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Greatest visual artists (all time)

A ranking of visual artists, with the exception of film/video artists.

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Akira Toriyama
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Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born April 5, 1955 in Nagoya, Aichi) is a Japanese manga and game artist. He first achieved mainstream recognition for his manga Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball—his best-known...
10
10
as illustrator
from 1 vote
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Leonardo da Vinci
2

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci, (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, carto...
9.4
9.4
as painter
from 5 votes
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Hajime Isayama
3

Hajime Isayama
Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 Isayama Hajime, born August 29, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. His first and currently ongoing series, Attack on Titan, is experiencing success with 52.5 million copies in circulation as of July 2015. He ha...
9
9
as illustrator
from 3 votes
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Salvador Dalí
4

Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Pubol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain...
9
9
as painter
from 2 votes
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French painter who was influential in the development of Impressionism.
9
9
as painter
from 1 vote
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Vincent van Gogh
6

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His output includes portraits, self portraits, landscapes...
8.6
8.6
as painter
from 7 votes
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Frank Miller
7

Frank Miller
Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark comic book stories and graphic novels such as Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300. H...
8
8
as illustrator
from 1 vote
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Masashi Kishimoto
7

Masashi Kishimoto
Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史 Kishimoto Masashi, born November 8, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014. As of October 2015, Naruto manga has sold...
8
8
as illustrator
from 1 vote
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Todd McFarlane
7

Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian cartoonist, artist, writer, designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane becam...
8
8
as illustrator
from 1 vote
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Michael Madsen
10

Michael Madsen
Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1958) is an American actor, poet and photographer. He has appeared in more than 150 films, including Reservoir Dogs, Thelma & Louise, Wyatt Earp, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, Species, Kill Bi...
7
7
as photographer
from 1 vote
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Dennis Hopper
10

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and artist. He attended the Actors Studio, making his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two films with J...
7
7
as photographer
from 1 vote
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Syd Barrett
12

Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and princip...
6
6
as painter
from 1 vote
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Leonard Nimoy
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Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his role as Mr. Spock of the Star Trek franchise, a character he portray...
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0
as photographer
from 0 votes
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H. R. Giger
candidate

H. R. Giger
Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger (5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for thei...
0
0
as painter
from 0 votes
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Keith Haring
candidate

Keith Haring
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s by expressing concepts of birth, death, sexuality, and war. Hari...
0
0
as painter
from 0 votes
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