On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:01:18 -0500, "Existential Angst"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:37:45 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
news If you get a really good painter/illustrator drunk, especially a
teacher, you'll find that the disdain for Picasso's drawing and
traditional painting talents is more common than not. He couldn't
handle drapery; his poses were awkward; his perspectives were
unreal.


I would have used J.M.W.Turner for the example if he were better
known.

Supurb landscapes! I saw an exhibition of his work at the National
Gallery of Art in D.C. a couple of years ago. The actual paintings
will knock you out.

I used Rob's work because some of it relates to Picasso's early
paintings more closely.

And because he's a good shot?? LOL

I thought I'd include that because Gary Cooper once gave Picasso a
revolver. g

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/p...ry_coopers_gun


I can't cite the exact Picasso painting, drawing, but whatever it was showed
superb draftsmanship -- at least to me.
It showed that this was not some guy riding the Pop Cultural Magic Carpet
Ride, 'spressin hisself -- he really knows what he's doing. Dali is another
one, iirc.

Dali was a great draughtsman.


Andy Warhol was another -- he actually eked out a good living as a working
commercial artist -- cereal boxes'n'****.... Very inneresting bio.
Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side was in fact about Warhol's li'l cabal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on...(Lou_Reed_song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM

Oh, yeah. I was a Village Crawler in those days. I was a big Velvet
Underground fan...well, a Nico fan.

--
Ed Huntress