The Most Famous

Painters from Australia

This page contains a list of the greatest Australians Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 5 of which were born in Australia. This makes Australia the birth place of the 40th most number of Painters behind Latvia and India.

Top 5 Painters

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australians Painters of all time. This list of famous Australians Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

#1
Sidney Nolan
1917 - 1992
HPI 67.1928 langs
Australian artist (1917–1992)
#2
John Russell
1858 - 1930
HPI 64.1519 langs
Australian artist (1858-1930)
#3
Albert Namatjira
1902 - 1959
HPI 58.0423 langs
Australian painter (1902-1959)
#4
Arthur Streeton
1867 - 1943
HPI 50.5818 langs
Australian landscape impressionist (1867-1943)
#5
Frederick McCubbin
1855 - 1917
HPI 49.0315 langs
Australian artist (1855-1917)

Overlapping Lives

Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.

Top 5 Painters

Sidney Nolan

John Russell

Albert Namatjira

Arthur Streeton

Frederick McCubbin

Overlapping Lives