Painter
Discover the lives and works of renowned celebrities in the world of painting. From iconic masters to contemporary trailblazers, this comprehensive list shines a light on the most influential artists who have shaped the art of painting.
Nikolai Kalmakov
Italy
ItalyArtist, graphic artist, illustrator of Russian-Italian origin
Renato Guttuso
Italy
ItalyFamous Italian painter and graphic artist.
Valentin Koryakin
Moldova
MoldovaMoldavian artist, graphic artist, watercolorist.
Alison Lapper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish artist without both hands
Maurice Sendak
USA
USAAmerican illustrator and children's writer
Kurt Schwitters
Germany
GermanyGerman artist
Jan van Eyck
Belgium
BelgiumFlemish painter
Esref Armagan
Turkey
TurkeyBlind Turkish artist
Iman Maleki
Iran
IranIranian realist artist
Sima Elyashevich
Karaite public figure, writer, poet, artist, inventor
Carl Moll
Austria
AustriaAustrian Art Nouveau artist
Jacob Le Blon
Germany
GermanyGerman painter and engraver
Heinrich Knirr
Germany
GermanyGerman artist
Zacharie Astruc
France
FranceFrench artist, journalist, sculptor, composer and poet.
Nikolay Dmitrevskiy
China
ChinaProminent Russian graphic artist
Kumi Yamashita
USA
USAJapanese artist
Omar Ortiz
Mexico
MexicoMexican hyperrealist artist
Tom Wesselmann
USA
USAAmerican artist and graphic artist
Ernest Shepard
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish artist and book illustrator.
Zdzislaw Beksinski
Poland
PolandA famous Polish artist and photographer
Leonid Bessaraba
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian artist, painter, teacher
Jacques Iverny
France
FranceFrench artist
Juzef Chapskiy
Poland
PolandPolish artist and writer, son of the governor of Minsk, cousin of G. Chicherin.
Pietro Orioli
Italy
ItalyItalian artist
Reinhold Begas
Germany
GermanyGerman sculptor and artist
Joshua Reynolds
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish artist and art theorist
Pierre-Paul Prudhon
France
FranceFrench painter and graphic artist
Florentijn Hofman
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch artist
Antanas Kuchas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian artist.
Vittore Carpaccio
Italy
ItalyVenetian Renaissance painter.
Jan Lyotard
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss painter
Robert Henri
USA
USAAmerican realist artist and teacher
Franz Seidel
Germany
GermanyGerman artist, landscape painter
Jan Vermeer
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch artist, master of genre painting and portraiture
Viktor Safonkin
Russia
RussiaArtist
Aga Mirek
Persian artist.
Tair Salahov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanPeople's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of State Prizes of the USSR and Azerbaijan SSR, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Arts
Victoria Kovalchuk
Ukraine
UkraineGraphic artist, illustrator, designer, writer
Caspar David Friedrich
Germany
GermanyGerman artist
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italy
ItalyItalian artist and art historian
Yu Aida
Japan
JapanMangaka and illustrator.
Sudarsan Pattnaik
India
IndiaIndian artist, specialist in creating sand sculptures
Michelangelo
Italy
ItalySculptor, painter, poet of the Renaissance
Kseniya Simonova
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian artist
Sebastien Charles Giraud
France
FranceFrench artist.
Piero Di Cosimo
Italy
ItalyItalian painter
Karl Hofer
Germany
GermanyGerman artist and graphic artist
Alfredo Jaar
USA
USAContemporary American artist, architect
Eugen Ducker
Germany
GermanyGerman and Estonian artist.
Ludovico Mazzolino
Italy
ItalyItalian artist of the early 16th century.