The Resume

(July 25, 1844-June 25, 1916)
Paintings include ‘The Swimming Hole,’ ‘Salutat,’ ‘Max Schmitt in a Single Scull,’ ‘The Surgical Clinic of Professor Gross,’ ‘The Concert Singer,’ ‘The Chess Players’ and ‘Wrestlers’

Why he might be annoying:

He shocked the public by painting nudes.
Although heterosexual, he primarily painted nude men.
He preferred to work in the nude.
He sold very few paintings during his life.
His middle name was ‘Cowperthwait.’
A critic called him one of art’s ‘almost’s.’

Why he might not be annoying:

He painted male models because most women of that era wouldn’t pose for him. ... and those who would were usually old and fat.
He was forced out of a teaching job for having his female students paint a male nude.
He was one of the first artists to use photography as a tool for painting.
He painted in a realistic style, which was uncommon for the time.
He thought the human body should be celebrated in art, not covered up.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Painters
• 20th Century Painters
• Big Dicks
• I am from Philadelphia
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Died in 1916 (Ranked: 71)
• New Jersey Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2007)
• Painters
• Profiles 15001-15250 (Ranked: 15137)
• Smithsonian’s 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time [2015] (Ranked: 6)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 101 Votes: 36.63% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 88 Votes: 44.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 44.88% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 114 Votes: 40.35% Annoying