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Sub-Saharan Africa artists
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1894
Irma Stern South African (German-Jewish)
Painting
Q281203
1912
George Pemba South African
Painting
Q5543308
1913
Gerard Sekoto South African
Painting
Q3103960
1917
Ben Enwonwu Nigerian
Painting, Sculpture
Q4885605
1923
Sam Joseph Ntiro Tanzanian
Painting
Q7407719
1923
Vincent Kofi Ghanian
Sculpture
Q111203199
1928
Iba N'Diaye French-Senegalese
Painting
Q2058575
1928
Rosemary Karuga Kenyan
Design, Painting, Sculpture
Q79385536
1930
Ibrahim El-Salahi Sudanese
Painting
Q2662098
1931
Henry Munyaradzi Zimbabwean
Sculpture
Q1607077
1932
Afewerk Tekle Ethiopian
Painting
Q382165
1932
Gebre Kristos Desta Ethiopian
Painting
Q18811024
1932
Bruce Onobrakpeya Nigerian
Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture
Q4978091
1933
Uche Okeke Nigerian
Drawing
Q15461959
1934
Ablade Glover Ghanian
Painting
Q3603738
1934
George Lilanga Tanzanian
He worked in the Makonde artistic tradition of carving wood and later began painting
Q1507782
1935
Papa Ibra Tall Senegalese
Tapestry weaving, Painting, and illustrating
Q3894655
1936
Malangatana Ngwenya Mozambican
Painting
Q384560
1937
Skunder Boghossian Ethiopian-Armenian
Painting
Q966300
1938
Charlotte Hagan Ghanian
Textile
Q116173516
1939
Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq Sudanese
Painting, Illustrating, Litography
Q24565817
1940
Nicholas Mukomberanwa Zimbabwean
Sculpture
Q1984959
1943
Jimoh Buraimoh Nigerian
Painting
Q6201680
1944
Twins Seven Seven Nigerian
Painting, Sculpture
Q357005
1944
El Anatsui Ghanian
Sculpture
Q1323876
1946
Obiora Udechukwu Nigerian
Painting
Q7074972
1947
Souleymane Keita (artist) (fr) Senegalese
Painting
Q3491656
1949
Youssouf Bath (fr) Ivorian
Painting, Mixed Media
Q111843867
1950
Moké Congolese
Painting
Q16267842
1951
António Ole Angolan
Painting, Sculpture, Filmmaking, Photography
Q27159914
1952
Kagiso Patrick Mautloa South African
Multi-media painting
Q43387672
1953
Bodo (painter) Congolese
Painting
Q3651428
1953
Marlene Dumas South African
Painting
Q260617
1953
Penny Siopis South African
Painting, Installation, Film
Q20981942
1955
William Kentridge South African
Printmaking, Drawing and Animating films
Q666092
1956
Willie Bester South African
Painting, Sculpture
Q520862
1956
Atta Kwami Ghanian
Painting, Printmaking
Q3629057
1956
Gilbert G. Groud Ivorian
Painting, Illustrating
Q329575
1956
Chéri Samba Congolese
Painting
Q2617109
1956
Tapfuma Gutsa Zimbabwean
Sculpture
Q525610
1958
Kebedech Tekleab Ethiopian
Painting, Sculpture
Q6382393
1959
Jane Alexander (artist) South African
Sculpture
Q4934861
1970
Marcia Kure Nigerian
Mixed media painting
Q6757118
See African art in Western collections
Sub-Saharan Africa masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifier/links
13–14th Century AD
Bronze Head from Ife Yoruba people (Nigeria)Copper Alloy Sculpture
Yoruba, Yoruboid
Q15409979
Late 16th–early 17th century
Icon
Unknown (Ethiopian Orthodox)
Distemper and gesso on wood
Oromo, Amharic
Smithsonian 98-3-2
16th–17th Century
Plaque: Warrior and Attendants (part of Benin bronzes )
Edo peoples Sculpture, brass
Edo language
Q29384362
1760–1780
Ndop of king Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Kuba people of Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Figurative Sculpture
Bushongo
Brooklyn Museum 61.33
19th Century
Fang Ngil Mask
Gabonese Fang people
Mask, wood
Fang language
Q97376365
1928
Farm Jonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
"15 most expensive paintings from South Africa"
1930
La tortue (Turtle )Djilatendo (DRC)Watercolor on paper
Bushongo
National Museum of African Art nmafa_92-15-3
1942
Yellow Houses: District Six Gerard Sokoto (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
