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Originally Posted by Jens
And in addition to the gender thing, according to this survey:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/mostpopular.html
(I don't think it's statistically perfect), but Miro was the 21st most well known painter, surprisingly to me, before Gauguin. So I think saying he is not a well-known artist is somewhat of an exaggeration. Maybe compared to Van Gogh and Leonardo, sure. |
Miro? Never heard of Miro, but have definitely heard of Gauguin, Caravaggio and a number of other artists on that list. Although it seems that Miro has been dropping away on the list lately, down to 28th from what is there now - the August rankings (which seem quite out of date given we're now in December?)
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