Famous Artists - List of Famous Artists - page 14

A person who is involved in any form of art work is referred to as an artist. Artists are skilled people who are well versed with the basic concepts of art and produces art in any form that has aesthetic value. An artist may nor may not have a degree in fine arts but may produce art either way. An artist may refer to a sculptor, painter or a photographer. The different types of artists include abstract painters, conceptual artist, portrait painters, sketch artists, illustrators, digital artists, printmakers, textile artists, glass artists, mixed media artists and jewelry artists among many other types of artists. People involved in the creation of films, may also be referred to as artist. Artistic activities also include dancing, acting, writing and music. Therefore any activity for which the imagination is used and creativity is unleashed is referred to as an artistic activity. Art history as a full-fledged academic discipline developed in the 19th century. In ancient times cave paintings, petroglyphs sculptures and rock paintings were done, which was around 40,000 years ago. Dig out more intriguing facts about many famous artists in the world, with this compilation of biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Artists

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Susan Mikula1958AmericanSusan Mikula is an American artist and photographer
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’
Banksy1974BritishBanksy is the pseudonym of an English-based graffiti artist known for his politically themed and often controversial graffiti
Jean-Michel BasquiatDecember 22, 1960AmericanJean-Michel Basquiat was an American graffiti artist who was one of the leading lights of the neo expressionist era in the 1980s
Gloria VanderbiltFebruary 20, 1924AmericanGloria Vanderbilt is an American author, actor, socialite, artist, heiress, and fashion designer
Yayoi KusamaMarch 22, 1929JapaneseYayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artists
Paul GauguinJune 7, 1848FrenchPaul Gauguin was a leading French Post Impressionist painter known for his use of bold colours and synthetist style
Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne was an influential post-impressionist painter known for his radically intense style, bold colours and brushstrokes

FrenchJanuary 19, 1839139 views

Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese painter, poet, essayist and philosopher

LebaneseJanuary 6, 1883134 views

Mark Rothko

Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz was a painter of Latvian Jewish descent living in the United States of America

AmericanSeptember 25, 1903153 views

John Berger

John Berger is an English art critic, author and painter

BritishNovember 5, 1926197 views

Jean Cocteau

Master of numerous talents, Jean Cocteau was a Parisian artist with incomparable talent and creativity

FrenchJuly 5, 1889129 views

Ismail al-Jazari

Ismail al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath

Turkish1136310 views

Signe Hansen

Signe Hansen, better known as Wiishu, is a Danish digital artist and ‘YouTube’ vlogger

DanishApril 19, 1995163 views

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter - a major figurative painter of the early 20th century

AustrianJune 12, 189090 views

Marco Perego

Marco Perego is an Italian artist and former soccer player

ItalianMarch 1, 1979244 views

Rodolfo Amoedo

Rodolfo Amoedo was a Brazilian history painter born in Salvador, Bahia