Invaluable.com
1945
Arab Priest Irma Stern (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
"15 most expensive paintings from South Africa"
1946
Congolese Woman Irma Stern (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
Q59307583
1947
The Song of the Pick Gerard Sokoto (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1949
Garden of Eden George Pemba (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Board
English
1956
Anyanwu Ben Enwonwu (Nigeria)Sculpture, bronze
English
Q108739923
1959
Grape Packer Irma Stern (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1960s
Blue Composition Skunder Boghossian (Ethiopia)Acrylic, gouache and air brush on panel in artist's frame
Oromo, Amharic
1961
Self-Portrait of Suffering Ibrahim El-Salahi (Sudan)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic
1962
Metro Ride Demas Nwoko (Nigeria)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1962
Nude with Flowers Malangatana (Mozambique)Oil on canvas
Portuguese
1963
Reclining Female Figure Gebre Kristos Desta (Ethiopian)Painting, Oil/Masonite
Oromo, Amharic
1965
Adam and Eve Uche Okeke (Nigeria)Painting, Oil/Board
English
1970
Mother of Twins Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo (Nigeria)Painting, Oil/Board
English
1971
Christine Ben Enwonwu (Nigeria)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1971–73
Untitled S. G. Mpata (Tanzania)Enamel paint on fiberboard
Swahili, English, Arabic
1972
Devil Descending Skunder Boghossian (Ethiopia)Oil and mixed media on canvas
Oromo, Amharic
Smithsonian nmafa_99-22-1
1973
Tutu Ben Enwonwu (Nigeria)Print Multiple
English
1977
Defender of His Country Afewerk Tekle (Ethiopia)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Oromo, Amharic
1995
The Visitor Marlene Dumas (South Africa)Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1995
Blueprint of the Table House Karel Nel (South Africa)Pastel and pigment on bonded fiber cloth
English
Smithsonian 96-31-2
1996
Evolving Cosmos Tayo Adenaike (Nigeria)Watercolor on paper
English
National Museum of African Art Anmafa_96-16-1
1996
Plantlike Evocation Viyé Diba (Senegal)Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Wolof
National Museum of African Art 99-11-1
1997
Maasai Steppe Ascending – Convective Displacement Georgia Papageorge (South Africa)Oil stick and graphite on canvas with volcanic rock and cloth
English
National Museum of African Art 98-19-1
1997
Tyilo-Tyilo Louis Maqhubela (South Africa)Gouache on paper
English
National Museum of African Art 98-19-2
1999
Acrobat and Masquerade Tayo Adenaike (Nigeria)Watercolor on paper
English
National Museum of African Art 99-15-1
2000
Procession William Kentridge (South Africa)Sculpture, bronze in 25 parts
English
2001
Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation Julie Mehretu (American-Ethiopian)ink and acrylic on canvas
Oromo, Amharic, English
2001
Throne of Weapons Cristóvão Canhamaço (Mozambique)Sculpture
Portuguese
Q2900029
2005
Recycled Dreams El-Anatsui (Ghana)Found aluminum bottle caps and copper wire
English
2011
Power and Religion Abdoulaye Konaté (Malian)Textile
French
[ edit ]
Central and Latin America and the Caribbean
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1840
José María Velasco Gómez Mexican
Painting
Q610971
1874
Joaquín Torres-García Uruguayan-Spanish
Painting, Sculpture, Illustration
Q520713
1883
José Clemente Orozco Mexican
Painting, Muralism
Q332041
1886
Tarsila do Amaral Brazilian
Painting
Q466627
1886
Diego Rivera Mexican
Painting
Q171128
1889
Anita Malfatti Brazilian
Painting
Q465919
1891
John Dunkley Jamaican
Painting
Q9012423
1896
David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexican
Painting, Muralism
Q315647
1897
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti Brazilian
