René Magritte was a famous Belgian painter associated with the Surrealism art movement. He is best known for his surreal, sometimes humorous images that place objects in weird contexts and use visual trickery. Famous Rene Magritte artworks include “The Son of Man", “The Treachery of Images", "Golconda", "Time Transfixed", "Not to Be Reproduced", "The Human Condition", … [Read more...] about René Magritte Quotes about Art
Artists
Below you'll find our full list of famous artists online. It includes visual artists, meaning painters, sculptors, illustrators, cartoonists, printmakers, and drawing artists.
New artists are being added every week so feel free to suggest your favorite artists and we might add them to the list. We're mostly sticking to established artists who are well known in the art world and have a lot of literature published on them.
Full List of Famous Artists A to Z
- All Famous Artists - Includes all of the artists listed in the categories below, from A through to Z.
Artists Listed by Niche / Style / Art Movement, etc.
- 15th Century Artists - Find artists from the Renaissance period.
- 16th Century Artists - See artists like Leonardo and Michelangelo.
- 17th Century Artists - Includes artists like Rembrandt working in the 1600s.
- 18th Century Artists - Artists working in the 1700s include the famous Spanish painter Goya.
- 19th Century Artists - All artists listed working in the nineteenth century, so the 1800s.
- 20th Century Artists - Find artists working in the nineteen hundreds or 20th century.
- 21st Century Artists - List of famous artists working today or in this century that we're in now.
- Aboriginal Artists - See famous indigenous Australian Aboriginal painters and sculptors.
- Abstract Artists - Includes artists that have created at least a series of abstract works during their career.
- Abstract Expressionist Artists - Artists from the popular American art movement Abstract Expressionism.
- Advertising Artists - Commercial or business artists that started commercially and moved on to fine art or remained commercial all of their career.
- American Artists - List of famous artists born in the United States of America.
- Art Auctions - News on record art auction sales or interesting things happening at auctions.
- Art Collectors - See our list of important art collectors and investors in art.
- Art Critics - Do we need them?
- Artist Biographies - Find more information on the life of each artist listed.
- Art News - Interesting art news articles and information.
- Artworks - Famous iconic paintings and works of arts from around the world.
- Asian Artist - See famous Asian artists from various countries throughout Asia.
- Astrological Signs - Browse artists and creative by their astrological signs.
- Australian Artists - List of famous Australian artists with painters, sculptors, photographers and printmakers.
- Austrian Artists - List of notable Austrian artists who born in or spent the majority of their lives in Austria, Europe.
- Black Artists - A list of famous black artists and African Americans.
- British Artists - See famous British artist based in the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
- Canadian Artists - List of famous artists and creatives from the country of Canada.
- Ceramic Artists - Notable ceramic artists, potters, and ceramicists.
- Cityscape Artists - Includes artists that have produced a good number of cityscapes, city life, urban areas, and views of cities.
- Collage Artists - Notable artists who have produced collages or used collage in their paintings.
- Commercial Artists - Artists who produce art for money.
- Conceptual Artists - Artists who think ideas are more important than the finished artwork.
- Contemporary Artists
- Country Arts - Browse arts by country and region worldwide.
- Cubist Artists
- Dada Artists
- Dancers
- Designers
- Drawing Artists
- Dutch Artists
- Expressive Artists
- Fauvist Artists
- Feminist Artists
- French Artists
- Furniture Designers
- Gallerists
- Gay Artists
- German Artists
- Glamour Models
- History Painters - Artists who depicted important historical events.
- Illustrators
- Impressionist Artists
- Installation Artists
- Interior Artists
- Irish Artists
- Italian Artists
- Japanese Artists
- Landscape Artists
- Lesbian Artists
- LGBT Artists
- Literature
- Mexican Artists
- Minimalist Artists
- Modern Artists
- Muralists
- Naive Artists
- Norwegian Artists
- Nude Artists
- Obituaries - Death notices of famous artists, singers, painters and photographers from around the world.
