Top 20 best-known painters in the world
Artists, world > country
Updated · Wikipedia languages (language editions)
Top 20 in (29):
Why these 20
Ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about the person (Wikidata site links): a measure of how widely known someone is around the world, not of skill. It favours people from the past and from countries with many Wikipedia editions. Painters are people Wikidata lists with the occupation painter whose one-line English description calls them a painter or artist and not an actor, writer, poet, politician, architect, animator or singer, so famous people who also painted (presidents, novelists, film makers) are left out.
Built from the regions below: the best 20 of all of them.
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Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
179 languages · 🇺🇸 United States
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How it is measured
Wikidata: occupation painter (Q1028181), English description with painter or artist and without actor, writer, poet, politician, architect, animator or singer, 40 or more site links; country of citizenship gives the drill-down.
References
- Wikidata query: painters by Wikipedia language editions, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 05:10 UTC.