Andréa Fernandes
Calling All Artophiles!
by Andréa Fernandes - June 5, 2008 - 12:52 PM

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In the past, “Feel Art Again” has covered only pre-1900 artists and works of art. Today, all that changes!

We’d like to start covering some more modern artists and would like suggestions from you, the readers. While we usually cover painters, suggestions of sculptors, photographers, and other artists are also welcome. Of course, suggestions of pre-1900 artists are still welcome, too.

So let’s hear it: What artists or works of art would you love to see covered for “Feel Art Again”?

(Seen above is Viggo Johansen’s “The Artists’ Gathering.”)

‘Feel Art Again’ appears every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Comments (58)

  1. I’d love to see Maxfield Parish or Alphonse Mucha. Or Duane Keiser; he’s a fabulous still-life painter.

    posted by Vanessa on 6-5-2008 at 1:22 pm

  2. Hmmm…

    -Max Ernst
    -Dorothea Tanning
    -Yves Tanguy
    -Matta

    Any of the above four would do nicely.
    Obviously, I hate Surrealism ;)

    posted by Peter on 6-5-2008 at 1:29 pm

  3. Modigliani, Lempicka or Lucian Freud

    posted by Lauren on 6-5-2008 at 1:32 pm

  4. how about some modern women artists–marisol escobar, georgia o’keefe, frida kahlo, lois maillou jones–HEY! what about photographers, like diane arbus?

    i am crazy about modern art.
    can’t wait for the new articles….

    posted by Gillian on 6-5-2008 at 1:32 pm

  5. Hmm…

    -Max Ernst
    -Dorothea Tanning
    -Yves Tanguy
    -Matta

    Any of the above four would be a real pleasure.
    Obviously, I despise Surrealism. ;)

    posted by Peter on 6-5-2008 at 1:33 pm

  6. Apologies for the double post.
    My computer is sadistic.

    posted by Peter on 6-5-2008 at 1:34 pm

  7. Salvador Dali
    MC Escher
    Georgia O’Keefe
    Henri Rousseau

    posted by nutmeag on 6-5-2008 at 1:36 pm

  8. Sol Lewitt!!

    posted by Hill-Dawg on 6-5-2008 at 1:43 pm

  9. Sol Lewitt

    posted by Hill-Dawg on 6-5-2008 at 1:50 pm

  10. My wife would be giddy if you were to cover Keith Haring.

    posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 6-5-2008 at 2:11 pm

  11. Ron Mueck
    Totally awesome sculptor. So life-like (besides the size of course!)
    I was lucky enough to see some of his works when they were at the NAC in Ottawa.

    posted by Shann on 6-5-2008 at 2:20 pm

  12. M.C. Escher
    Grant Wood
    Normal Rockwell

    posted by gmsc on 6-5-2008 at 2:23 pm

  13. -Frida Kahlo
    -Diego Rivera
    -José Clemente Orozco
    -David Alfaro Siqueiros
    -Georgia O’Keeffe

    (Obviously I have a soft spot for Mexican muralists. And vagina-flowers.)

    posted by AMT on 6-5-2008 at 2:40 pm

  14. definitely frida kahlo. her art and life are both so interesting! you could also cover some of your previous featured artist’s other works. i like the idea of gillian’s to do more women artists.

    posted by lindsay m on 6-5-2008 at 2:42 pm

  15. How about some Canadian artists like Henry Moore and Bill Reid:)

    posted by Katie on 6-5-2008 at 2:44 pm

  16. How about a little Kandinsky?

    posted by Leo on 6-5-2008 at 3:21 pm

  17. Hannah Hoch, or any of the Dadaists really.

    posted by Adrienne on 6-5-2008 at 3:22 pm

  18. Ditto on Parrish, Escher, Kahlo, O’Keefe, Rockwell, Modigliani!

    Photgraphy: Ansel Adams, Steve McCurry, Galen Rowell

    Pre 1900′s: John William Waterhouse, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, John Everett Millais

    posted by Nerak on 6-5-2008 at 3:24 pm

  19. Jackson Pollock, in honour of my Dalmatian dog Jackson – who looks just like a Pollock original :)

    posted by dangermouse on 6-5-2008 at 4:12 pm

  20. Amin Gulgee. He was a brilliant Pakistani artist, painter and sculptor. Recently was found dead in his house in Pakistan. I would really like to see a feature on him. His art is very interesting.

