Select a question to display the answer.
Who is considered the most famous artist of all time?
Leonardo Da Vinci, known for Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) a Posledná večera, is entry number one of this ranking; entries two to five are Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Vincent Van Gogh.
Which five famous artists are essential to know?
Leonardo Da Vinci (Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)), Pablo Picasso (Guernica), Rembrandt (Nočná hliadka), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Stvorenie Adama) a Vincent Van Gogh (Hviezdičná noc (New York, MoMA)): entries one to five of the ranking, each with its principal work.
Which names appear in a list of famous painters?
Entries 1 to 20 of the ranking: Leonardo Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Raffael, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Paul Cézanne, Francisco Goya, Giotto Di Bondone, Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse, Vasilij Kandinskij, Peter Paul Rubens, Edvard Munch, Jan Vermeer a Paul Gauguin. The complete list of 100 entries appears above in rank order.
Which living artist ranks highest?
Gerhard Richter is the highest-ranked living painter among the entries, followed by Banksy a Jasper Johns.
Which women artists figure among the most famous?
Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschiová, Hilma Af Klint, Berthe Morisot, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun a Georgia O'Keeffová: 6 of the 100 entries are women artists.
Which country of birth is most represented among famous painters?
Francúzsko, with 25 of the 100 entries, followed by Taliansko with 21.
Which century of birth is most represented?
the 19th century: 38 of the 100 painters listed were born in that century.
Which art movement is most represented in the ranking?
Renesancia: 14 entries, among them Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti a Albrecht Dürer.
What are the principal works of these artists?
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) (Leonardo Da Vinci), Guernica (Pablo Picasso), Nočná hliadka (Rembrandt), Stvorenie Adama (Michelangelo Buonarroti) a Hviezdičná noc (New York, MoMA) (Vincent Van Gogh). Each entry above documents three principal works and the museum holding each.
Which museum holds the largest number of these works?
Louvre, with 17 of the works documented on this page.
Are reproductions of these artists' works available?
Yes. Alongside its catalogue entries, WikiOO.org offers hand-painted oil reproductions and fine art prints of works by the painters listed here, made to order in a chosen size.