The Resume

(November 21, 1898-August 15, 1967)
Painted ‘The Menaced Assassin,’ ‘The Lost Jockey,’ ‘The Treachery of Images,’ ‘The Empire of Lights,’ ‘Black Magic,’ ‘Personal Values,’ ‘The Good Omens,’ ‘Golconde,’ ‘Collective Invention’ and ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’
Died of cancer

Why he might be annoying:

He grew up rich.
He painted himself into many of his artworks.
He was obsessed with apples and bowler hats.
The public hated his early surrealist paintings.
He joined the Communist Party three times.

Why he might not be annoying:

He quit the Communist Party three times.
His mother committed suicide when he was a child.
Unlike many more flamboyant artists, he lived a ‘normal’ personal life.
He was happily married for more than 45 years.
His paintings are witty and thought-provoking.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 68)
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Derby
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• One of My Parents Committed Suicide
• Painters
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13986)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 97 Votes: 54.64% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 136 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 173 Votes: 45.09% Annoying