Caravaggio, Mad Marketing Genius and perhaps a dude
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bild-Ottavio_Leoni,_Caravaggio.jpg/220px-Bild-Ottavio_Leoni,_Caravaggio.jpg)
Check out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XVw1yiRWU&feature=relmfu
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
Yes, I think he fits.
The sources of Michelangelo Merisi's life are extensive, but not yet fully researched. His first biographer was the Sienese art lover Giulio Mancini, who was a friend of Caravaggio's first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte (1549-1627), and who had treated Caravaggio in his household
I believe that he creates very incredible masterpieces.