Painting
Q1793637
1899
Rufino Tamayo Mexican
Painting, Printmaking, Lithography, Drawing, Etching
Q690790
1899
Pedro Nel Gómez Colombian
Muralism
Q3997322
1900
Edna Manley Jamaican
Sculpture (also known for painting and drawing)
Q1269352
1902
Wifredo Lam Cuban
Painting
Q465342
1907
Frida Kahlo Mexican
Painting
Q5588
1911
Roberto Matta Chilean
Painting
Q450236
1912
Francisco Zúñiga Costa Rican-Mexican
Painting, Sculpture
Q351618
1918
Luis Nishizawa Japanese-Mexican
Painting, Ceramics
Q351430
1919
Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt Colombian
Sculpture
Q332420
1922
Pedro Coronel Mexican
Painting, Sculpture
Q380779
1923
Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar Colombian
Painting, Sculpture
Q2778676
1924
Luce Turnier Haitian
Painting, Collage
Q12893770
1932
Fernando Botero Colombian
Painting, Sculpture
Q272877
1934
José Luis Cuevas Mexican
Painting, Drawing, Illustrating, Printmaking, Sculpting, Writing
Q475650
1938
Pablo Amaringo Peruvian
Painting
Q2511028
1940
Francisco Toledo Mexican
Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art
Q1351374
1942
Ana Mercedes Hoyos Colombian
Painting, Sculpture
Q5674012
1957
Félix González-Torres American-Cuban
Installation
Q1288359
Artists of Central and Latin America and the Caribbean with a Wikipedia article but not English Wikipedia
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1899
Georges Liautaud (fr) Haitian
Sculpture
Q12323766
Masterpieces of Central and Latin America and the Caribbean
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifier/links
1531 c. 1531 Virgin of Guadalupe Anonymous Nahua painter (?)
Painting, Oil and tempera on cloth
Spanish
Q66764934 File:Virgen de guadalupe1.jpg
15th/16th century
Codex Borbonicus Aztec priests (Mexico)
Painting
Spanish
Q1950283
15th/16th century
Double-headed serpent Unknown (Mexico)
Sculpture
Spanish
Q5299596
1777
The Mexican Castes Ignacio María Barreda (Mexico)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
File:Ignacio María Barreda - Las castas mexicanas.jpg
1819
Bolívar y la alegoría de America Pedro Jose Figueroa (Colombian)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
1850
Batalla del Río Palo José María Espinosa Prieto (Colombian)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
File:Batalla del Río Palo.jpg
1850–1859
Láminas de la Comisión Corográfica Agustín Codazzi (Colombian)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
Q5779096
1851
Portrait of Manuelita Rosas Prilidiano Pueyrredon (Argentina)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
Q27954536
1887
The Maid Awakens Eduardo Sivori (Argentina)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
1913
Horizontes (The Luminous Hand)Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona (Colombian)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
Q17364354
1925
Bachué Rómulo Rozo (Colombian)Granite Carving
Spanish
1929–1935
The History of Mexico Diego Rivera (Mexican)Mural
Spanish
Q16685337
1931
Construccion en blanco Joaquín Torres-García (Uruguayan)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
1931
The Rivals Diego Rivera (Mexican)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
Q109905531
1934
The People and its Leaders José Clemente Orozco (Mexican)Mural
Spanish
1936
Birth of Fascism David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican)Painting, pyroxylin, masonite
Spanish
1939
Two Nudes in a Forest Frida Kahlo (Mexican)Painting, Oil/Metal
Spanish
Q63341526
1942
The Barber Shop Cundo Bermúdez (Cuban)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Cuban Spanish
Q19884814
1943
Omi Obini Wilfredo Lam (Cuban)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Cuban Spanish
1945
Trovador Rufino Tamayo (Mexican)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
