This document provides a list of pairs of artists for a compare and contrast essay assignment. It instructs the student to choose two similar artists from the same time period and with similar subject matters. It then lists over 50 pairs of artists spanning different eras and locations that could fulfill the requirements of the assignment.

1. Art 4, Essay 04, Compare &
Contrast Two Artists
Choose a pair of artists from the slides, or
come up with two other artists, but run it by
me first. It should be two similar
artists, same time frame and similar subject
matter.

2. Jean Leon Gerome and Eugene Delacroix

3. Suzanne Valadon and Mary Cassatt

4. Vincent Van Gogh to Paul Gauguin

5. Mary Cassatt to Edward Degas

6. Berthe Morisot to Mary Cassatt

7. EdouardManet and Claude Monet

8. Henri Matisse & Henri Vuillard

9. Thomas Cole to Albert Bierstadt

10. Frederic Remington to Charles M. Russell

11. Frida Kahlo to Georgia O'Keefe

12. Emily Carr and Georgia O'keefe

13. Salvador Dali & Rene Magritte

14. Diego Rivera to Jose Clemente Orozco

15. Thomas Hart Benton to Reginald Marsh

16. Thomas Hart Benton to Maynard Dixon

17. Edward Hopper to Reginald Marsh

18. Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline

19. Alice Neel to Lucian Freud

20. Richard Diebenkorn and Mark Rothko

21. Elmer Bischoff and David Park

22. Jasper Johns & Robert Rauschenberg

23. Sylvia Sleigh to Alice Neel

24. Andy Warhol and Keith Haring

25. Enrique Chagoya and Paula Rego

26. Maria Izquierdo and Paula Rego

27. Jim Nutt to Gladys Nilsson

28. Raymond Saunders to Squeak Carnwath

29. Squeak Carnwath to Inez Storer

30. Wayne Thiebaud to Janet Fish

31. Joseph Cornell to Marcel Duchamp

32. Hannah Hoch to John Heartfield

33. Patty Warashina to Robert Arneson

34. Judy Chicago to Georgia O’Keefe

35. George Segal to Duane Hanson

36. romantic love was invented to manipulate women
sin is a means of social control
the unattainable is invariably attractive
religion causes as many problems as it solves
private property created crime
planning for the future is escapism
morals are for little people
dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective
drama often obscures the real issues
description is more valuable than metaphor
deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity
believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat
being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular
artificial desires are despoiling the earth
abuse of power should come as no surprise
a single event can have infinitely many interpretations
Jenny Holzer to Barbara Krueger

37. LasloMoholy Nagy to RaoulHausmann

38. Walker Evans to Robert Frank

39. Margaret Bourke-White to Helen Levitt

40. Tina Modotti and Edward Weston

41. Imogene Cunningham to Edward Weston

42. Ansel Adams to Robert Adams

43. Diane Arbus to Robert Mapplethorpe

44. Olivia Parker to Linda Connor

45. Emmett Gowin to Ralph Eugene Meatyard

46. Sally Mann to Emmett Gowin

47. Holly Roberts to Maggie Taylor

48. Maggie Taylor to Jerry Uelsman

49. Danny Lyons to Larry Clark

50. Kelli Connell to Julie Blackmon
If you choose Kelli and Julie, you’ll need to read
to understand Kelli’s imagery, do not assume.