







The Most Famous
Painters from Poland
Trending Painters from Poland This Week
The top 10 Painters from Poland trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Nikifor
1895 - 1968
Trending in Polish (#102) Wikipedia (671 views, on Mar 16).
- #2

Tamara de Lempicka
1898 - 1980
Trending in Polish (#127) Wikipedia (490 views, on Mar 18).
Top 10 Painters
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Polish Painters of all time. This list of famous Polish 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 Polish Painters.
- #1

Jan Matejko
1838 - 1893
HPI 73.2057 langsJan Matejko was a Polish painter and sculptor. He is most famous for his paintings of the history of Poland.
- #2

Tamara de Lempicka
1898 - 1980
HPI 73.0048 langsTamara de Lempicka was an early 20th century Polish-born French painter. She is most famous for her paintings of fashionable women.
- #3

Zdzisław Beksiński
1929 - 2005
HPI 71.0835 langsZdzisław Beksiński is most famous for his surrealist paintings.
- #4

Aleksandra Ekster
1882 - 1949
HPI 68.3038 langsAleksandra Ekster is most famous for her work with the Polish avant-garde group, the Constructivist Group of Warsaw.
- #5

Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
HPI 65.8329 langsOtto Mueller was a German-born American painter and illustrator. He is most famous for his illustrations of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Polish Painters grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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1830s(2)
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1680s(1)
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Overlapping Lives
Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.






































