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Painter Biographies
Every archived life recorded as painter, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Ancient era
Phidias
490 BCE – 430 BCE
Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
Early Modern era
Panini
June 17, 1691 – October 21, 1765
Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)
Medieval era
Francis I of France
September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
Early Modern era
Christina of Sweden
December 18, 1626 – April 19, 1689
Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)
Modern era
Empress Dowager Cixi
November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
Early Modern era
Miyamoto Musashi
1584 – June 5, 1645
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
Contemporary era
King Charles III
b. November 14, 1948
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
Modern era
Kaiser Wilhelm II
January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941
As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
Early Modern era
John Nash
January 18, 1752 – May 13, 1835
British architect (1752–1835)
Modern era
Francis Bacon (philosopher)
October 28, 1909 – April 28, 1992
Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)
Modern era
e. e. cummings
October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962
American author (1894–1962)
Modern era
Beatrix Potter
July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
Early Modern era
Cao Xueqin
July 12, 1724 – 1763
Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)
Medieval era
Giotto
1267 – January 8, 1337
Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Medieval era
Fra Angelico
1400 – February 18, 1455
Italian Early Renaissance painter
Medieval era
Masaccio
December 21, 1401 – 1428
Italian painter (1401-1428)
Medieval era
Piero della Francesca
1415 – October 12, 1492
Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
Early Modern era
Tintoretto
1560 – May 17, 1635
Italian painter (1560–1635)
Early Modern era
Artemisia Gentileschi
July 8, 1593 – 1653
Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)
Early Modern era
Frans Hals
1591 – August 26, 1666
Dutch painter (1580–1666)
Early Modern era
Anthony van Dyck
March 22, 1599 – December 9, 1641
Flemish Baroque artist (1599–1641)
Early Modern era
Canaletto
October 7, 1697 – April 19, 1758
Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768)
Early Modern era
William Hogarth
November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764
English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)
Early Modern era
Thomas Gainsborough
May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
Early Modern era
Joshua Reynolds
July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792
English painter (1723–1792)
Early Modern era
Jacques-Louis David
August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825
French painter (1748–1825)
Early Modern era
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
August 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867
French painter (1780–1867)
Early Modern era
Caspar David Friedrich
September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840
German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
Early Modern era
John Constable
June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837
English painter (1776-1837)
Modern era
Gustave Courbet
June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877
French painter (1819–1877)
Modern era
Berthe Morisot
January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895
French painter (1841-1895)
Modern era
Mary Cassatt
May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926
American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
Modern era
James McNeill Whistler
July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903
American painter (1834-1903)
Modern era
John Singer Sargent
January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925
American painter (1856–1925)
Modern era
Winslow Homer
February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910
American landscape painter (1836–1910)
Modern era
Grant Wood
February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942
American painter (1891–1942)
Modern era
Ilya Repin
July 24, 1844 – September 29, 1930
Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)
Modern era
Amedeo Modigliani
July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Modern era
Henri Rousseau
May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910
French painter (1844–1910)
Modern era
Paul Klee
December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940
German-Swiss artist (1879–1940)
Modern era
Max Ernst
April 2, 1891 – April 1, 1976
German artist (1891–1976)
Modern era
Lucian Freud
December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011
British painter and agravar (1922-2011)
Modern era
David Hockney
July 9, 1937 – June 11, 2026
Painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026)
Contemporary era
Jeff Koons
b. January 21, 1955
American sculptor and painter (born 1955)
Contemporary era
Damien Hirst
b. June 7, 1965
English sculptor and installation artist
Early Modern era
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 – October 12, 1858
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
Modern era
Qi Baishi
January 1, 1864 – September 16, 1957
Chinese painter (1864-1957)
Modern era
Raja Ravi Varma
April 29, 1848 – October 2, 1906
Indian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)
Early Modern era
Antonio Canova
November 1, 1757 – October 13, 1822
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
Modern era
Constantin Brancusi
February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957
Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1960)
Modern era
Alberto Giacometti
October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)
Modern era
Louise Bourgeois
December 25, 1911 – May 31, 2010
French-American artist (1911-2010)
Modern era
Le Corbusier
October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
Modern era
Arnold Schoenberg
September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951
Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
Modern era
Alexei Leonov
May 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)
Modern era
Jose Rizal
June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
Modern era
Tony Bennett
August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023
American singer (1926–2023)