The 10 Most Stylish Artists Ever

American classics meet a tailored English perspective, all with a great eye for color. Sort of like his paintings.

Picasso made bateau shirts forever cool, wore scarfs like every artist should, and later in life he cultivated a relaxed beach vibe complete with shorts and espadrilles.

Basquiat combined baggy, downtown street style with Armani suits and a paint-splattered joie de vivre that probably inspired those Margiela shoes.

Jeff Koons got his start as a commodities broker on Wall Street, and he's brought that high-powered, business mind to his art career. Which is probably why he wears expertly tailored suits almost exclusively.

Jasper Johns valued simple American classics in his closet and his art career.

Dali let his moustache do most of the talking, which worked well with is well-cut double-breasted suits and peak lapels.

Rauschenberg wore professorial blazers and button downs while making his gallery rounds, but stuck to equally cool denim, chinos, and T-shirts while working in the studio.

German-born Ernst brought a dramatic Wagnerian perspective to Dada and Surrealism, just like he brought all-American seersucker back to France after camping out in the States during World War II.

Menswear owes Andy Warhol so much. He invented the jeans, tie, blazer combo that's now the uniform of the contemporary man, while also making leather jackets upscale and spending his first fat check on a stack of identical, white Brooks Brothers shirts.

Haring brought a colorful energy and wonderful levity to his style, that melded graffiti-inspired brights with upscale tailoring. On the streets, his T-shirts and sneakers showed some of the first stirrings of what would later become streetwear.