Francis Bacon
Wasn’t easily shaken;
When he disturbed a burglar one night, instead
Of calling the police he took him to bed.
Lucian Freud
Thought colour was something to avoid
And just went to town
With brown.
Jackson Pollock
Was an inveterate alcoholock
And it was on the inside of his windscreen that this drunken berk
Painted his last abstract expressionist work.
Joseph Beuys
Made art that no-one really enjoys.
Who ever said, ‘Ooh, look at that
Exquisite block of rancid fat!’?
Jasper Johns
Cast two beer cans in bronze.
‘Now get them to sell!’ he
Challenged Leo Castelli.