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Monk-eying around
Margaret Thatcher called him "that man who paints those dreadful pictures"
One studly Russian.
Movies would have you believe he could pierce the hell out of an ear
Hitler's official portrait painter
Most famous unibrow in art, cheated on her husband with Trotsky, loved Stalin
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Raped by her tutor, tortured at his trial, spent her life painting women assaulting men
Convicted murderer, drunk, deemed "foul and rotten", but protected by wealthy patrons
Can lay credit to most beautiful mistress and most beautiful self portrait with a mistress
Still makes the rest of us look academic. - Jackson Pollock
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South African plus size model. Early exhibitions called immoral
ZZ Top beard
Her work was so good, it was mistaken for that of Frans Hals.
People from Rottweil are called Rottweilers
Master of pubic hair and Hitler's favorite artist
Son of Cranach the Elder
Prolific in art and marriage.
He married a rich model
Loved a storm
Never met a Madonna he didn't like
Wet blanket
Sexy Spaniard, missing bones
Do what you're good at
Blurring lines in the Bay
The math nerd's equivalent of George Clooney
She made orphanhood look pretty good
Marry rich and work for fun
Those who can't do, paint
Dollar dollar bill y'all
Busted into the boy's club
The Thomas Kinkade of his time
Art's matchmaker
A mysterious wannabe
Grump who liked to hump
What about Bouts?
Armchair tourism pays off
Had 99 problems, but talent ain't one
Painted Russian babes
No one paints like Gustave
Volcanoes, pirates and cannibals, oh my!
Majestic portraits of African-Americans
Squeegee man
Feminist extraordinaire
Two words: Mutton. Chops.
Self-proclaimed, “Queen of Chicago”
B-I-N-G-O
Gift of the Meiji.
Rebel with a brush
Portrait painter
Badass portrait painter
Black and White
