







The Most Famous
Painters from Czechia
Top 10 Czech Painters
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Czechs Painters of all time. This list of famous Czechs 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 Czechs Painters.
- #1

Alphonse Mucha
1860 - 1939
HPI 81.6662 langsAlphonse Mucha is most famous for his art nouveau posters, which are considered to be among the most beautiful in the world.
- #2

Anton Raphael Mengs
1728 - 1779
HPI 72.7646 langsAnton Raphael Mengs was a German painter and art teacher. He is most famous for his series of frescoes in the Villa Albani in Rome.
- #3

František Kupka
1871 - 1957
HPI 69.4335 langsFrantišek Kupka was a Czech painter and draughtsman. He is most famous for his abstract paintings and drawings.
- #4

Wenceslaus Hollar
1607 - 1677
HPI 65.3128 langsCzech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver (1607-1677)
- #5

Anna Chromý
1940 - 2021
HPI 63.1020 langsCzech painter and sculptor
- #6

Emil Orlík
1870 - 1932
HPI 62.3324 langsCzech photographer, graphic, painter, portrait painter and scenographer (1870-1932)
- #7

Georg Flegel
1566 - 1638
HPI 61.6516 langsGerman Baroque painter (1566-1638)
- #8

Toyen
1902 - 1980
HPI 61.6420 langsCzech painter, photographer, writer and artist (1902–1980)
- #9

Gabriel von Max
1840 - 1915
HPI 60.5119 langsGerman painter (1840–1915)
- #10

Zdeněk Burian
1905 - 1981
HPI 60.3618 langsCzech illustrator, painter and biological illustrator (1905-1981)
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Overlapping Lives
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