Dead Guys, or historical figurative painters you really should know.

Edvard Munch ---Link to museum in Norway. So much more to him than the famous "Scream." A powerfully emotive painter. Anything I've seen in person is pure magic.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard -- Decadent Rococo paintings with lavish brushwork and he could paint a mean Papillion! Books on Fragonard.

Alice Neel --- She painted some of the most human portraits imaginable, deeply in tune with the subject. Books on Neel.

Francis Bacon. --- If Neel was human, Bacon was a vampire who devoured his subjects as means to viceral image. Books on Bacon.

John Singer Sargent --virtuouso Portrait painter of the 19-20th century. Books on Sargent.

Alphonse Mucha ----Link is to the the foundation website. a primary Art Nouveau illustrator/printmaker/painter, focused on women. Books on Mucha

Gustav Klimt ---An even more notable Art Nouveau notable even more focused on women and sex. Books on Klimt.

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