The most popular among the people the artist was Pablo Picasso

British Times newspaper found out what the artists of XX and XXI century is most fond of her readers. Last year, the newspaper in collaboration with the gallery of Charles Saatchi (Charles Saatchi) held a preliminary vote by posting on the site Saatchi Online list of 600 names, which can complement anyone. Visitors to the site added more than 200 names. From the resulting list were chosen 500 artists, which offered to the public vote. On the site visitors can not only vote for their favorite authors, but also to get acquainted with the work of those who are still little known. Function including education: if «click» in the name of any artist in the list, open a website with information about it. The final rating, which includes 200 artists, to be published in May 2009. The calculations seem a bit long, but do not blame the organizers: for sixteen weeks in the vote was attended by 1.4 million people!

first place predictably took Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso). Followed by Paul Cezanne (Paul Cézanne), Gustav Klimt (Gustav Klimt), Claude Monet (Claude Monet) and Marcel Duchamp (Marcel Duchamp). Since the first four are obvious, but as trikster Duchamp was able to overtake such popular artists as Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol) and Salvador Dali (Salvador Dalí)? .. Riddle. However, Warhol from Dushan far left - the father of pop art given to 8 th place. But Dali was a 29-m.

most popular American artist of the readers of Times was recognized Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock). It is located at the seventh spot - between Warhol and Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse). Perpetual rival Jackson Pollock Willem de Kuninga (Willem de Kooning), took ninth place. A closed ten ideologist strict abstraction of Piet Mondrian (Piet Mondrian).

Because of their fellow-Britons Times readers are most fond of Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon). He was a 12 th place. Among the beautiful gender is the most popular Frida Calo (Frida Kahlo), won 19 th place.

first living artist in the list - Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns). It is located at 18 th place. Artists scandalous fame Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons), Tracey Emin (Tracey Emin) and Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst) took 51 th, 52 th and 53 th place respectively. What's surprising, because the tabloid newspapers and write about them, to put it mildly, more often than with Matisse Mondrianom.

For readers ARTinvestment.RU particular interest, of course, the composition of Russian artists, including in this list. Here, our victory was not unconditional. Quota for the Russians the British lost more than half. Well, okay. They have us in the door, and we are out the window. Of the 26 Russian artists proposed for the initial vote, in the final list of 200 names included eleven. This Vasily Kandinsky (15 th), Kazimir Malevich (17) Mark Rothko ( 28), Haim Soutine (56), Arshil Slides (57), Marc Chagall (71), Alexander Arkhipenko (95), Alexander Rodchenko (135), Vladimir Tatlin (145), Naum Gabon (154) and de Steel (157). That is, with Kandinsky Malevich (geniuses, defined the main vector of the development of art in the twentieth century) a miracle zatesalis somewhere between Francis Bacon and Frida Kalo. And at that very much. In fact, many did not even so lucky. Here is a list of Russian artists who were Times readers are not included in the Top-200 of their artistic preferences: Lev Bakst , Max Weber , Natalia Goncharova , Sonia Delaunay , Ilya Kabakov , Komar and Melamid , Jacques Lipszyc , El Lisitsky , Louise Nevelson , Jules Olitski , Serge Polyakov , Lyubov Popova , Chelischev Paul , Alexei Yavlensky . Perhaps the most confusing existence of the list «excluded» Alexei Yavlenskogo founding expressionism and conceptualism father Ilya Kabakov. On the other hand, demand from some people's ballots as crossword. Funny, but nothing more. But on the PR-promotion of Russian culture abroad - information on the meditation.

full list of Top-200 artistic preferences of readers of the newspaper Times presented here .

In the UK a lot done to raise public interest in contemporary art. Use at least the famous British Turner Prize (contemporary art), which has the same «fans», how many, and some sporting events. In different years, her prize was Anish Kapoor, Rachel Uaytrid, Antony Gormley, and in 1995-m and the favorite of readers ARTinvestment.RU Demian Hurst. By the way, not all of Turner Prize winners in the future to knock people - but that's another story.

noted that any such contests and prizes «moving» contemporary art. Thinking about who the nominees of support, people are coming to an understanding of what art they like and what they have in it most of all are valued. «Competitive» Award encourages a spirit of intellectual debate. Saatchi has recently announced the launch of will open its new reality show, which will bring together young artists . These authors, as well as various guests - celebrities from the world of art - will express their views about what the artists are guided, a «traditional» works. Here, too, will be «root» of the participants liked. The one whose works will be found most impressive, will have a chance to put them in the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: timesonline.co.uk , artinvestment.ru