Famous Artists & Painters - List of Famous Artists & Painters - page 7

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.
Amrita Shergil

Amrita Shergil

Called India’s Frida Kahlo, Amrita Shergil was a female painter who played an important role in 20th century India

IndianJanuary 30, 1913152 views

Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy was a path-breaking artist who started the trend of coming up with painting rich in folk art tradition

IndianApril 11, 1887166 views

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner was a renowned African American painter

AmericanJune 21, 1859108 views

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, popularly recalled in the art world as the Father of Abstract Art

RussianDecember 16, 1866144 views

Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F Wilson is an established artist of varied disciplines

AmericanApril 15, 1959159 views

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist famous for his comic strip paintings like ‘Whaam!’ and ‘Drowning Girl’

AmericanOctober 27, 1923120 views

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian was a famous Dutch painter

DutchMarch 7, 1872147 views

Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell was a talented American painter and illustrator

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was an eminent French artist

FrenchDecember 31, 1869224 views

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an acclaimed and controversial Austrian symbolist painter

AustrianJuly 14, 1862286 views