which I don't really feel like writing about, not in their collection, or classics which I feel would be a bit boring for the paper. So tell me your favorite artists or paintings as a jumping off point.
I found this artist a while back and her work is pretty awesome:
http://agnes-cecile.deviantart.com/gallery/
Van Gogh has always been my favorite.
If the museum has any Dali, you can always go with that. There's so much asymmetry in his works that you could do a whole class on it only.
I love Franz Kline
Man is the cruelest animal.
Banksy.
Look up into the stars and you're gone.
do they have any Egon Schiele? I've only been to the Philadelphia Museum once, I don't really remember. Obviously any Picasso or something like that you could write about. Matisse also used a lot of asymmetry in his portraits.
We just went to an exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago - Picasso to Warhol.
Picasso to Warhol will present approximately 100 works of art created by 14 of the most iconic artists from the 20th century: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio De Chirico, Joan Miró, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. The exhibition will be one of the largest concentrations of modern art masterpieces to ever be exhibited in the southeastern United States.
The achievements of these pioneers of modern art will be presented in depth, exploring each artist’s stylistic development and highlighting their role in the most important artistic developments of the twentieth century, including the invention of Cubism, the emergence of abstraction and the development of Surrealism.
Highlights of the exhibition include: Henri Matisse’s Dance (I), 1909; Pablo Picasso’s Girl Before a Mirror, 1932, and Night Fishing at Antibes, 1939; Jasper Johns’s Map, 1961; Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait, 1966; Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space, 1928; and Jackson Pollock’s, Number 1A, 1948.
I don't know if any of this may be helpful to you, but perhaps....
We saw some very, very cool pieces.
Hey I like that Jack Vettriano lad. I just looked at some of his stuff.
Man is the cruelest animal.
I find Jack Vettriano's art really corny. It doesn't help that his prints are in every greasy spoon you come across.
Yeah, I think I might do "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)"
Also guys, I didn't really mean for this to be a "help me with my homework" kind of thing. Thanks anyway though.
Those two Irina posted are amazing. Stuntkid is sick!
And I really liked that Nate Wragg that Alecia posted.
I love Ralph Steadman's art.
Yeah, I think I might do "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)"
Also guys, I didn't really mean for this to be a "help me with my homework" kind of thing. Thanks anyway though.
That's one of my favourite paintings 
I love Ralph Steadman's art.
I'm a fan.
I find it more stylized than corny. The painting style isn't really my taste, but I thought the paintings captured a moment in each one. I found them interesting.
Man is the cruelest animal.
I have a lot of favorite porn artists if that counts.
I wouldn't say this is my favorite artist, but I really enjoy his work and have been sending my friends cards with his art on it lately:
Gaëlle Boissonnard
I love his use of color.
Good stuff, but Gaëlle is a she.
Among my faves :
Hokusai
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/katsushika-hokusai
Glen Baxter
My bad.
Not gonna lie, I was tempted to post examples and links.
But I didn't so you're welcome.
I'm sure there's more to you than just porn.
There really isn't.
Oh yeah? What about video games?
Just with that already doubles what you that you were.
Roj Friberg.
Yo man! Next time, I kick your ass! That'll be that!
James Ensor
"The silver bag of turkey Tetrazzini empty on the carpet. The carved elephant pillars.
In our heads, we’re all jotting down the line:I happen to know a lot about human insides . . .
And nothing more happens. More nothing happens. "
I don't know why these paintings remind me of Lucien Freud.
I really like those Roj Friberg paintings. I've never heard of that guy.
Not sure it'll help you, but here are two of my favourites:
Audrey Kawasaki. She paints on wood
Stuntkid - illustrator