I am hopelessly in love with the works of Monet and Matisse. I adore Impressionist and Fauvist art styles, and I try to emulate both the colors of the Fauvists and the brush strokes and use of light of the Impressionists in to my work. Some good pieces:





I also love Edvard Munch (artist of The Scream), and Picasso when he went through his Cubist Stage of art: