The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Lithuania
Top 10
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Lithuanian Painters of all time. This list of famous Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian Painters.
1. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 - 1911)
With an HPI of 65.23, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is the most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 42 different languages on wikipedia.
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (Polish: Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis; 22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1875 – 10 April [O.S. 28 March] 1911) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture.
2. Isaac Levitan (1860 - 1900)
With an HPI of 61.32, Isaac Levitan is the 2nd most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 45 different languages.
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Левита́н; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1860 – 4 August [O.S. 22 July] 1900) was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
3. Jacques Lipchitz (1891 - 1973)
With an HPI of 57.83, Jacques Lipchitz is the 3rd most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Jacques Lipchitz (22 August [O.S. 10 August] 1891 – 26 May 1973) was a Cubist sculptor. Lipchitz retained highly figurative and legible components in his work leading up to 1915–16, after which naturalist and descriptive elements were muted, dominated by a synthetic style of Crystal Cubism. In 1920 Lipchitz held his first solo exhibition, at Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie L'Effort Moderne in Paris where he was counted as part of the School of Paris. Fleeing the Nazis he moved to the US and settled in New York City and eventually Hastings-on-Hudson. While in the US, he created a number of his best-known works, including the outdoor sculptures The Song of the Vowels, Birth of the Muses, and Bellerophon Taming Pegasus, the last of which was completed after his death.
4. George Maciunas (1931 - 1978)
With an HPI of 53.52, George Maciunas is the 4th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
George Maciunas (English: ; Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist, born in Kaunas. A founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers, he is most famous for organising and performing early happenings and for assembling a series of highly influential artists' multiples.
5. Varvara Stepanova (1894 - 1958)
With an HPI of 53.04, Varvara Stepanova is the 5th most famous Lithuanian Painter. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (Russian: Варва́ра Фёдоровна Степа́нова; 4 November [O.S. 23 October] 1894 – May 20, 1958) was a Russian artist. With her husband Alexander Rodchenko, she was associated with the Constructivist branch of the Russian avant-garde, which rejected aesthetic values in favour of revolutionary ones. Her activities extended into propaganda, poetry, stage scenery and textile designs.
6. Yehuda Pen (1854 - 1937)
With an HPI of 51.92, Yehuda Pen is the 6th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Yehuda Pen, also known as Yuri Pen (Yiddish: יודל פּען – Yudl Pen; 5 June 1854 – 1 March 1937), was a Russian and Soviet Jewish painter and art teacher. He was a major figure of the Jewish Renaissance in Russian and Belarusian art at the beginning of 20th century. Pen's most famous student in Vitebsk was the great Jewish painter Marc Chagall.
7. Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851 - 1915)
With an HPI of 48.28, Stanisław Witkiewicz is the 7th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Stanisław Witkiewicz (Lithuanian: Stanislovas Vitkevičius) (8 May 1851 – 5 September 1915) was a Polish painter of Lithuanian origin, art theoretician, and amateur architect, known for his creation of "Zakopane Style".
8. Lasar Segall (1891 - 1957)
With an HPI of 48.16, Lasar Segall is the 8th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957) was a Lithuanian Jewish and Brazilian painter, engraver and sculptor. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution.
9. Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)
With an HPI of 47.93, Ben Shahn is the 9th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content.
10. Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836 - 1893)
With an HPI of 47.89, Michał Elwiro Andriolli is the 10th most famous Lithuanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Michał Elwiro Andriolli (Lithuanian: Mykolas Elvyras Andriolis, Italian: Elviro Michele Andriolli; 2 November 1836, in Vilnius – 23 August 1893, in Nałęczów) was a Polish illustrator, painter and architect of Italian descent. He is notable for his illustrations to Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz, as well as a distinctive style of villas built outside Warsaw. He was probably most well known for his architecture – Świdermajer. This was a regional architectural style common in the Otwock, Poland region. These structures were wooden in construction and were popularized from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its creator was Michał Elwiro Andriolli. It is characterized by gazebos and decorations above the windows, some of the houses also had turrets. Pine trees were planted together with the buildings as part of the composition.
Pantheon has 10 people classified as painters born between 1836 and 1931. Of these 10, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased painters include Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Isaac Levitan, and Jacques Lipchitz. As of April 2022, 3 new painters have been added to Pantheon including Stanisław Witkiewicz, Lasar Segall, and Michał Elwiro Andriolli.
Deceased Painters
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Isaac Levitan
1860 - 1900
HPI: 61.32
Jacques Lipchitz
1891 - 1973
HPI: 57.83
George Maciunas
1931 - 1978
HPI: 53.52
Varvara Stepanova
1894 - 1958
HPI: 53.04
Yehuda Pen
1854 - 1937
HPI: 51.92
Stanisław Witkiewicz
1851 - 1915
HPI: 48.28
Lasar Segall
1891 - 1957
HPI: 48.16
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
HPI: 47.93
Michał Elwiro Andriolli
1836 - 1893
HPI: 47.89
Newly Added Painters (2022)
Go to all RankingsStanisław Witkiewicz
1851 - 1915
HPI: 48.28
Lasar Segall
1891 - 1957
HPI: 48.16
Michał Elwiro Andriolli
1836 - 1893
HPI: 47.89
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