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