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Painter Biographies
Every archived life recorded as painter, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Edi Rama
b. July 4, 1964
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
Contemporary era
Serik Akhmetov
b. June 25, 1958
Politician, former Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan
Modern era
Margrethe II of Denmark
b. April 16, 1940
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
Modern era
Abdulmecid II
May 29, 1868 – August 23, 1944
Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)
Contemporary era
George W. Bush
b. July 6, 1946
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
Modern era
Queen Victoria
May 24, 1819 – January 22, 1901
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
Modern era
Winston Churchill
November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965
British Prime Minister who led the defiance of Nazi Germany
Early Modern era
Leonardo da Vinci
April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
Renaissance polymath — painter of the Mona Lisa, engineer, and anatomist
Early Modern era
Samuel Morse
April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
Early Modern era
William Blake
November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
Modern era
Rabindranath Tagore
May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
Modern era
Khalil Gibran
January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)
Modern era
Hermann Hesse
July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
Early Modern era
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
Sculptor and painter of the Sistine Chapel and David
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Medieval era
Sandro Botticelli
1445 – 1510
Italian painter (1445–1510)
Medieval era
Titian
1488 – September 26, 1576
Italian painter (c.1490–1576)
Early Modern era
Caravaggio
September 29, 1571 – July 18, 1610
Italian painter (1571–1610)
Early Modern era
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Medieval era
Albrecht Durer
May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528
German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
Medieval era
Jan van Eyck
1390 – July 9, 1441
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
Medieval era
Hieronymus Bosch
1450 – August 9, 1516
Painters in art (1450–1516)
Early Modern era
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525 – September 9, 1569
Flemish painter (1526–1569)
Early Modern era
Rembrandt
July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Early Modern era
Johannes Vermeer
1632 – December 15, 1675
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
Early Modern era
Peter Paul Rubens
June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640
Flemish painter (1577–1640)
Early Modern era
El Greco
October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614
Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
Early Modern era
Diego Velazquez
June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660
Spanish painter (1599–1660)
Early Modern era
Francisco Goya
March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
Early Modern era
Eugene Delacroix
April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863
French painter (1798–1863)
Early Modern era
J. M. W. Turner
April 23, 1775 – December 19, 1851
English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)
Modern era
Edouard Manet
January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883
French painter (1832–1883)
Modern era
Claude Monet
November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926
French painter (1840–1926)
Modern era
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
Modern era
Edgar Degas
July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917
French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
Modern era
Paul Cezanne
January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906
French painter (1839–1906)
Modern era
Paul Gauguin
June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
Modern era
Georges Seurat
December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891
French painter (1859-1891)
Modern era
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
Modern era
Vincent van Gogh
March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890
Post-impressionist painter whose work sold for millions only after his death
Modern era
Henri Matisse
December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954
French artist (1869–1954)
Modern era
Gustav Klimt
July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
Modern era
Egon Schiele
June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918
Austrian painter (1890-1918)
Modern era
Edvard Munch
December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
Modern era
Wassily Kandinsky
December 4, 1866 – December 13, 1944
Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)
Modern era
Piet Mondrian
March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
Modern era
Marc Chagall
July 14, 1887 – March 28, 1985
Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
Modern era
Pablo Picasso
October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
Co-founder of Cubism and the most influential artist of the 20th century
Modern era
Salvador Dali
May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Modern era
Rene Magritte
November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
Modern era
Joan Miro
April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983
Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)
Modern era
Marcel Duchamp
July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Modern era
Frida Kahlo
July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954
Mexican painter of unflinching self-portraits and identity
Modern era
Diego Rivera
December 8, 1886 – November 25, 1957
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
Modern era
Georgia O'Keeffe
November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
Modern era
Edward Hopper
July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967
American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967)
Modern era
Norman Rockwell
February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978
American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)
Modern era
Jackson Pollock
January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956
American painter (1912–1956)
Modern era
Mark Rothko
September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970
American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
Modern era
Andy Warhol
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)