10 most famous artists from around the world

The arts have always been steady entertainment for people. From the noise inside a theatre, to the splashes on a canvas, the different forms of art have given humans a means to express themselves, in anger and in sadness, and have not just inspired others, but also mesmerised the viewer.
And one of the most famous forms of all is painting. And so naturally, painters are close to people’s hearts and are respected and admired for generations.
Here we mention the 10 most famous painters from around the world.

One of the most famous painters from around the world is unarguably Leonardo da Vinci. He was a brilliant mind with an artistic hand from the Renaissance period and his famous paintings delight people even today.

His most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, is loved for its lifelike details, especially the mysterious smile of the woman in the portrait, who is thought to be Lisa Gherardini.

Vincent van Gogh, the creator of ‘Starry Night’ is another extremely famous artist. Even though he battled mental illnesses for a major chunk of his life, his paintings today are bright, and beautiful, and can cheer up the saddest souls.
From ‘Starry Night’ to ‘Sunflowers’ and ‘Poppies’, his legacy lives on.

The incredible painter and sculptor, Michelangelo was truly the epitome of Renaissance art. His most famous artwork is the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican, where he brought scenes from the Bible to life. And among the countless ceilings he put his magic in, it is the ‘Creation of Adam; that stands out, showing the powerful moment when God and Adam almost touch hands.

Amrita Sher-Gil, famously called ‘India’s Frida Kahlo’ was an extraordinary Indian-Hungarian painter who beautifully blended Indian and Western art styles. She was born in Hungary, trained in Paris, and painted all things Indian!
Be it the self-portraits that she painted, the portraits of her cousins, the depictions of ordinary rural life in India, it was all extremely accurate and held a beautiful simplicity.

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Frida Kahlo was an exceptional Mexican painter, known for her self-portraits. Be it her portraits in traditional dresses, to the ones where she painted Diego (her husband) on her forehead to imply how he was forever in her mind, she brought life into any canvas she touched.

One of her most famous paintings, ‘The Two Fridas’, shows two versions of her sitting side by side, with their hearts exposed and connected by veins.

The man who introduced to the world ‘Impressionism’ was Claude Monet. His work is all about capturing the play of light and the simple beauty of nature. Among his most famous creations is the ‘Impression, Sunrise’, which is said to be the painting that heralded the era and technique of Impressionism. His paintings, with their soft colours and gentle details, create a peaceful, almost dreamlike feeling.

Raja Ravi Varma was an extraordinary Indian painter who brought Indian mythology and classical stories to life through his realistic paintings. He became famous for making the gods and goddesses of India more relatable to the common people. One of his most famous paintings, Shakuntala, is about the moment when Shakuntala acts as if she is removing a thorn from her foot while secretly searching for her lover, Dushyanta.

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Pablo Picasso, the man who created ‘Cubism’ is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. He is best known for paintings like ‘Guernica’, which showed the horrors of war, and ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ which was basically an intense female gaze.

Picasso's creativity and the push he gave to the art circles and their depictions of certain subjects made him a true leader in modern art.

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Sayed Haider Raza, fondly known as S.H. Raza, was an Indian painter famous for his abstract works that brought together Indian symbols and spiritual themes. One of his most iconic symbols is the Bindu (a dot), which represents the point of creation and the vastness of the universe.
Another one of his paintings, ‘Saurashtra’, was sold for over 16 crore rupees back in 2010.

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Raphael was an iconic Italian painter and architect of the Renaissance period. His most famous work, ‘The School of Athens’, is a magnificent fresco in the Vatican. It shows two of the greatest philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, and hints at their deep discussion about the importance of the divine and the roots of wisdom.