Top Ten Greatest Artists

SirWilliamGuthrie These should be best artists in the world but also those that have had a profound influence people or society.

The Top Ten

1 Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, poetry, ...read more.

Not just a great artist, but profoundly influenced science, religion and politics right up until today - SirWilliamGuthrie

A man whose legendary works grace the modern world.

2 Michelangelo Buonarroti

Just look at that ceiling and marvel - SirWilliamGuthrie

3 Rembrandt Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. A prolific and versatile master across three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.

You can stand right next to a Rembrandt painting and find it impossible to believe that the material of clothes he has painted is not real. You almost know that it will feel like velvet and not paint! - SirWilliamGuthrie

4 Peter Paul Rubens

A great Baroque colourist - SirWilliamGuthrie

5 Édouard Manet Édouard Manet Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

A great impressionist who tackled modern subjects rather than romaticising the old - SirWilliamGuthrie

6 Oscar Claude Monet

He is the true founder of impressionism, and his style formed itself upon his pure emotion and expression. Every painting was so beautifully unique, and his lilly pad series was wonderfully remarkable. Truly the greatest artist of his time.

I love his landscape paintings the most, his landscape paintings are mostly very beautiful and colorful. He knew how to blend the colors very well to paint the landscapes and they were mostly meticulously done. Although he used dots and lines as the main brush strokes but he knew how to use dots and lines to paint marvelous looking landscapes. My most favorite paintings of him are the landscape near Monte Carlo, San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, and Woman on the Parasol.

What would offices and hospitals done without the regulation Monet prints to hang in the waiting rooms. - SirWilliamGuthrie

7 Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. ...read more.

An artist who lived a very depressing life, but his works of art beams with happiness. Over the great periods of life, his art still stands over to astound us. The bright, vibrant colors he plasters across his paintings, his transformation and presentations of the array of emotions he beholds, he really is an artist to be deserving of a good reputation. - Seepenthep

An inspiration to many who followed

Would expect him to be up with Chukwuogo-Roy & Picasso

8 Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy

I believe that she gave more hope and inspiration to more people than any other artist in history - yet most of those people will never be aware of it! - SirWilliamGuthrie

What a tragedy that she is no longer here. The world has lost the greatest artist of our time

In my view the outstanding artist of the 21st century and one of the best in the 20th. If only I could afford her work...

9 Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. ...read more.

The most unique painter to be ever existed, his paintings are mostly very unique and interesting to look at. And the best thing about him is that he is a perfectionist who always work hard to make his paintings as pleasing as possible.

Broke new ground during a time of convention and turned art on it's head - SirWilliamGuthrie

10 Ben Enwonwu Ben Enwonwu

Outstanding African Artist of the last century. Led the way for other notable artists from Africa and North America

A ground breaker and trend setter in a time of repression and prejudice - SirWilliamGuthrie

The Contenders

11 Francesco Hayez
12 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a ...read more.

He did more for the poster industry than all the others put together - SirWilliamGuthrie

13 Bob Ross Bob Ross

Amazing artist. Made landscape paintings that look photo realistic in a matter of minutes, and taught you how to do it at the same time.

Bob ross is amazing and no one can tell me diffrent

This man taught me how to draw a tree. RIP :( - Catacorn

14 Raphael Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with ...read more.
15 Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor. ...read more.

The Thinker must have inspired generations of artists - and thinkers.

16 Donatello Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c. 1386 – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello, was an early Renaissance sculptor from Florence. He studied classical sculpture, and used this to develop a fully Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in Rome, Padua and Siena introduced to other parts ...read more.

Worked with stone, bronze, Terra Cotta and wood. His 'David' may not be as hansom as Michelangelo's but it is more realistic

17 Frank Frazetta

One of the greatest artists of all time. He taught Boris Vallejo how to paint and his art is just as awesome and interesting.

18 Boris Vallejo

I love his art. He and Julie Bell do everything from fantasy art to mythology to Marvel and DC. So much amazing art. I visit their site once in a while just to look at their artwork. Boris and Julie are my favorite artists in the world.

19 Julie Bell

I love Boris and Julie. They always have such great art and interesting art. I visit their site every now and then just to look at their art. They're awesome.

20 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Púbol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.
21 Jeff Easley
22 Dave Rapoza
23 Gerald Brom
24 Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist.

He does music and paintings.

25 Giorgio Morandi
26 Rene Magritte Rene Magritte René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions ...read more.
27 Mervyn Peake
28 Matt Groening Matt Groening Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor best known for creating the famous television shows, The Simpsons and Futurama.
29 Artemisia Gentileschi
30 Giovanni Fattori
31 Bruce Onobrakpeya‎ Bruce Onobrakpeya‎

Probably the greatest installation artist of this century. Not just 'clever' like so much of that genre, but real works of art as well.

32 Alasdair Roy

This is in a totally different field to the others listed here but in my view he is the greatest tattoo designer ever creating stunning tattoos for the most discerning (and probably very rich! ) customers around the world.

The modern artist's artist. Not conventional but inspirational.

33 Francisco de Goya Francisco de Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successful ...read more.
34 Gustav Klimt
35 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
36 Mary Cassatt
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