The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Syria
This page contains a list of the greatest Syrian Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 2 of which were born in Syria. This makes Syria the birth place of the 59th most number of Painters behind Iraq, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Syrian Painters of all time. This list of famous Syrian Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jean Carzou (1907 - 2000)
With an HPI of 58.78, Jean Carzou is the most famous Syrian Painter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Jean Carzou (Armenian: Ժան Գառզու, born in Aleppo; 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus.
2. Jwan Yosef (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 41.54, Jwan Yosef is the 2nd most famous Syrian Painter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Jwan Yosef (born 6 September 1984) is a Swedish-Syrian painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Syrian painters born between 1907 and 1984. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Syrian painters include Jwan Yosef. The most famous deceased Syrian painters include Jean Carzou. As of April 2024, 1 new Syrian painters have been added to Pantheon including Jwan Yosef.
