20th Century Photography Icons – Inspiration Hut. Images: All Time Popular Art, Design & Photography. Most Popular Artists. The most popular artist searches last month: a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously measurement of which famous artists have the greatest "mindshare" in our collective culture. Moving up: Edgar Degas (#22 to #12), Titian (#28 to #18), and realist painter Janet Fish (appearing for the first time on the list at #29). Moving down: Joan Miro (#13 to #19), Wassily Kandinsky (#11 to #24) and Paul Gauguin (#21 down to #32). How we measure popularity: In order to eliminate any kind of selection bias due to search engine ranking, external links, etc., we only count internal links from our own search box and our artist listings.
Bamboo Forest, Sagano, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print at Art.com. Tannenwald (Pine Forest), 1902 Giclee Print by Gustav Klimt at Art.com. 10 Most Infamous Art Forgers in History. Great art can be a worthwhile investment, quite apart from its beauty. The lure of easy money has led many artists to attempt to ape their betters, gaining large fortunes from their imitations of the masters and their works. As the means possessed by auctioneers and buyers to detect forgeries have grown, so too have the skills and subterfuge of the forgers. Many forgers have gone on to achieve their own kind of fame, the fame of the master con artist. 10. Yves Chaudron Original Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is perhaps the most instantly recognizable piece of art in existence. 9. Tony Tetro painting in jail The LA district attorney called Tetro “the single largest forger of art works in America.” Tetro forged pieces of art by a wide range of masters – from Rembrandt to Dali to Chagall – and was only caught when artist Hiro Yamagata was surprised to find what was purported to be his own work hanging in a gallery.
Forged Caravaggio: St John the Baptist 8. Wacker’s trial Original Van Gogh Self Portrait.