| Jackson Pollock 1912-1956 Obviously John's strongest influence. He initially intentionally attempted to create as close a copy to some Pollock piece as possible for use on all his early Stone Roses cover work, coming up with a range of unique and instantly recognisable designs along the way. |
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Edward Hopper 1882-1967 Not so much an artist influence but was the inspiration behind John's 2004 concept album, 'Marshall's House'. After receiving a Hopper calendar as a gift, John wrote all the songs around the 12 featured pieces. |
| Jasper Johns 1930- There are a lot of similarities between Johns and Squire's more structural works of the Second Coming/Do It Yourself era. |
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Mark Rothko 1903-1970 Again, a lot of similarities between Rothko and John's early 2006 colour-field pieces. |
| Gary Hume 1962- Similar to John's 2004 simplified, form-based works supporting the Marshall's House releases, the 'SU' trilogy and Fool's Gold artwork re- interpretation 'DDD2a'. |
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Lesser Influences & Similarities Including Kurt Schwitters, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Francis Bacon and Henri Matisse. |