- Outsider Artists
- Painters
- People
- Philosophers
- Photographers
- Poets
- Portrait Painters
- Post-Impressionist Artists
- Printmakers
- Protest Artists
- Public Art
- Quotations
- Realist Artists
- Religious Artists
- Renaissance Artists
- Romantic Artists
- Sculptors
- Shock Artists
- Spanish Artists
- Still Life Artists
- Street Artists
- Surrealist Artists
- Swedish Artists
- Swiss Artists
- Symbolist Artists
- Video Artists
- War Artists
- Watercolor Artists
- Woman Artists
- Writers
- Young British Artists
Hans Hofmann Quotes about Art
Hans Hofmann was a famous German-born American painter and art teacher associated with the Abstraction Expressionism art movement. He is best known for his abstract expressionist paintings dealing with color relationships, shapes, texture and paint. Famous Hans Hofmann artworks include “Pompeii", “Auxerre", "The Gate", "The Golden Wall", "Deep Within the Ravine", "The … [Read more...] about Hans Hofmann Quotes about Art
Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Isamu Noguchi was a famous American sculptor, furniture designer and landscape architect. He is best known for his public sculptures, landscaped gardens and various iconic furniture designs which are still produced today. Famous Isamu Noguchi artworks include “Radio Nurse", “Lunar Landscape", "Sky Viewing Sculpture", "The Cry", "Noguchi Coffee Table", "Red Cube", "Even the … [Read more...] about Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Barbara Hepworth was a famous 20th century British sculptor and printmaker. She is best known for her modernist abstract sculptures, natural stone forms, and for opening up her sculptures to show the insides of the work. Famous Barbara Hepworth artworks include "Mother and Child", "Two Forms (Divided Circle)", “Landscape Sculpture", “Pierced Hemisphere", "Oval Form (Trezion)", … [Read more...] about Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Ben Nicholson Quotes about Art
Ben Nicholson was a famous British painter and draftsman. He is best known for his paintings and reliefs that blurred the lines between still life and abstraction. Famous Ben Nicholson artworks include "1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)", "April 57 (Arbia 2)", "Sept 53 (Balearic)", “1934-6 (Painting - Still Life)", “August 1956 (Val d'Orcia)", "1936 (White Relief)", "July 27-53 … [Read more...] about Ben Nicholson Quotes about Art
Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Henry Moore was a famous English sculptor and draftsman associated very loosely with abstraction and surrealism. He is best known for his monumental sculptures of the abstracted human form. Famous Henry Moore artworks include “Large Two Forms", “Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5”, "Large Reclining Figure", "Family Group", "King and Queen", "Nuclear Energy", "Recumbent Figure", … [Read more...] about Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Jean Arp or Hans Arp was a famous German born French sculptor, poet and painter associated with dada, surrealism and abstraction. He is best known for his sculpture that has been broken down to its simplest forms, to rounded abstract objects that point towards nature, the human figure, and organic forms. Famous Jean Arp artworks include “Human Concretion", “Shirt Front and … [Read more...] about Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger was a famous French painter, sculptor and printmaker associated with cubism, purism and modernism. He is best known for his stylized works, with thick black outlines, and often used bright primary colors. Famous Fernand Leger artworks include “La Femme en Bleu (Woman in Blue)", “Still Life with a Beer Mug”, "The Railway Crossing", "Soldier with a Pipe", … [Read more...] about Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder was a famous American abstract sculptor. He is best known for his mobile kinetic sculptures, his wire portraits and enlarged outdoor monumental sculptures. Famous Alexander Calder artworks include “Devil Fish", “Arc of Petals", "Red Mobile", "La Grande Vitesse", "Autumn Leaves", "Poisson volant (Flying Fish)", "Trois Disques", "Floating Clouds" and "Lily of … [Read more...] about Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Georges Rouault Quotes about Art
Georges Rouault was a famous French painter, watercolorist and printmaker loosely associated with the fauvist and expressionist art movements. He is best known for his emotion-filled clowns, ladies of the night and religious figures. Famous Georges Rouault artworks include “The Old King", “Slaughter”, "The Three Judges", "The Clown", "Christ Mocked by Soldiers", "Two Nudes (The … [Read more...] about Georges Rouault Quotes about Art