PAINTERS from Peru

Top 2

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

1. Boris Vallejo (b. 1941)

With an HPI of 54.47, Boris Vallejo is the most famous Peruvian Painter.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.

Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction, sword and sorcery, and fantasy fiction novels and movie posters. They are also sold through a series of annual calendars.

2. Alberto Vargas (1896 - 1982)

With an HPI of 47.14, Alberto Vargas is the 2nd most famous Peruvian Painter.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez (9 February 1896 – 30 December 1982) was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists, and as one of the pioneers of airbrush art. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for tens of thousands around the world.