Famous Artists - List of Famous Artists - page 20

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
Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was a Swiss-born French architect, who was also famous for his painting talents

FrenchOctober 6, 1887234 views

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali was a Spanish painter who was an advocate of surrealism

SpanishMay 11, 1904197 views

John Ruskin

John Ruskin was an English artist and a leading art critic of the Victorian era

BritishFebruary 8, 1819155 views

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was a visual artist who hailed from America and was renowned for his unconventional painting techniques

AmericanJanuary 28, 1912182 views

Jack Butler Yeats

Jack Butler Yeats was one of the most prominent Irish painters of the 20th century

IrishAugust 29, 1871209 views

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was a German novelist and poet, often hailed as one of the greatest German writers

GermanJuly 2, 1877215 views

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was a renowned Mexican artist, well known for her self-portraits

MexicanJuly 6, 1907331 views

Margaret Keane

Margaret Keane is an artist known for creating the ‘big-eyed waifs’

AmericanSeptember 15, 1927542 views

David Hockney

David Hockney is a painter and photographer of English descent

BritishJuly 9, 1937159 views