# Most Artistic Couple? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023 "2019-02-05T19:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/21 "2019-02-06T16:03:16Z")
Billie Holiday and Lester Young Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/22 "2019-02-06T16:23:21Z")
Carol and Ed Emshwiller. Carol was an extremely well-regarded SF author;\* Ed started out as an SF illustrator, but then became one of the top video artists in the early days of the format. \*She died last weekend, BTW ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/23 "2019-02-06T18:01:26Z")
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/24 "2019-02-06T18:26:42Z")
No mention yet of the Schumanns (Robert & Clara) or the Brownings (Robert & ELizabeth Barrett)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/25 "2019-02-06T21:53:45Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > Charles and Ray Eames Ooo, good one! Love their stuff. > **[Charles and Ray Eames](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Ray_Eames)** > > Charles Eames (Charles Eames, Jr) and Ray Eames (Ray-Bernice Eames) were an American married couple of industrial designers who made significant historical contributions to the development of modern architecture and furniture through the work of the Eames Office. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art, and film. Charles was the public face of the Eames Office, but Ray and Charles worked together as creative partners and employed a diverse creative staff. Amon Ch... [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=OldbXOihH4ae\_QbS46qYCA&q=charles+ray+eames+furniture&oq=charles+ray+eames+furniture&gs\_l=img.3..0j0i8i30.8248.9187..9405...0.0..0.75.683.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i30j0i24.XnY744xXuc4](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=OldbXOihH4ae_QbS46qYCA&q=charles+ray+eames+furniture&oq=charles+ray+eames+furniture&gs_l=img.3..0j0i8i30.8248.9187..9405...0.0..0.75.683.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i30j0i24.XnY744xXuc4) [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=VFdbXO3JIYb5\_AbDlI34Dw&q=charles+and+ray+eames+architecture&oq=charles+ray+eames+arch&gs\_l=img.3.0.0i8i30.5786.6138..7101...0.0..0.77.214.3......1....1..gws-wiz-img.r7ogLnQ9zzE](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=VFdbXO3JIYb5_AbDlI34Dw&q=charles+and+ray+eames+architecture&oq=charles+ray+eames+arch&gs_l=img.3.0.0i8i30.5786.6138..7101...0.0..0.77.214.3......1....1..gws-wiz-img.r7ogLnQ9zzE) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/26 "2019-02-06T22:04:02Z")
Mickey and Minnie Mouse. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/27 "2019-02-06T22:41:42Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Yes! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/28 "2019-02-06T22:49:23Z")
Sonny and Cher. The Captain and Tennille. [Mouth and Macneal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/29 "2019-02-06T23:00:48Z")
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/30 "2019-02-07T03:11:30Z")
> [@eburacum45](#): > > …John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I think the OP expects that _both_ would have talent. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/31 "2019-02-07T05:25:08Z")
Robert and Sonia Delaunay. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/32 "2019-02-07T09:54:41Z")
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Frédéric Chopin and George Sand (not married, but kind of a _friends with benefits_ type of deal) Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner ( … well, perhaps not a “happy” couple). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/33 "2019-02-07T14:11:07Z")
Mary & Percy Shelly ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/34 "2019-02-07T15:22:58Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’ll toss Percy and Mary Shelly into the mix. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mary & Percy Shelly It’s “Shelley.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/35 "2019-02-10T03:39:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It’s “Shelley.” “It’s FRONK-en-steen.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/36 "2019-02-10T03:44:13Z")
> [@eburacum45](#): > > John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Paul and Linda Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/37 "2019-02-10T12:01:53Z")
Erik and Lyle Menendez ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/38 "2019-02-10T16:07:13Z")
Man Ray and Lee Miller Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/39 "2019-02-10T16:17:10Z")
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-artistic-couple/829023/40 "2019-02-10T16:25:04Z")
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