I respect many many people but if pushed, I would probably say:

Alfons Mucha: for all his sinuous Art Nouveau style. Beautiful.
Art Nouveau: I can’t have one without the other.
Kyme Chan: because her work depicts the female form like enchanted dolls.
Tommy Penton: the way he bends form is awesome and his use of line is so effective.
Finn Neary: whose faces I searched for on the streets of Bristol.
Gil Elvgren: for portraying women with curves as the stunning feminine (yet fun) sirens they really are.

…with more yet to be added.

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