No Bob Ross?

Jean-Michel Basquiat. Definitely a conversation piece and it’s bright.

Okay, here's my first cut. I can go from 30 to 14 pretty easily by eliminating paintings where I don't really like the style or the subject.

Contenders

WASSILY KANDINSKY
VINCENT VAN GOGH
TOMMASO MASACCIO
TITIAN
PETER PAUL RUBENS
PAUL CÉZANNE
PABLO PICASSO
LEONARDO DA VINCI
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
HENRI MATISSE
FRANCISCO DE GOYA
ÉDOUARD MANET
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ
CLAUDE MONET

Rejected – Don’t like the style

ANDY WARHOL
ALBRECHT DÜRER
JACKSON POLLOCK
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
MARK ROTHKO
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER
PIET MONDRIAN
PAUL GAUGUIN


Rejected – Don’t like the subject

CARAVAGGIO
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
RAPHAEL
JAN VAN EYCK
GIOTTO DI BONDONE
EDVARD MUNCH
JOAN MIRÓ
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

What the hell is that lady holding in the Da Vinci?

Tough call between the MIRÓ, the BASQUIAT, the POLLOCK, or the DÜRER.

Albrecht Altdorfer
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...BCnchen%29.jpg
a detail of the same painting
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...di_isso_05.JPG

What's going on there?

pike and shot, puff and slash

Since I cannot have a Magritte, I will happily settle for a Matisse.

If I then shake out the top half of my contenders, I end up with:

Top Half:

WASSILY KANDINSKY
PETER PAUL RUBENS
LEONARDO DA VINCI
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
HENRI MATISSE
ÉDOUARD MANET
CLAUDE MONET

Eliminated:

VINCENT VAN GOGH
TOMMASO MASACCIO
TITIAN
PAUL CÉZANNE
PABLO PICASSO
FRANCISCO DE GOYA
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

Getting it down to my top three:

PETER PAUL RUBENS
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
CLAUDE MONET

Elminated:

ÉDOUARD MANET
HENRI MATISSE
WASSILY KANDINSKY
LEONARDO DA VINCI

I’m very tempted by the Basquiat.

DaVinci, Picasso and Monet, when I was younger.

C.M Russell has been more my taste for decades.

Bob Ross is the correct answer.