Picasso is the greatest artist that ever lived, in my opinion. True, he exhibits a wide a wide range of influences, very notably the primitivists of Africa and Oceania, but I'm sticking to the statement.
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I consider it ridiculous that Dali made more money and achieved similar (if not greater) fame as a twentieth century master.
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And, I like them both, but I agree with demonrail's sentiment about Duchamp and Warhol.
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And I too am an ardent admirer of most of the works produced by the artists of the Abstract Expressionist New York School.
Aside from later glimmers here and there (Rauschenberg, etc. and then Basquiat) there hasn't been painting of that caliber in far too long.
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