Artwork: The biggest art rivals were once the best of friends. Paul Cezanne, Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888. Oil on jute (detail). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The best kinds of rivalries are civil competitions that push each side ahead, using the contest as a springboard for advancing one’s ideas and sharpening one’s skills. To maintain such a rivalry requires deep, profound respect not just for the other person but for the medium itself.
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But most people are not cut from this cloth; they are emotional, petty creatures despite the heights they may climb in their respective careers. Crave looks back at some of the most notorious art rivalries in history, reflecting on the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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