[Republicanprofessor]

I basicially agree: he is very skilled. But as a woman, I am offended by how he treats women as objects. I also find his work self-indulgent and needlessly shocking, perhaps purposely politically so. Does that really look like Reagan? What an unflattering and uncentered image! If anything, Reagan knew who he was and what he was doing.

But he is conveying what he wants to convey, in a strong, personal style, which means that he is a strong artist, whether you and I agree or like his work or not.

[Sam Cree]

Yes, I concur with your entire post. I think Freud paints people ugly. I may be something of a misanthrope myself, but you've got to be a loser mentally to make that be what you're about as an artist and what you're thinking about all the time. IMO.

Also, Reagan may have been the only president of the century, of either party, to have understood our founding ideals of individual liberty. I always figured that's why the Left zeroes in on him so much.

I've read that Degas was considered by some to have painted the less attractive side of females. I hadn't really thought so myself, but wonder what your take is on that.