1948
Masacre del 9 de abril Débora Arango (Colombian)Painting, Oil/Canvas
Spanish
1961
Entrada al Dorado Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (Colombian)Wood
Spanish
1973
Muebles Beatriz Gonzalez (Colombian)Enamel on metal sheet
Spanish
1993
Untitled (Last Light) Félix González-Torres (Cuban)Light Installation
Cuban Spanish
1997
Grabados populares Álvaro Barrios (Colombian)Spanish
2003
Adam and Eve Fernando Botero (Colombian)Sculpture-Volume
Spanish
2018
Fragmentos Doris Salcedo (Colombian)Installation
Spanish
[ edit ]
Indigenous American artists
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1914
Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache
Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Murals
Q175745
1916
Pudlo Pudlat Canadian Inuit
Printmaking, Drawing
Q2399275
1919
Daphne Odjig Odawa-Potawatomi-English (Canadian)
Painting
Q5221627
1920
Bill Reid Indigenous Canadian (mixed heritage)
Sculpture, Jewellery, Painting
Q615962
1927
Kenojuak Ashevak Inuit
Soapstone carving, Drawing, Etching, Stone-cut, Printmaking
Q122347
1932
Norval Morrisseau Indigenous Canadian
Painting
Q653404
1935
Alex Janvier Indigenous Canadian
Painting
Q4717233
1940
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Native American
Painting, Printmaking
Q4415659
1944
Jackson Beardy Indigenous Anishinaabe
Painting
Q1923173
1946
Robert Davidson (artist) Haida people, Canadian
Carving, Printmaking, Painting, Jewellery
Q7343412
1946
T. C. Cannon Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
Painting, Printmaking
Q7668165
1950
James Luna Payómkawichum (Mexican-American)
Installation, Performance art
Q6138298
1960
Rebecca Belmore Ojibwa (Canadian)
Installation, Performance art
Q7301664
1969
Annie Pootoogook Canadian Inuk
Printmaking, Drawing
Q567021
Indigenous American masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
1880
Ledger drawing of Haokah (US)
Black Hawk
Drawing
English, Lakȟótiyapi—the Lakota language
File:Blackhawk-spiritbeing.jpg
1961
Man Carrying Reluctant Wife (Canadian Inuit)
Pudlo Pudlat
Drawing-Watercolor, Stencil
English
National Gallery of Canada 36600
1963
Totem: Bird's and Woman's Face (Canadian Inuit)
Kenojuak Ashevak
Print
English
Q96756875
1966
Alberta Blues
Alex Janvier
Painting
English
Q63147112
1973
Beef Issue at Fort Sill (US)
T. C. Cannon
Acrylic on Canvas
English, Kiowa language (Cáuijògà)
1979
Father Sun and Grandmother Moon in Meeting (Total Eclipse)
Jackson Beardy
Painting, Acrylic on canvas board
English
Q28042459
1986
Silent in Our Beauty We Stand (Canadian)
Daphne Odjig
Painting, Acrylic/canvas
English
1989
August Encampment
Jaune Quick–to–See Smith
Painting
English
Q20198092
1990
Lament (US)
Allan Houser
Sculpture, Bronze
English
East Asian artists
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
344
Gu Kaizhi Chinese
Painting
Q378555
1036
Wang Shen (Song dynasty) Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q3566081
1037
Su Shi Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q36020
1050
Li Tang (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q716331
1085
Zhang Zeduan Chinese
Painting
Q197342
1142
Fujiwara no Takanobu Japanese
Painting
Q2245281
1150
Unkei Japanese
Sculpture
Q2006048
1160
Ma Yuan (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q433603
1176
Fujiwara no Nobuzane Japanese
Painting
Q3090653
1195
Xia Gui Chinese
Painting
Q1360244
1200
Chen Rong (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q2739948
1254
Ren Renfa Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q2032614
1254
Zhao Mengfu Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q197461
1269
Huang Gongwang Chinese
Painting
Q702525
1280
Wu Zhen (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q704735
1301
Ni Zan Chinese
Painting
