Who was the greatest artist of the 20th century?

You probably didn't need an economist to tell you that Pablo Picasso was the greatest artist of the 20th century. But they've done the math, and he was. University of Chicago's David Galenson claims to have established The Greatest Artists of the Twentieth Century by measuring how many of their illustrations appear in textbooks. Here is his abstract for NBER Working Paper No. 11899:

Pablo Picasso was by far the greatest artist of the 20th century: textbooks of art history contain more than twice as many illustrations of his work as of that of his closest rival, Henri Matisse. A survey of textbooks also identifies Jackson Pollock as the greatest American artist, by a narrow margin over Andy Warhol. The 15 greatest artists of the century include nine conceptual innovators, who made their greatest contributions early in their lives, in their 20s and 30s, and six experimental innovators, who generally did their greatest work in their 40s and 50s - and even, in the case of Mondrian, in his 70s. Contrary to the belief of many humanists, the textbooks show that in art, as in all intellectual activities, importance is determined by innovation.

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[articleworld]

Pablo Picasso.
Check out this introduction article on Pablo Picasso:
http://www.articleworld.org/Pablo_Picasso
Content:
1.Biography
2.Blue Period to Synthetic Cubism
3.Picasso's women
4.Picasso in film

[Richard Leatherbury]

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[Peter]

Pablo Picasso was the greatest artist of the 20th century because his work is displayed more in textbooks? That seems like a rather ridiculous reason to claim a great artist. Pablo picasso was nothing more than a no talent scoundrel who took advantage of people's desire to be a part of something elite - the emperor's clothes sort of thing. There are literally thousands of artists from the 20th century who were more creative and 'innovative' than Picasso. I guess he could be the most innovative if by innovative they mean destructive.

[weirdo jackson]

The idea of "best" artist is sort of silly. But I guess people go on about "best band" and "best food" so why not "best artist" ? All of these things are subject of course.

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