







Occupation
PAINTERS
With 2,023 biographies, Painters are the 11th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Musicians, Military Personnels, and Film Directors.
People
Pantheon has 2,030 people classified as painters born between 600 BC and 1988. Of these 2,030, 93 (4.58%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living painters include Joaquín Sabina, Viktor Lyapkalo, and Roger Dean. The most famous deceased painters include Melchior Broederlam, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, and Qiu Ying.
Living Painters
Go to all RankingsYayoi Kusama
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Anselm Kiefer
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.93
Gerhard Richter
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.32
Joseph Kosuth
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.69
Georg Baselitz
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.68
Paloma Picasso
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Pierre Alechinsky
1927 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Odd Nerdrum
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Cindy Sherman
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Jasper Johns
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.89
Masaaki Hatsumi
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Julian Schnabel
1951 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Deceased Painters
Go to all RankingsMichelangelo
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.26
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
HPI: 91.68
Raphael
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rembrandt
1606 - 1669
HPI: 90.59
Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Albrecht Dürer
1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.52
Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Claude Monet
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Peter Paul Rubens
1577 - 1640
HPI: 88.29
Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
HPI: 87.57
Francisco Goya
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.42
Places
Most painters were born in Italy (265), France (262), and Germany (160). By city, the most common birth places were Paris (94), Antwerp (49), and Florence (45).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as painters in Pantheon are Amasis Painter, Brygos Painter, and Douris. The concentration of painters was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier painters are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.