Q731030
1308
Wang Meng (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q700903
1414
Tenshō Shūbun Japanese
Painting
Q2706164
1417
Gang Hui-an Korean
Painting, Calligraphy
Q484901
1564
Xue Susu Chinese
Painting
Q3571072
1573
Wu Bin (painter) Chinese
Painting
Q453832
1578
Iwasa Matabei Japanese
Painting
Q3156405
1598
Chen Hongshou Chinese
Painting
Q588110
1604
Chöying Dorje, 10th Karmapa Tibetan
Painting
Q1091058
1618
Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese
Painting, Printmaking
Q746217
1626
Bada Shanren Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q198097
1635
Zanabazar Mongolian
Painting
Q735871
1642
Shitao Chinese
Painting
Q469439
17th Century
He Chaozong Chinese
Pottery
Q3503086
1728
Tan-Che-Qua Chinese
Clay Modelling
Q7682000
1745
Kim Hong-do Korean
Painting
Q494712
1753
Utamaro Japanese
Painting, Printmaking
Q272045
1758
Sin Yun-bok Korean
Painting
Q484262
1797
Hiroshige Japanese
Painting, Printmaking
Q200798
1807
Shibata Zeshin Japanese
Painting
Q2386947
1811
Nam Gye-u Korean
Painting
Q4312720
1831
Kawanabe Kyōsai Japanese
Painting
Q2838030
1836
Tomioka Tessai Japanese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q1377454
1844
Wu Changshuo Chinese
Painting, Calligraphy
Q715400
1864
Qi Baishi Chinese
Painting
Q369608
1865
Huang Binhong Chinese
Painting
Q715837
1895
Xu Beihong Chinese
Painting
Q714152
1895
Pan Yuliang Chinese
Painting
Q148400
1897
Pan Tianshou Chinese
Painting
Q3272835
1899
Chang Dai-chien Chinese
Painting
Q163298
1901
Sanyu (painter) Chinese-French
Painting, Printmaking, Drawing
Q3473058
1902
Li Mei-shu Taiwanese
Painting, Sculpture
Q700797
1904
Fu Baoshi Chinese
Painting
Q1472354
1905
Kenkichi Sugimoto Japanese
Painting, Illustrating, Graphic Design
Q11522052
1907
Li Keran Chinese
Literati Painting
Q709867
1919
Wu Guanzhong Chinese
Painting
Q712390
1923
Ming Ji Taiwanese
Film Directing
Q8275595
1944
Cui Ruzhuo Chinese
Painting
Q43136150
Other artists lacking an English Wikipedia article found using Wikidata Wikidata query for Korean and Empire of Japan artists with a Wikipedia article but not in English Wikipedia
East Asian masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
1019–1083
The Jushi in Regular Script
Zeng Gong Ink/Paper
Mandarin
File:局事帖.jpg MutualArt
1037–1101
Wood and Rock
Su Shi Ink, Colour/Paper
Mandarin
commons:Category:Wood and Rock by Su Shi
11th Century
Shaka rising from the Gold Coffin Unknown
Hanging scroll, color on silk
Japanese
Q47604352
12th Century
Green Tara
Unknown
Sculpture
Tibetan
1100–1200
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga Toba Sojo
ink and colors on paper
Japanese
Q736832
1244
Nine Dragons Chen Rong
Ink and color on Xuan paper
Mandarin
Q15592269
1253–1322
Letters
Zhao Mengfu Ink/Paper
Mandarin
?
1255–1327
Five Drunken Kings Return on Horses (article section)Ren Renfa
Ink, Colour/Paper
Mandarin
China.org.cn China Daily Atlantis Press
1348–1420
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains Huang Gongwang
Ink/Paper
Mandarin
Q706846
1350
Zhichuan Resettlement
Wang Meng Ink/Paper
Mandarin
File:ZhichuanResettlement.jpg
14th Century
Nachi Falls
Unknown
Hanging Scroll, Colour on silk
Japanese
File:Nachi_Falls.jpg
15th Century
Lamdre Lineage (sculpture set)
Khyentse Chenmo
Sculpture
Tibetan
1640
Mazarin Chest Unknown
Chest: wood covered in black lacquer with gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie lacquee
Japanese
V&A Museum 412:1, 2–1882 [1] [2]
17th Century
Scenes in and around the capital (ru) (hy) Unknown
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Japanese
Q44461629
1711
Album of Mount Geumgang (Pungak-docheop)
Jeong Seon
Six leaves from a fourteen-leaf album; ink and light color on silk
Korean
National Museum of Korea, lent to MET
1751
Portraits of Periodical Offering Xie Sui
