The Resume

(June 12, 1890-October 30, 1918)
Paintings include ‘Self-Portrait Pulling Cheek,’ ‘Self-Portrait Standing,’ ‘Female Nude,’ ‘Pregnant Woman and Death,’ 'Self-Portrait with Outstretched Arms,’ ‘Semi-Nude Girl Reclining,’ ‘Standing Male Nude with Red Loincloth,’ ‘Self-Portrait as St. Sebastian,’ ‘Death and the Maiden’ and ‘Edith Seated’
Student and friend of Gustav Klimt

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of high school.
When he was 16, he had sex with his 12-year-old sister.
When he was 21, he started sleeping with a 17-year-old.
He was accused of child molestation and showing pornography to minors.
To gain favor with the public, he dumped his faithful girlfriend of four years to marry someone more respectable.
He was known for his ghoulish, skeleton-like self-portraits.
He made the human body look hideous in his art.
He was self-absorbed.

Why he might not be annoying:

His father died when he was a teenager.
His uncle encouraged his interest in art.
He was sent to jail for painting female nudes.
His art was burned in front of his face.
His pregnant wife died of the flu.
He died of the flu himself three days later, at age 28.
His teacher, the famous painter Gustav Klimt, said he had ‘too much talent.’
His paintings are disturbing, yet erotic.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• Adam and the Ants' 'Friends' References
• Alleged Kid Lovers
• Criminals
• Gallery of the Absurd
• I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 28)
• I Died in 1918 (Ranked: 28)
• I Had Spanish Flu
• Joker Faces/Huge Grins
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Painters
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14061)
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 245 Votes: 73.06% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 66.98% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 126 Votes: 74.60% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 210 Votes: 69.05% Annoying