    posted by Pink Coat on 6-5-2008 at 4:26 pm

  21. Plus, it is something different than the usual European/American only fare we get to see on here.

    posted by Pink Coat on 6-5-2008 at 4:28 pm

  22. Modigliani’s one of my favorites. It’d be great if you did something about him.

    posted by Kaitie on 6-5-2008 at 4:28 pm

  23. How about some 3D people like Brancusi, or some designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles and Ray Eames, Buckminster Fuller, Henry Dreyfuss

    posted by Hypatia on 6-5-2008 at 4:50 pm

  24. Jeff Koons
    Damien Hirst
    Christo
    Anyone from the Bauhaus School that Hitler loved so much
    Sol LeWitt
    TAKASHI MURAKAMI
    Do-Ho Suh
    Warhol
    Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen
    Jasper Johns
    Marcel Duchamp
    Man Ray
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Nan Goldin
    Carl Andre
    Frank Stella
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Basquait
    Alexander Calder
    Mark di Suvero
    Edward Hopper
    Jenny Saville
    Cy Twombly
    David LaChapelle
    Chuck Close
    Alex Katz
    Annie Liebovitz
    I can’t believe no one has mentioned Salvador Dali
    Jenny Holzer
    Judy Chicago
    William Wegman
    Deborah Butterfield
    Lisa Yuskavage

    …
    I think that this short (yes, short!) list will give you something to look at.

    posted by Corrine on 6-5-2008 at 5:07 pm

  25. Anish Kapoor (“Cloud Gate” in Chicago and “Sky Mirror” in NYC being two of his many, many goodies) and Louise Bourgeois (“Maman” a giant bronze spider is my favourite) featured would make my smile be cantaloupe-wide.

    posted by AMR on 6-5-2008 at 5:09 pm

  26. My abbreviated list:

    Dan Flavin – I know it’s light installations but they are so freaking awesome!

    Mark Rothko

    Marcel Duchamp

    Anselm Kiefer!

    Joseph Cornell

    Francis Bacon

    Ellsworth Kelly

    Edward Ruscha

    One I do not want to read about: Sean Scully *yawn*

    posted by nikki on 6-5-2008 at 5:44 pm

  27. I second Maxfield Parrish!

    Oh, and I’d love to learn more about Mark Ryden, and his fetish for Christina Ricci, Abe Lincoln, and other recurring objects.

    posted by Johnny Cat on 6-5-2008 at 6:14 pm

  28. Jenny Holzer

    Dale Chihuly

    posted by Nikki on 6-5-2008 at 6:17 pm

  29. I also agree with the other Nikki, Duchamp please!

    and hi other Nikki!

    posted by Nikki on 6-5-2008 at 6:20 pm

  30. Mondrian, Joseph Stella
    first come to mind.

    posted by Lauren M on 6-5-2008 at 6:30 pm

  31. richard serra
    robert smithson
    gregory crewdson
    kiki smith
    val valgardson
    chris burden
    joseph beuys

    posted by em on 6-5-2008 at 8:02 pm

  32. M.C. Escher
    Andy Warhol
    Giuseppe Arcimboldo

    posted by Tanner on 6-5-2008 at 9:08 pm

  33. El Grecko
    Ansel Adams

    posted by Scott S on 6-5-2008 at 9:24 pm

  34. Kehinde Wiley

    posted by James on 6-5-2008 at 10:38 pm

  35. wayne thiebald
    jasper johns
    frank stella
    judy chicago
    gorilla girls

    posted by Mindy on 6-6-2008 at 12:02 am

  36. Leonora Carrington, Remadios Varo, Robert Mappelthorpe, Anre Serrano, Mark Jenkins, Jen Li, Street/Graffiti artists, Tina Modotti, Salvator Rosa. Oy it’s late and my head is running short on names.

