The Most Famous
ARTISTS from Belarus
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Artists of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Ivan Fyodorov (1510 - 1583)
With an HPI of 60.32, Ivan Fyodorov is the most famous Belarusian Artist. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Ivan Fyodorov or Ivan Fеdorov (Russian: Ива́н Фёдоров; Ukrainian: Іван Федоров; born c. 1510 or c. 1525 – died December 16, 1583) sometimes transliterated as Fiodorov, was one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing (along with Schweipolt Fiol and Francysk Skaryna). He was also a skilled cannon maker and the inventor of a multibarreled mortar. Fyodorov was forced out of Moscow because of his attempts to employ the “blasphemous” new printing techniques, and found refuge in Poland–Lithuania, first in Zabłudów, then most notably in Ostroh, where he was instrumental in the publication of the Ostrog Bible.
2. Leonid Shvartsman (1920 - 2022)
With an HPI of 54.16, Leonid Shvartsman is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Artist. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Leonid Aronovich Shvartsman (born Izrail Aronovich Shvartsman, Russian: Израиль Аронович Шварцман; 30 August 1920 – 2 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian animator and visual artist. He spent most of his creative career at the Soyuzmultfilm, in Moscow, where he worked as an art director on Cheburashka, 38 Parrots, The Golden Antelope, The Scarlet Flower, The Snow Queen, among others.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Belarusian artists born between 1510 and 1920. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Belarusian artists include Ivan Fyodorov, and Leonid Shvartsman. As of April 2024, 2 new Belarusian artists have been added to Pantheon including Ivan Fyodorov, and Leonid Shvartsman.
