Name one famous art painter of the last 50 years. You can't off the top of your head.

[MongGrel]

This.

 

[SirStev0]

You can call it "not art" but fuck you. He is probably my current favorite living artist.

Alex Ross.
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/8/81965/1753719-kingdomcomehd.jpg

 

[SirStev0]

I also enjoy Keith Haring's stuff, though he is no longer alive.
Late 80's/Early 90's.

Paved the way for that Banksy character (who I personally believe is actually a "collective" of British artists who realized making an outlaw artist persona was one hell of a way to get recognized)

 

[SKORPI0]

Norman Rockwell

My favorite illustrator/painter. Took drawing lessons in my younger days because of him.

 

[lxskllr]

Stanley Mouse

https://encrypted.google.com/search...-blog%2Frock-posters-of-stanley-mouse;700;971

 

[Printer Bandit]

David Choe


Thumbs up series on vice.com

 

[Childs]

Pollock, Basquiat and Warhol, but thats only because they either had movies about them, or were in a movie/tv show.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Jasper Johns
Jeff Koons
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol
Frank Stella
Roy Lichtenstein
Robert Rauschenberg
Alexander Calder
David Hockney

 

[bradley]

Jack Kirby

 

[BoberFett]

Frank Frazetta, you may not know the name but I can almost guaran-damn-tee you know his work.

 

[MongGrel]

Frank Frazetta, you may not know the name but I can almost guaran-damn-tee you know his work.

Molly Hatchet comes to mind.

 

[MongGrel]

Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXq8ZnP6gLY

 

[allisolm]

Fireface by Diego

 

[sdifox]

Thomas Kinkaid? Not sure if the spelling is right.

Does Robert Bateman count?

 

[IronWing]

My wife.

 

[SKORPI0]

some interesting quizzes.

Identify the Paintings II
What's Your Famous Paintings IQ?

 

[IronWing]

Remember this tip for visiting art galleries: regardless of the painting before you, always exclaim "It looks like a street lamp!"

 

[sandorski]

Andy Warhol

Ya, that's the only name that pops to mind. There's that Canadian Painter who does surreal nature paintings, but his name eludes me.

 

[sdifox]

Ya, that's the only name that pops to mind. There's that Canadian Painter who does surreal nature paintings, but his name eludes me.

Robert Bateman

 

[feralkid]

Not a painter, but Chihuly I feel fits into the conversation.

I love Chihuly!

 

[sandorski]

Robert Bateman

Ahh yes.

 

[AMCRambler]

Andy Warhol
Norman Rockwell
Jackson Pollock

The problem with art is your average Joe can't afford it. $200 for a framed "print" of a famous artwork? Screw that. I'd pay $200 for a real painting I really liked but to be honest, it would make me feel a bit like a pretentious asshole. Also what I like wouldn't even be considered real art. I like cars so a painting of a car would be cool but snobby connoisseurs would look down their nose at it. So many other useful things could be purchased with $200 as opposed to something that just hang on the wall that you look at. How about a delicious bunch of steaks, or tablet pc or a bunch of fireworks? The art I can afford just feels like snobby interior decorating to me.

I would rather go to a museum and see a master painters real work and appreciate it so much more because I don't see a crappy reproduction on my wall that doesn't do the original justice. Went to a museum in Spain with my wife one time and saw paintings by Rafael and Goya. So much more beautiful in person than in print.

 

[bradley]

some interesting quizzes.

Identify the Paintings II

Glad I hung in there, but really tough. About half of the questions I took educated guesses. 12 out of 40, which is embarrassing. Frida Kahlo was easy, see her picture once and it haunts you forever.

 

[schmuckley]

Grandma Moses.
oops..I'm 3 years too late.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Since nobody has mentioned him - Leroy Neiman.