The Most Famous

PAINTERS from Venezuela

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This page contains a list of the greatest Venezuelan Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 1 of which were born in Venezuela. This makes Venezuela the birth place of the 73rd most number of Painters behind Ecuador, and Turkey.

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

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1. Jesús Rafael Soto (1923 - 2005)

With an HPI of 57.85, Jesús Rafael Soto is the most famous Venezuelan Painter.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 14, 2005) was a Venezuelan kinetic and op artist, a sculptor and a painter. His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Roma) and MoMA (New York). One of the main museums of art in Venezuela, in his home town, has his name in tribute to him.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Venezuelan painters born between 1923 and 1923. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Venezuelan painters include Jesús Rafael Soto.

Deceased Venezuelan Painters

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