Ink, Colour/Paper
Mandarin
Q3278527
1783–1813
Hyewon pungsokdo Shin Yunbok
Drawing-watercolour, ink, colour/paper
Korean
Q624180
18th Century
Samurai Armor
Unknown
black lacquered steel, lacquered leather, purple silk lacing
Japanese
18th Century
Dalai Lama Incarnation Lineage
Unknown
Paintings
Tibetan
1829–1833
The Great Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai
Color Woodblock
Japanese
Q28913656
1888–1890
Waves
Shibata Zeshin
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Japanese
Q101516664
1890
Pair of Samurai Figures
Unknown
bronze, thick gilding, silver and shakudo
Japanese
Q101516898
1890
Elephant Koro
Unknown
silver, shakudo, shibuichi, gold, silver and a shakudo-copper mokume alloy
Japanese
Q101516675
1893
Khalili Imperial Garniture Japanese Imperial commission during the Meiji era
Cloisonné enamel on copper
Japanese
Q95639662
19th Century
Eagle Statuette
Unknown
Bronze statue
Japanese
Late 19th Century
Lion and Lioness in Long Grasses
Unknown
Silk embroidery
Japanese
File:Khalili Collections Lion and Lioness in Long Grasses.jpg
1905–1910
Yabu Meizan Earthenware Bowl
Yabu Meizan Earthenware with crackled cream glaze decorated in overglaze enamels and gold
Japanese
Q101516842
1905–1915
Kimono (Robe with sash)
Unknown
Silk
Japanese
1920
Screens of florae
Wu Changshuo Ink/Paper
Mandarin
1925
Twelve Landscape Screens
Qi Baishi Ink, Colour/Paper
Mandarin
[3] [4] [5]
1940
Flower
Sanyu Painting, Oil/Canvas
Mandarin, French
1949
Yellow mountain
Huang Binhong Drawing-watercolour, ink, colour/paper
Mandarin
1963
View from the Peak
Pan Tianshou Drawing-watercolour, ink, colour/paper
Mandarin
1890
A Composite Imaginary View of Japan
Unknown
Textile Artwork, Silk
Japanese
Q92557474
[ edit ] Wikidata query for Ottoman and Turkish artists with a Wikipedia article but not in English Wikipedia
Masterpieces of Central/West Asia & Turkey
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
mid-16th Century
"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi
Mahmud 'Abd-al Baqi (Ottoman)
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Arabic, Turkish
File:"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi MET DT279480.jpg MET DT279480
1540–1550
Saz'-style Drawing of a Dragon amid Foliage
Shah Quli (Born in Iran, attributed to Turkey)
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Persian, Turkish
Q29385160
1555–1560
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent
Unknown (Turkey)
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Arabic, Turkish
[8] [9] British Museum 1949,0409,0.86
1575–1590
Carpet with Triple-Arch Design
Unknown (Turkey)
Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), cotton (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Arabic, Turkish
Q29385052
1609–1616
Ceiling of the Blue Mosque (Turkey)
Seyyid Kasim Gubari
Turkish
Q108128125
1791–1792
Sitarah made for the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina
Unknown
Silk, Silver, Gold
Arabic
1867–76
Red silk mahmal
Unknown
mahmal cover, banners and finial banners of red silk
Arabic
Q105906367
1880
Girl Reciting the Qur'an (tr) Osman Hamdi Bey
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
Q69257018
1898
Haremde Goethe (tr) Abdulmejid II
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
Q20474457
1898
Landscape
Hoca Ali Rıza
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
File:Hoca_ali_rıza_manzara_1898.jpg
20th century
Self-Portrait
Hale Asaf (Turkey)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
File:Hale_Asaf_Otoportre.JPG
1900
View of Istanbul
Halil Paşa (Turkey)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
File:Halil_Paşa_Ansicht_von_Istanbul_1.jpg
1910
Arzuhalci / Public Scribe (tr)
Osman Hamdi Bey
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Turkish
