The Most Famous

PAINTERS from Romania

This page contains a list of the greatest Romanian Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 12 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 21st most number of Painters behind Norway, and Greece.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Romanian Painters of all time. This list of famous Romanian 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 Romanian Painters.

1. Victor Brauner (1903 - 1966)

With an HPI of 56.17, Victor Brauner is the most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.

Victor Brauner (Romanian: [ˈviktor ˈbrawner], also spelled Viktor Brauner; 15 June 1903 – 12 March 1966) was a Romanian painter and sculptor of the surrealist movement.

2. Nicolae Grigorescu (1838 - 1907)

With an HPI of 54.68, Nicolae Grigorescu is the 2nd most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Nicolae Grigorescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e ɡriɡoˈresku]; 15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907) was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting. He is considered by Romanians the greatest Romanian painter, and one of the founders of modern Romanian art. He is most known for paintings depicting rural life. He was one of the most respected and internationally known painters from Romania. There is a metro station named after Grigorescu in Bucharest. It was given his name in 1990, before which it was named after Communist army general Leontin Sălăjan. Romanian currency features Grigorescu on the 10 Lei bank note.

3. Simon Hollósy (1857 - 1918)

With an HPI of 54.13, Simon Hollósy is the 3rd most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Simon Hollósy (2 February 1857 – 8 May 1918) was a Hungarian painter. He was considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th-century Naturalism and Realism. Hollósy was not highly productive as an artist and was more important as an influential teacher, who influenced the painters of the Nagybánya artists' colony. Together, they were significant in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Hungarian art. In 1966 the Hungarian National Gallery had a major exhibition of the colony's work: The Art of Nagybánya. Centennial Exhibition in Celebration of the Artists' Colony in Nagybánya.

4. Isidor Kaufmann (1853 - 1921)

With an HPI of 52.74, Isidor Kaufmann is the 4th most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Isidor Kaufmann (Hungarian: Kaufman(n) Izidor, Hebrew: איזידור קאופמן; 22 March 1853 in Arad – 1921 in Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes. Having devoted his career to genre painting, he traveled throughout Eastern Europe in search of scenes of Jewish, often Hasidic life. The artist's life and work was featured by the Jewish Museum Vienna 1995 in a show curated by Tobias G. Natter.

5. Theodor Aman (1831 - 1891)

With an HPI of 52.38, Theodor Aman is the 5th most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Theodor Aman (20 March 1831 – 19 August 1891) was a Romanian painter, engraver and art professor. He mostly produced genre and history scenes.

6. Teodor Axentowicz (1859 - 1938)

With an HPI of 50.40, Teodor Axentowicz is the 6th most famous Romanian Painter. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Teodor Axentowicz (Armenian: Թեոդոր Աքսենտովիչ; 13 May 1859 – 26 August 1938) was a Polish-Armenian painter and university professor. A renowned artist of his times, he was also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. As an artist, Axentowicz was famous for his portraits and subtle scenes of Hutsul life, set in the Carpathians.

People

Pantheon has 14 people classified as Romanian painters born between 1806 and 1985. Of these 14, 1 (7.14%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Romanian painters include Alexandra Nechita. The most famous deceased Romanian painters include Victor Brauner, Nicolae Grigorescu, and Simon Hollósy. As of April 2024, 2 new Romanian painters have been added to Pantheon including Bertalan Székely, and Alexandra Nechita.