Favourite visual artists?

[MURAI]

Yeah, since I do some of it myself. I say Max Ernst or the ever so popular Vincent Van Gogh.

 

[speed]

For the renaissance: Andrea Mantegna. For general weirdness: Goya's black period--I think thats what it is, and De Bosch. Ive seen so many paintings at all the best museums it is hard to pick just one--especially when you are not an artist.

 

[Freanan]

Theodor Kittelsen (cliche artist to be liked by BM-"fans" )
M.C. Escher (cliche artist to be liked by computer scientists )

Apart from that i mostly like single pictures by serveral artists instead of everything one artist did.

 

[MURAI]

For the renaissance: Andrea Mantegna. For general weirdness: Goya's black period--I think thats what it is, and De Bosch. Ive seen so many paintings at all the best museums it is hard to pick just one--especially when you are not an artist.

I like Goya. Don't know who the rest are.

 

[MURAI]

Theodor Kittelsen (cliche artist to be liked by BM-"fans" )

I just took a look at his work. Pretty creepy, surreal looking work he got there.

I love Larry W. Carrol's cover for Reign In Blood eh.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Did you guys know that Niklas Sundin has a book of artwork for sale? Check out The End Records store.

You can always count on Travis Smith to do good work.

 

[speed]

I like Goya. Don't know who the rest are.

Here's a link to Mantegna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna I guess he was the first artist to be big on spatial illusion--he painted all the frescoes in the Palazzo Ducal in Mantova (Mantua) that are just amazing if one sees them in person.

And then hierynomius Bosch--I've heard it called De Bosch. Anyway he painted those crazy 15th century paintings of heaven and hell, crazy space-like creatures, and other strange things one finds in the Prado in Madrid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch

 

[AlphaTemplar]

Salvador Dali
Andy Warhol
MC Escher
Ansel Adams
Alex Grey
Obey

weird trippy stuff in general
(does Bankse count as art?)

 

[judas69]

Fantasy Art has always intregued me, and this guy's work has impressed me most.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Vallejo
http://vallejo.ural.net/ (gallery)

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Salvador Dali
Ansel Adams
Andy Warhol
Winslow Homer

 

[MURAI]

Here's a link to Mantegna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna I guess he was the first artist to be big on spatial illusion--he painted all the frescoes in the Palazzo Ducal in Mantova (Mantua) that are just amazing if one sees them in person.

And then hierynomius Bosch--I've heard it called De Bosch. Anyway he painted those crazy 15th century paintings of heaven and hell, crazy space-like creatures, and other strange things one finds in the Prado in Madrid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch

Yes, I like Bosch. I am guessing Bosche was a heavy influence on Larry W. Carrol who did the Slayer album covers. Just look at the cover for South of Heaven.

 

[speed]

Yes, I like Bosch. I am guessing Bosche was a heavy influence on Larry W. Carrol who did the Slayer album covers. Just look at the cover for South of Heaven.

Yeah, thats always been my favorite album cover. I always wondered why they didnt make shirts and posters of it.

 

[MURAI]

Maybe because people prefer the covers for Reign In Blood and Seasons in the Abyss.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

love mc escher like van gough and i don't know who the fucking hell the other people mentioned are
i like the original artist for "preacher" comic
i like some of the artists for marvel comics
and todd mcfarlane