Famous Artists & Painters - List of Famous Artists & Painters - page 3

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.
Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler is a popular American actor, director, painter and model

AmericanMarch 9, 1980558 views

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was an Italian painter and printmaker

ItalianMarch 5, 1696115 views

Canaletto

Giovanni Antonio Canal or Canaletto was an Italian painter of landscapes and an important printmaker

ItalianOctober 28, 1697108 views

Masaccio

Masaccio was a renowned Italian painter of the early 15th century

ItalianDecember 21, 1401150 views

Pontormo

Pontormo was an Italian painter who became one of the leading lights of the Florentine Renaissance of the 16th century

ItalianMay 24, 1494118 views

Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari was an Italian artist, architect and art historian

ItalianJuly 30, 151189 views

Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso was a renowned Italian painter

ItalianDecember 26, 1911105 views

Salvator Rosa

Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter known for his unorthodox and extravagant style

ItalianJune 20, 1615138 views

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born British artist best remembered for his painting ‘Whistler's Mother’.

AmericanJuly 11, 1834117 views

Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins was an American realist painter, counted amongst the most important artists in American art history

AmericanJuly 25, 1844115 views