The Resume

(July 9, 1937- )
Resides in California
Paintings include ‘A Bigger Splash,’ ‘Pearblossom Highway,’ ‘Man Taking Shower in Beverly Hills,’ ‘Portrait of Nick Wilder,’ ‘A Lawn Being Sprinkled,’ ‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures),’ ‘Nichols Canyon,’ ‘Tea Paintings,’ ‘Love Paintings’ and ‘We Two Boys Clinging Together’
Known for his paintings of swimming pools

Why he might be annoying:

He was a lousy student.
He shocked his Sunday school teachers by drawing caricatures of Jesus.
His favorite childhood foods were ‘homemade Spam’ and ‘pork dripping.’
As a young man, he frequented sleazy sex clubs.
He became addicted to Valium when his boyfriend left him.
Some accuse his work of being shallow and prurient.
He angered the art community by claiming that history’s great painters traced their images.
He resembles Phil Donahue with even bigger glasses.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is skilled at photo-collage as well as painting.
He designed many sets for major opera houses.
He is open about his homosexuality.
He uses humor and sexual imagery in his art.
He was friends with Andy Warhol and Dennis Hopper.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• 21st Century Painters
• Allegedly Gay Men
• British Esquire's 10 Best Dressed Men [2009] (Ranked: 7)
• Coke Bottle Glasses
• GQ's 100 Best Dressed British Males [2005] (Ranked: 15)
• GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males [2008] (Ranked: 40)
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Attended Andy Warhol's Memorial Service (April 1, 1987)
• I Have Synesthesia
• I Turned Down a Knighthood
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Painters
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1988]
• Profiles 15251-15500 (Ranked: 15444)
• Studio 54 Regulars
• Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019 [April 2019]
• Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame - Males (Ranked: 1986)
• Whores and Johns
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 102 Votes: 62.75% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 53 Votes: 77.36% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 156 Votes: 62.82% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 67.82% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 72.31% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 73.77% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 74 Votes: 67.57% Annoying