The Resume

(October 28, 1909-April 28, 1992)
Raised in Dublin and London
Famous for his surrealist paintings

Why he might be annoying:

He was a slob.
He drank a lot.
His paintings are full of horror, blood and disgusting imagery.
He said he wanted his art to 'leave a trail of human presence, as the snail leaves its slime.'
He destroyed many of his early paintings in a fit of temper.
He was cynical.
He believed life was meaningless, and said if he hadn't been an artist he would have been a criminal.
He said in an interview that he was sexually attracted to his father.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was unpretentious.
Although a millionaire, he hung out in seedy working-class pubs.
His parents had him horsewhipped as a child in the hopes of 'toughening him up.'
They kicked him out when they learned he was gay.
Some consider him the greatest British painter of the 20th Century.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• Allegedly Gay Men
• AskMen's Top 10 Expensive Nudes (Ranked: 2)
• Born in Dublin, Ireland
• I Designed a Chateau Mountain-Rothschild of France Label (Ranked: 1990)
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 82)
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Meat Names
• My Dad was Violent/Abusive
• My Mom was Violent/Abusive
• Painters
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 119)
• Pig Names
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11624)
• Short Fuses
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19920428)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 90 Votes: 65.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 91 Votes: 64.84% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 67.57% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 67.86% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 72.41% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 179 Votes: 61.45% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 120 Votes: 60.0% Annoying