O.k.-we’ve done,or are doing Favourite films(very interesting thread it is too)-so let’s go totally long hair ‘artsy-fartsy’ and do ‘favourite fine artists’
The thing that prompted me to this totally useless exercise was the hanging of a new print on my wall this evening.
So come on-is your bag Da Vinci with his Giaconda smile,or Damian Hirst and his pickled meat locker contents? 
Here’s some of mine;
Paul Klee (the guy whose work prompted me).
Raul Dufy
Paul Cezanne
Joseph Turner
Pablo Picasso
Monet.
Hi Sara,
I saw one of Monet’s garden paintings, in a travelling exhibition, just three weeks ago. 
Geez, Turner would be near the top of my list too.
Turner
Henri Rousseau
Frederick Church
Rene Magritte
Salvador Dali
I consider those guys in a class of their own; here are some others I love:
Claude Monet
Edouard Manet
Camille Pissaro
Auguste Renoir
Botticelli
Winslow Homer
Childe Hassam
Mary Cassat
Vassily Kandinski
Paul Klee
Piet Mondrian
Yeah, I like impressionists. Some, like Mondrian, I never really appreciated till I saw exhibitions of their work. It was cool to see how Mondrian was a very talented young artist and how his minimalism developed over his career.
Let’s see…
Dali’s got to be on the list
Chagall
Vermeer
Bosch
Turner
Landseer- particulary the animal work- “Dignity and Impudence”
perhaps not classified “fine art?” by some, but I have great respect for
the modern day work of Esher, equine artist Fred Stone, canine work of Margarite Kirmse- this is because most of my own work is of horses and dogs- plus the ultimate Art Deco of Louis Icart- his “Perfect Harmony” print hangs in my living room, it’s got a Skye Terrier as one of the three dogs!
Actually, having spent many hours pouring over art books since childhood, I love so many it’s hard to think of them all. I’m sure ya’ll will remind me of some I’ve forgotten.
Sandro Botticelli
The grace of his figures. They could be ballet dancers.
William Blake
The sheer power of his images. Ancient of Days is amazing. (So is his poetry, for that matter.)
Caspar David Friedrich
His works are almost eerie, and evoke the simple grandeur of nature.
John William Waterhouse
Dreamy and Romantic.
Alphonse Mucha
His lines, his gorgeous lines.
Henri Mattisse
His boldness with colour.
Do they have to be dead already? If not, there’s an artist back home in Hawaii named David Lee who does Chinese-style paintings of landscapes, misty mountains, hummingbirds, bamboo, and flowers – that sort of thing. His style and subject matter are very serene. If I had wads of disposable income, some of it would definitely go towards a few of his paintings…
Dali
Bosch
Blake
What about
H. R. Geiger ?
Frazetta 
OK, so their not considered “fine” artists but they do cool paintings.
Hmm, in no particular order:
Bosch
Waterhouse
Van Gogh
Bruegel -love those Flemish masters!
Mucha
Leighton
Check out this link. Lots of great stuff!
Funny… Î
it seems “fine arts” = painting.
So let me add some sculptors (eventhough most painted too):
Botero
Calder
Duchamp
Giacometti
Rodin
The unknown Etruscans for their smiles,
The unknown Egyptians for same smile on Amenophis IV head
The unknown Zoobian for still same smile on a moose head
And photographers (still alphabetically):
Erwin Blumenfeld
Andreas Feininger
André Kertesz
László Moholy-Nagy
Irving Penn
Man Ray
Alfred Stieglitz
Paul Strand
Andrew Weston
Weegee
Minor White
Korop Zoob (see his last show in Mesquer, opening July 4th, high-end whistles accepted as trade-ins )
Very good point there Paul.I like Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture,and ancient artworks from all sorts of eras and cultures fascinate me.
As you say,photography has been a valid art since the mid 19th century-I am familiar with some of the photographers you mention.
Geek-You mention H.R. Giger as a favourite-I had a horrifying thought-could you imagine a WHISTLE designed by him? 
Van Eyck
Fra Filippo Lippi
Matthias Grunewald
El Greco
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Pieter Brueghel
Albrecht Durer
More recently?
Picasso
Matisse
Van Gogh
Cezanne
Rodin. . .the only scupture who ever made me stop and stare for minutes on end
Pedestrian of me, perhaps, but Rembrandt nails me every time.
I also like that guy who does the card-playing dogs.
Cando no problem. It looks like a greenish clay ocarina.
Then it hatches, and you play it as an ordinary gas mask, with the fipple waaaay down.
It also makes abdominal breathing easier after a few hours 
Hey Paul,
NO-ONE-Not even Jerry Freeman- DARE tweek THAT whistle!
Norman Rockwell is probably classified more as commercial than fine, as he was an illustrator. But his body of work is amazing. I had an art teacher who had the experience of learning from him. I get lost in Rockwell’s paintings. Saw a program on PBS about him . . . learned that all those “white bread all american” scenes were not what he wanted to paint. The Saturday Evening Post was strict about his content and wouldn’t let him include persons of other nationalities. He painted a wonderful painting in later years depicting national gaurdsman walking an african american girl into school, and had several other “socially aware” pieces, as well.
I’ve always like an illustrator named Olivia deBerardinis who painted . . . ahem . . . cheesecake. Pretty cool . . . I did an oral report on her for first year art school. The guys in the class seemed to like the artwork.
My favorites are Claude Monet and Winslow Homer. If you are ever in Washington, DC the National Gallery has a wonderful collection. I have spent an entire day in the impressionist area alone.
Ron