







The Most Famous
Painters from Belgium
This page contains a list of the greatest Belgians Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 109 of which were born in Belgium. This makes Belgium the birth place of the 7th most number of Painters behind Netherlands and United Kingdom.
Top 10 Belgian Painters
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Belgians Painters of all time. This list of famous Belgians Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Belgians Painters.
- #1

Jan van Eyck
1395 - 1441
HPI 82.5279 langsJan van Eyck is most famous for being the first painter to use oil paints.
- #2

Anthony van Dyck
1599 - 1641
HPI 80.2378 langsAnthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter who was most famous for his portraits of European nobles.
- #3

René Magritte
1898 - 1967
HPI 80.0777 langsRené Magritte is most famous for his surrealist paintings that often depict ordinary objects in an unusual context.
- #4

Frans Hals
1582 - 1666
HPI 78.6365 langsFrans Hals is most famous for his portraits of wealthy Dutch citizens.
- #5

Rogier van der Weyden
1390 - 1464
HPI 78.3360 langsRogier van der Weyden is most famous for his paintings of religious scenes. He was born in Tournai and is considered one of the greatest...Read moreShow less
Rogier van der Weyden is most famous for his paintings of religious scenes. He was born in Tournai and is considered one of the greatest painters of the 15th century.
- #6

Pieter Brueghel the Younger
1564 - 1636
HPI 75.4145 langsPieter Brueghel the Younger is most famous for his paintings of peasant life in Flanders.
- #7

Jan Brueghel the Elder
1568 - 1625
HPI 74.6344 langsJan Brueghel the Elder is most famous for his paintings of landscapes and still lifes.
- #8

Jacob Jordaens
1593 - 1678
HPI 73.0640 langsJacob Jordaens is most famous for his paintings of mythological and biblical scenes.
- #9

James Ensor
1860 - 1949
HPI 72.9443 langsJames Ensor is most famous for his paintings that are often grotesque and unsettling. He was a Belgian artist who was born in 1860 and died...Read moreShow less
James Ensor is most famous for his paintings that are often grotesque and unsettling. He was a Belgian artist who was born in 1860 and died in 1949.
- #10

Hugo van der Goes
1440 - 1482
HPI 72.8340 langsHugo van der Goes is most famous for his painting The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 22 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.



































































































