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August 6, 2004
TT: Where my mouth is
As I mentioned yesterday, Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes posted a list of his ten favorite painters as of that moment, and invited other artbloggers to do the same. (Here's the followup posting.)I usually jump at the chance to make lists of this kind, but for some inexplicable reason I found this one paralyzing. My ten favorite painters of all time? Ever? No sooner did I start typing names than I clutched--but I still wanted to play. So I decided instead to do something that is both easier and, in a way, potentially more revealing. Here's a complete list of the artists represented in the Teachout Museum:
- Milton Avery (drypoint)
- William Bailey (aquatint with hard ground etching)
- Max Beerbohm (drawing with watercolor wash)
- Nell Blaine (one color lithograph, one painted tile)
- Pierre Bonnard (black-and-white lithograph)
- Stuart Davis (color serigraph)
- Helen Frankenthaler (color serigraph)
- Jane Freilicher (aquatint with hard ground etching)
- Arnold Friedman (black-and-white lithograph)
- Wolf Kahn (monotype)
- Alex Katz (color lithograph)
- John Marin (etching)
- Joan Mitchell (color lithograph)
- Fairfield Porter (four color lithographs)
- Paul Taylor (assemblage)
- John Twachtman (etching)
- Neil Welliver (woodcut)
- Jane Wilson (pastel)
In my mind, there's also a space for the Morandi etching that got away. (Sigh.)
What do I long for most that isn't there? A Vuillard color lithograph, a Hans Hofmann print (that one got away, too), a Kenneth Noland monoprint, and something good (but affordable) by Richard Diebenkorn. As of this moment, anyway.
Posted August 6, 2004 11:34 AM
