Famous Artists - List of Famous Artists - page 17

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
Cuno Amiet

Cuno Amiet

A modernist and a painter, singular in his own sense, Cuno Amiet's biography describes his distinct life

SwissMarch 28, 1868158 views

Asai Chu

A famous oil master from Japan, Asai Chu was a western style painter who largely influenced the late 19th and 20th century Japanese painting

JapaneseJuly 22, 1856142 views

Sophie Gengembre Anderson

An artist who painted pictorial images of Victorian children, Sophie Gengembre Anderson’s biography takes you through the artist’s life, childhood and timeline

British1823134 views

Tarsila do Amaral

Tarsila do Amaral, better known to the world as Tarsila, was a Brazilian artist who gave Latin American art a new direction

Alfred Sisley

An impressionist painter, Alfred Sisley was widely acclaimed for his landscape paintings depicting the rural French life

BritishOctober 30, 1839176 views

Charles Alston

Charles Henry Alston was a reputed African American painter, sculptor, and an illustrator born in the early 20th century

AmericanNovember 28, 1907182 views

Albrecht Altdorfer

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

German1480133 views

John James Audubon

John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist and painter

AmericanApril 26, 178599 views

Alex Grey

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

AmericanNovember 29, 1953200 views

John Baldessari

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

AmericanJune 7, 1931101 views