The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Egypt
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Painters of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Inji Aflatoun (1924 - 1989)
With an HPI of 46.96, Inji Aflatoun is the most famous Egyptian Painter. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Inji Aflatoun (Arabic: إنجي أفلاطون; 16 April 1924 – 17 April 1989) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women's movement. She was a "leading spokeswoman for the Marxist-progressive-nationalist-feminist movement in the late 1940s and 1950s", as well as a "pioneer of modern Egyptian art" and "one of the important Egyptian visual artists".
2. Ghada Amer (1963 - )
With an HPI of 37.20, Ghada Amer is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Painter. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Ghada Amer (Arabic: غادة عامر; May 22, 1963, in Cairo, Egypt) is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery. Amer had previously emigrated from Egypt to France at the age of 11 and was educated in Paris and Nice. She is currently living and working in New York City.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as painters born between 1924 and 1963. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living painters include Ghada Amer. The most famous deceased painters include Inji Aflatoun. As of April 2022, 2 new painters have been added to Pantheon including Inji Aflatoun and Ghada Amer.
