List of Famous Artists

There are many famous painters from around the world whose contributions have helped shaped art history. The following paragraphs attempts to cover a list of famous artists names who have created some of the famous paintings. When one looks at the famous paintings of the past, one is able to get a sneak peek into the pages of history. The famous artists and their works were inspired by the culture of the era they lived in. Their choice of paint and canvas, their muses and inspirations, gives us an insight about their style of work.

Famous Artists in History

Art is witnessed in many forms, one of which is paintings. There are many celebrated artists who are an enigma in themselves. Some of these enigmatic personalities who have created famous paintings of the world and are mentioned in the following table.

List of Famous Artists	Year
Sandro Botticelli	1445 - 1510
Leonardo Da Vinci	1452 - 1519
Rembrandt	1779 - 1860
Edouard Manet	1832 - 1883
Edgar Degas	1834 - 1917
Paul Cezanne	1839 - 1906
Claude Monet	1840 - 1926
Pierre - Auguste Renoir	1841 - 1919
Mary Cassatt	1844 - 1926
Paul Gauguin	1848 - 1903
Vincent Van Gogh	1853 - 1890
Edvard Munch	1863 - 1944
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	1864 - 1901
Wassily Kandinsky	1866 - 1944
Henri Matisse	1869 - 1954
Piet Mondrian	1872 - 1944
Maxfield Parrish	1877 - 1966
Paul Klee	1879 - 1940
Pablo Picasso	1881 - 1973
Edward Hopper	1882 - 1967
Diego Rivera	1886 - 1957
Marc Chagall	1887 - 1985
Georgia O'Keeffe	1887 - 1986
Joan Miro	1893 - 1983
Rene Magritte	1898 - 1967
Alexander Calder	1898 - 1976
Salvador Dali	1904 - 1989
Jackson Pollock	1912 - 1956
Romare Bearden	1914 - 1983
Roy Lichtenstein Native	1923 - 1997
Andy Warhol	1928 - 1987
Jacob Lawrence	1917 -
Andrew Wyeth	1917 -
Jasper Johns	1930 -
Robert Bateman	1930 -
Fernando Botero	1932 -
David Hockney	1937 -

Famous Artists and Their Works

An artist delves into his world of imagination and reproduces a vivid masterpiece that is beyond normal comprehension. Colors are splattered across the white canvas and like the wand of a wizard, they are mixed to create an out of the world picture. The famous paintings list is a proof there are many magicians around the world who weave magic with their paint brushes. The list of these celebrated artists and their works covered in the following table, will help you understand art in its true sense.

List of Famous Artists	Year	Their Works
Leonardo Da Vinci	1452 - 1519	Mona Lisa The Last Supper Madonna and Child The Virgin of the Rocks
Pierre - Auguste Renoir	1841 - 1919	Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette Jeanne Samary Bathers The Swing
Henri Rousseau	1844 - 1910	The Sleeping Gypsy The Happy Quartet Jungle with a Lion
Vincent Van Gogh	1853 - 1890	The Starry Night Wheatfield with Crows
Pablo Picasso	1881 - 1973	Guernica Three Musicians The Three Dancers Self Portrait
Paul Klee	1879 - 1940	Fish Magic Around the Fish Landscape with Yellow Birds
Michelangelo	1475 - 1564	The Last Judgment The Torment of Saint Anthony The Entombment
Rembrandt van Rijn	1606 - 1669	The Night Watch Man in a Golden helmet The Girl in a Picture Frame Self portrait
Claude Monet	1840 - 1926	Morning Haze Marine Near Etretat Lily Pond
Gustav Klimt	1862 - 1918	The Kiss Tree of life
Henri Matisse	1869 - 1954	Chapel of the Rosary in Venice The Snail Beasts of the Sea Creole Dancer La Fougere Noire
Marc Chagall	1887 - 1985	Over Vitebsk The Violinist The Praying Jew I and the Village
Georgia O'Keeffe	1887 - 1986	Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills Blue and Green Music
Salvador Dali	1904 - 1989	The Persistence of Memory Crucifixion The Sacrament of the Last Supper
Andy Warhol	1928 - 1987	Campbell's Soup Can 100 Soup Cans Money
Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec	1864 - 1901	Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh Moulin - Rouge At the Moulin Rouge The Jockey

This was a list of famous artists and their works. The list is never-ending and will go on forever. Hope you have found some of your favorite painters in the preceding list.