    posted by Liz on 6-6-2008 at 2:33 am

  37. Me!! Seriously, I don’t suck! Abstract digital photo manipulations influenced by Pollock and Escher.

    Please! Check out thepixelsky.com for more.

    posted by Nick Smith on 6-6-2008 at 2:59 am

  38. THANK YOU ALL for the wonderful suggestions!

    We’ve already covered a few of them…
    El Greco: mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10774

    Henri Rousseau: mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15101

    Norman Rockwell: (a blurb, maybe a longer post in the future) mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9967

    Bouguereau: mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12320

    The remaining 75+ suggestions I now have should last me quite some time!

    posted by Andréa Fernandes on 6-6-2008 at 5:30 am

  39. I could also suggest

    Yves Klein (He has his own color!)

    and

    Barnett Newman

    posted by Joel on 6-6-2008 at 7:32 am

  40. Hundertwasser

    posted by Marta on 6-6-2008 at 9:16 am

  41. Dorothea Lange or Jack Delano. Maybe more historical photography than “art”, but I suppose that’s a whole different discussion, hmmm?

    posted by kate on 6-6-2008 at 9:17 am

  42. Christian Boltanski
    Chris Burden
    Felix Gonzales-Torres
    Rirkrit Tiravanija
    Maria Abramovich

    posted by Gemma on 6-6-2008 at 9:32 am

  43. Hi back, other Nikki!

    This is a heck of a captcha:

    Mamaroneck queen

    posted by nikki on 6-6-2008 at 12:02 pm

  44. I can’t think of who to add that hasn’t already been listed…

    Bob Ross
    Thomas Kinkade

    posted by hannah on 6-6-2008 at 12:51 pm

  45. hannah: We’ve done a quiz on Bob Ross (mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14448), but I’ll still add him to the list.

    posted by Andréa Fernandes on 6-6-2008 at 1:24 pm

  46. What about some Graphic Designers, like Saul Bass, Paul Rand, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, William Morris, Milton Glaser….I gotta represent my peoples!!!

    posted by Lauren on 6-6-2008 at 1:30 pm

  47. barnett newman
    keith haring
    marcel duchamp

    posted by zach on 6-6-2008 at 1:35 pm

  48. Andy Warhol!

    posted by Amy on 6-6-2008 at 3:55 pm

  49. I second Damien Hirst and Man Ray. Oswald Tschirtner or some outsiders would be cool. Kandinsky was a good suggestion, too.

    posted by Bob the Walrus on 6-7-2008 at 4:22 pm

  50. I second Mark Ryden!!!

    My favorite of his is “Jessica’s Hope”. Yeah, I’m simple.

    PS. I have red hair, too.

    posted by Jessica on 6-9-2008 at 12:25 pm

  51. Bev Doolittle

    posted by hannah on 6-9-2008 at 12:31 pm

  52. Just don’t give any of the devoid-of-talent modernists any more attention that they never deserved..

    Bring out the ones who were never appreciated by the official “art”.

    posted by E Mork on 6-10-2008 at 11:04 am

  53. It always upsets me that contemporary artists get so little attention. My three suggestions: Tom Friedman, Vija Celmins, Chuck Close. I love this series though.

    posted by Michael on 6-10-2008 at 4:17 pm

  54. Eva Hess is always a delightful conundrum.

    posted by Mello on 6-11-2008 at 10:10 am

  55. Cecilia Beaux
    Marc Chagall

    posted by BobM on 6-11-2008 at 12:09 pm

  56. Hieronymus Bosch “Garden of Earthly Delights”

    posted by jodie on 6-14-2008 at 12:53 pm

  57. Tokihiro Sato

    posted by Becci on 6-14-2008 at 2:20 pm

  58. Added! Thanks for the input!

    posted by Andréa Fernandes on 6-14-2008 at 4:10 pm

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