The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Iceland
This page contains a list of the greatest Icelander Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 1,421 Painters, 2 of which were born in Iceland. This makes Iceland the birth place of the 51st most number of Painters behind Indonesia and South Korea.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Painters of all time. This list of famous Icelander Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885 - 1972)
With an HPI of 50.87, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval is the most famous Icelander Painter. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (15 October 1885 – 13 April 1972) was an Icelandic painter. He is considered one of the most important artists of Iceland. His son is interior designer Sveinn Kjarval.
2. Erró (1932 - )
With an HPI of 50.09, Erró is the 2nd most famous Icelander Painter. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Erró (born Guðmundur Guðmundsson in 1932 in Ólafsvík, Iceland) is a visual artist and painter, who is best known for his painted pop art collages of images from comic books and advertisements. He lives in France and Spain. He was previously married to Myriam Bat-Yosef.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as painters born between 1885 and 1932. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living painters include Erró. The most famous deceased painters include Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval.