Q20470708
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Middle East & North Africa masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
1206
The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
Ismail al-Jazari
Miniature paintings
Arabic
Q102112338
1236–1237
Maqāma of Al-Hariri (Iraq)
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti
Manuscript illuminated
Arabic
Q16641327
12th Century
Stonepaste Syria Dish
Unknown
Stonepaste; carved, incised, polychrome painted under a transparent glaze (Laqabi ware)
Arabic
Q107663855
14th Century
Mamluk Mosque lamp
Unknown
Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; blown, applied blown foot, enameled and gilded
Arabic
1832–1902
The Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina
Muhammad Sadiq Bey Set of photographs
Arabic
Some photographs: Q107664066 , Q105627740 , Q108134213 , Q105627628
1929
The Whirling Dervishes
Mahmoud Saiid
Painting, Oil/Panel
Arabic
Christie's
1934
Les Chadoufs
Mahmoud Saiid
Painting, Oil/Panel
Arabic
Al Arabiya News Christie's
1940
He Is The Merciful
Mohammad Ehsai
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic
artnet artchart arteeast Invaluable
1965
The Construction of the Suez Canal
Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (Egyptian)
Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic
Artnet
1992
Sarajevo
Omar El-Nagdi (Egyptian)
oil on canvas, in three parts
Arabic
1994
Frolicking Horses
Ahmed Mustafa
Print
Arabic
[ edit ]
Indigenous Australian & Oceanian masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
1000–1600 AD
Hoa Hakananai'a Hoa Hakananai'a islanders
Sculpture, Flow lava material
Rapa Nui
Q2040958
Pre-1855
Turtle-shell mask
Unknown
Mask
English
circa 1961
Bark painting of a barramundi
Unknown
Bark painting
English
1971
Honey Ant Dreaming Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
Mural
English
Q1627110
1975
Ceremony at Umari
Uta Uta Tjangala
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
Q50744763
1977
Warlugulong Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
Q7969530
1984
Five Stories
Michael Nelson Jagamara
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1991
Kame- Summer Awelye II
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
1991
Rainbow serpent
John Mawurndjul
Bark Painting
English
Q50706860
1994
Earth's Creation Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English
Q5326987
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South Asian artists
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1556
Basawan Indian
Painting
Q728311
1560
Daswanth Indian
Painting
Q6752753
circa 1570
Amanat Khan Shirazi (fa )Iranian
Calligraphy (including Taj Mahal)
Q5938268 Encyclopaedia Iranica [16]
1595
Govardhan (artist) Indian
Painting
Q5588580
17th century
Sahifa Banu (fa )Indian
Painting
Q116446520 Benezit [17]
[18]
[19]
[20]
17th century
Bishandas Indian
Painting
Q866302
17th century
Bichitr Indian
Painting
Q856754
1848
Raja Ravi Varma Indian
Painting
Q333453
1860
Abalal Rahiman (mr )Indian
Painting
Q13115718
1861
Rabindranath Tagore Bengali
Painting
Q7241
1867
M. V. Dhurandhar Indian
Painting
Q6713219
1870
Laxman Narain Taskar Indian
Painting
Q124310356 http://www.artnet.com/artists/laxman-narain-taskar/
[21]
[22]
[23]
1871
Abanindranath Tagore Indian
Painting
Q691796
1877
M. K. Parandekar Indian
Painting
Q124310427
[24] [25]
[26]
[27]
[28]
1882
Nandalal Bose Indian
Painting
Q3348980
1882
Sawlaram Haldankar Indian
Painting
Q13121926
1884
Raghunath Krishna Phadke Indian
Sculpture
Q13360015
1885
N. R. Sardesai Indian
Painting
Q124315925 http://www.artnet.com/artists/nr-sardesai/
[29]
[30]
[31] [32]
1890
Baburao Painter Indian
Film, Painting, Sculpture
Q797788
1891
Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar Indian
Sculpture
Q13121157
