Famous Artists & Painters - List of Famous Artists & Painters - page 12

Painters may refer to people who are involved in the creation of art work through the use of paint. A painter is one who paints in order to earn his living or he/she may also practice it as a recreational activity. The world most ancient paintings were created by cavemen, who created murals on the caves. Some of the oldest know paintings were created in France, at the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, these paintings are considered to be 32, 000 years old. Visual art was also produced in India as early as the 3rd millennium BC. Paintings were also done in the caves of central India in the pre-historic times, from 30,000 BCE. The different types of painters include surrealistic painters, abstract painters, modernist painters, impressionistic painters, modern painters and realistic painters. The different kinds of paintings include cubism, geometric art, pop art; outsider art, photorealism, and ink wash painting among many others. In the 21st century, the art industry is one of the most booming multibillion dollar industries that provides opportunities to an array of artists and painters. Here is a compilation of a list of famous painters from across the world, learn more fascinating facts and details about them with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Artists & Painters

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Micheline Roquebrune1929French, MoroccanMicheline Roquebrune is a petite Moroccan-French painter best known as the third wife the legendary Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery
Yvonne McGuinnessOctober 12, 1972IrishYvonne McGuinness is an Irish multimedia artist
Akira ToriyamaApril 5, 1955JapaneseAkira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist
Bob RossOctober 29, 1942AmericanBob Ross was a celebrated, creative American painter and an art instructor
Matthew Gray GublerMarch 9, 1980AmericanMatthew Gray Gubler is a popular American actor, director, painter and model
Margaret KeaneSeptember 15, 1927AmericanMargaret Keane is an artist known for creating the ‘big-eyed waifs’
Yayoi KusamaMarch 22, 1929JapaneseYayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artists
Jack KirbyAugust 28, 1917AmericanJack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic-book artist
Jwan YosefSeptember 6, 1984Swedish, SyrianJwan Yosef is a Syrian-born Swedish artist and painter
Masashi KishimotoNovember 8, 1974JapaneseMasashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist, best known for creating the popular manga series ‘Naruto.’ Let’s take a look at his family, personal life, career, etc.
Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer was an iconic German painter, printmaker, engraver, drafter and architect of the Renaissance era

German1480132 views

John James Audubon

John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist and painter

AmericanApril 26, 178597 views

Alex Grey

Alex Grey is a New Age artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art

AmericanNovember 29, 1953199 views

John Baldessari

John Baldessari is an American conceptual artist well-known for his unique text-only paintings and photo emulsion images

AmericanJune 7, 193199 views

Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin is a contemporary British artist known for her provocative and sexually explicit artwork

BritishJuly 3, 1963157 views

Camille Corot

Camille Corot was a French painter known for his landscape painting whose style inspired the innovations of Impressionism

FrenchJuly 16, 1796145 views

John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley was an America born painter famous for his innovative style of portrait paintings of important figures

American173897 views

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago is an influential American feminist artist

AmericanJuly 20, 1939131 views

Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Durer was a prominent painter, engraver and printmaker

GermanMay 21, 1471129 views

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti was a prominent painter and sculptor of Swiss origin

SwissOctober 10, 1901150 views