Famous Artists & Painters - List of Famous Artists & Painters - page 5
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 | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Micheline Roquebrune | 1929 | French, Moroccan | Micheline Roquebrune is a petite Moroccan-French painter best known as the third wife the legendary Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery |
| Yvonne McGuinness | October 12, 1972 | Irish | Yvonne McGuinness is an Irish multimedia artist |
| Akira Toriyama | April 5, 1955 | Japanese | Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist |
| Bob Ross | October 29, 1942 | American | Bob Ross was a celebrated, creative American painter and an art instructor |
| Matthew Gray Gubler | March 9, 1980 | American | Matthew Gray Gubler is a popular American actor, director, painter and model |
| Margaret Keane | September 15, 1927 | American | Margaret Keane is an artist known for creating the ‘big-eyed waifs’ |
| Yayoi Kusama | March 22, 1929 | Japanese | Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artists |
| Jack Kirby | August 28, 1917 | American | Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic-book artist |
| Jwan Yosef | September 6, 1984 | Swedish, Syrian | Jwan Yosef is a Syrian-born Swedish artist and painter |
| Masashi Kishimoto | November 8, 1974 | Japanese | Masashi 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. |
Caravaggio
Caravaggio was a renowned painter of the Sixteenth century who painted using contrasting effects between light and darkness
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a famous Dutch Baroque painter of the seventeenth century
Albert Namatjira
Albert Namatjira was a painter who is credited for introducing the ‘Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art’
Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson was a distinguished Canadian artist and painter during the early part of the 20th century
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse was an American painter and inventor, who invented the single-wire telegraph system
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse-Lautrec was a 19th century French artist and was one of the best-known painters of the Post-Impressionist period
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt was an American artist famous for her paintings depicting the intimate bond between mothers and children
Emanuel Vidović
Emanuel Vidovic was a Croatian painter and graphic artist