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The Most Famous

Painters from Ireland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Irish Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 5 of which were born in Ireland. This makes Ireland the birth place of the 43rd most number of Painters behind Azerbaijan and Egypt.

Top 5 Irish Painters

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

  1. #1
    Photo of Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    1909 - 1992

    HPI 75.3162 langs

    Francis Bacon is most famous for his essays, which were a major contribution to the scientific revolution.

  2. #3
    Photo of Paul Kane

    Paul Kane

    1810 - 1871

    HPI 57.0422 langs

    Irish-Canadian painter (1810-1871)

  3. #5
    Photo of Lily Williams

    Lily Williams

    1874 - 1940

    HPI 29.923 langs

    Irish portrait and figure painter, stamp designer (1874–1940)

Overlapping Lives

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

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