







The Most Famous
Painters from Russia
This page contains a list of the greatest Russians Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 88 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 8th most number of Painters behind United Kingdom and Belgium.
Top 10 Russian Painters
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russians Painters of all time. This list of famous Russians 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 Russians Painters.
- #1

Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
HPI 84.1684 langsWassily Kandinsky is most famous for his abstract paintings.
- #2

Andrei Rublev
1360 - 1428
HPI 76.3767 langsAndrei Rublev is most famous for his painting of the Trinity, which is found in the Church of the Transfiguration in Moscow.
- #3

Ivan Shishkin
1832 - 1898
HPI 72.5563 langsIvan Shishkin was a Russian painter who is most famous for his landscapes.
- #4

Nicholas Roerich
1874 - 1947
HPI 71.4261 langsNicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, philosopher, archaeologist, and public figure. He is most famous for his paintings of the Himalayas.
- #5

Alexej von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
HPI 71.1339 langsAlexej von Jawlensky is most famous for his abstract paintings. He was a Russian-German Expressionist painter who was born in 1866 and died...Read moreShow less
Alexej von Jawlensky is most famous for his abstract paintings. He was a Russian-German Expressionist painter who was born in 1866 and died in 1941.
- #6

Ivan Kramskoi
1837 - 1887
HPI 70.8656 langsIvan Kramskoi was a Russian painter who is most famous for his portraits of members of the Imperial Russian family.
- #7

Natalia Goncharova
1881 - 1962
HPI 69.9545 langsNatalia Goncharova is most famous for her work in the Russian avant-garde movement. She was a painter, textile designer, illustrator, and...Read moreShow less
Natalia Goncharova is most famous for her work in the Russian avant-garde movement. She was a painter, textile designer, illustrator, and costume designer.
- #8

Viktor Vasnetsov
1848 - 1926
HPI 69.6559 langsVasnetsov was a Russian painter who is most famous for his painting "The Bogatyrs".
- #9

Vasily Vereshchagin
1842 - 1904
HPI 69.1252 langsVasily Vereshchagin was a Russian painter who is most famous for his paintings of the Russo-Turkish War, including his painting of the...Read moreShow less
Vasily Vereshchagin was a Russian painter who is most famous for his paintings of the Russo-Turkish War, including his painting of the Battle of Plevna.
- #10

Marianne von Werefkin
1860 - 1938
HPI 68.5632 langsRussian-German-Swiss expressionist painter (1860–1938)
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Overlapping Lives
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