Just Asking

We asked industry executives which classic artist (painter, sculptor) would create the best ads—and why.

Van Gogh. He’d only hear half of what the client asked for. —Scott Brown, acd, Eric Mower & Associates, Charlotte, N.C.

Georgia O’Keefe . . . because she poured her feelings into her work and was celebrated for portraying spectacular images as if close up. She was a pioneer of “truth in advertising!” —Heather Towsley, director of business development, Broadstreet, Watertown, Mass.

Degas.