As a life-long fan, and on-again/off-again painter, there was some point in 2015 when I started a series on the now-horrible Twitter platform to focussed on my favourite artists. Mostly they were ones from the last 100-150 years. Some are broadly famous, others a bit more obscure. I touched upon classical, abstract, figurative and sculptural creators, with no real pattern or theme other than they were artists that I liked.
It was a bit more effort than I could afford every Monday, but it was fun, and it gradually took up more than the 20-30 minutes I'd hoped to spend on it each week. So after about 21 episodes of this Twitter series, I wrapped it up. There are two episode number sevens – I seem to have briefly lost count. Oops.
Here for your enjoyment is a summary of the artists. Each post shares a few of their works (usually touching on lesser-known pieces, especially when they are well-known). I add a few words on my impressions of the works and highlight my favourite ones.
Enjoy.
- Monet
- Mondrian
- Hopper
- Matisse
- Rothko
- Lismer
- Picasso
The other #7 - Henry Moore (My numbering fail) - Duchamp
- Degas
- Escher
- Thomson
- Casson
- Mucha
- Hokusai
- Kramskoy
- Magritte
- Pollack
- Klee
- Carr
- Munch
