Hmm I am a fan of da Vinci too, but I think I will have to go with van Gogh. I went to Amsterdam with my sister and his paintings were everywhere! We even ate lunch all the time a little cafe that was named after him (learned the joy of a panini there). For my favorite painting it would be Almond Blossom that he painted in honor of his nephew's birth. Thanks!
Norman Rockwell. Because his art was done for magazines he's not normally thought of in the same league as the great masters, but he had a way of capturing the human condition that few can equal. He showed us as we would like to think of ourselves.