Tyler Green started something here by posting his top ten favourite artists and asking other bloggers to post their lists. Then today he posted those!
I’m late to the party, having such a very busy week, but have been inspired into thinking and doing lots of culling to get them down to just ten! So here finally is my list of favourite 20th Century artists, (except for the last one). A few of them I’ve written about in my blog and linked to; some have a scattered web presence, so a google search will be in order to see more examples of their work.
1. Kathe Kollwitz: grief
2. Jim Dine: printmaking
3. Robert Rauschenburg: innovation
4. Outi Heiskanen (Finnish printmaker & installation artist): magic
5. Axel Gallen-Kallela (Finnish painter): nationalism
6. Antoni Tapies: texture
7. Betty Goodwin: connectedness
8. Aganetha Dyck: bees
9. Ivan Eyre: drawing
10. AND all the anonymous cave painters and rock artists from our ancient past : inspiration
Jan.2.06 UPDATED new link for Aganetha Dyck