1896
D. C. Joglekar Indian
Painting
Q124316378 http://www.artnet.com/artists/dc-joglekar/
[33]
[34]
MutualArt
[35]
Artsy
1897
Abdur Rahman Chughtai Pakistani
Painting
Q28483
1899
S. G. Thakur Singh Indian
Painting
Q7395352
1901
George Keyt Bangladeshi
Painting
Q5541327
1901
Sobha Singh (painter) Indian
Painting
Q3631311
1904
Benode Behari Mukherjee Indian
Painting
Q380226
1906
Ramkinkar Baij Indian
Painting, Sculpture
Q3345966
1907
Sudhir Khastgir Indian
Painting
Q7633801
1907
M. R. Acharekar Indian
Film art director
Q3272413
1907
V. R. Amberkar Indian
Painting, Drawing
Q111924011
1909
J. D. Gondhalekar Indian
Painting, Drawing
Q19806976
1910
Vishwanath Nageshkar Indian
Painting
Q94508279 [36]
[37]
1911
S. N. Swamy (artist) Indian
Painting
Q19898546
1911
V. A. Mali Indian
Painting
Q83495001 Indiaart.com [38] ; Artintaglio.in [39]
1912
Murlidhar Sadashiv Joshi Indian
Painting
Q124311999 http://www.artnet.com/artists/ms-joshi/
[40]
[41]
[42]
1913
Amrita Sher-Gil Hungarian-Indian
Painting
Q150312
1914
K. H. Ara Indian
Painting
Q6323376
1914
Shiavax Chavda Indian
Painting
Q21550144 [43] , [44]
1914
Zainul Abedin Bangladeshi
Painting, Drawing
Q2443222
1915
M. F. Husain Indian
Painting
Q558522
1916
S. M. Pandit Indian
Painting
Q13116132
1920
A. A. Almelkar Indian
Painting
Q124306847
1920
K. B. Kulkarni (mr )Indian
Painting
Q13116543
1920
Sadanand Bakre Indian
Painting
Q7397545
1921
Quamrul Hassan Bangladeshi
Painting
Q3350235
1922
Safiuddin Ahmed Bangladeshi
Painting
Q3349775
1923
Sadequain Pakistani
Calligraphy, Painting
Q732347
1923
Harish Chandra Rai Indian
Painting
Q124312023
[45]
[46]
[47]
[48]
[49]
1923
SM Sultan Bangladeshi
Painting, Drawing
Q681949
1924
F. N. Souza Indian
Painting, Drawing
Q5482041
1924
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde Indian
Painting
Q3633491
1925
Krishna Reddy (artist) Indian
Printmaking, sculpture
Q629054
1928
Akbar Padamsee Indian
Painting
Q4700434
1929
Mohammad Kibria Bangladeshi
Painting
Q13059458
1931
Shanti Dave Indian
Painting, sculpture
Q20686409
1932
Murtaja Baseer Bangladeshi
Painting
Q6939760
1932
Qayyum Chowdhury Bangladeshi
Painting, book design and illustration
Q7267234
1932
Rashid Choudhury Bangladeshi
Painting, Sculpture
Q7294889
1933
B. Prabha Indian
Painting
Q4834157
1940
Anjolie Ela Menon Indian
Painting
Q4765850
1941
Manjit Bawa Indian
Painting
Q2420360
1951
John Fernandes (painter) Indian
Painting
Q124316452 http://viaf.org/viaf/34101988 [50] [51] [52] [53]
[54]
Wikidata query with more Mughal artists
South Asian masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
12th Century
Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance
Unknown
Sculpture, Copper alloy
English, Hindi
Q57820024
12th Century
Indian stele depicting Shiva & Parvati
Unknown
Sculpture
English, Hindi
circa 1564
The Rukh Carries Hamza to his Home
Daswant (Dasavanta) in collaboration with Shravan (Shravana)
Opaque pigments on canvas
Hindi
Christies Christies essay LotSearch.net Stepfeed
1648–1658
Shah Jahan's Astrolabe (The Khalili Astrolabe)
Diya’ al-Din Muhammad Lahori
brass, sheet and cast, cut and engraved, the rete inlaid with silver
Arabic
Q106648151
1700–1750
Marriage Procession of Dara Shikoh
Unknown
Drawing
Persian, Hindi, Urdu
Q28840318
1707–12
The Rulers of the Mughal Dynasty from Babur to Awrangzeb
Unknown
ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper, mounted on card as an album page
Arabic, Persian
Q107663672
1793
Tipu's Tiger Unknown
Painted wood with metal fixtures
Persian, Hindi, Urdu
Q1320874
1845
Mecca Panorama
Muhammad ‘Abdallah
ink and opaque watercolour on paper
Arabic
Q105906430
1870
Shakuntala Raja Ravi Verma
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
Q7487097
1905
Bharat Matha Abindranath Tagore
Painting, Watercolours
English, Hindi
Q4901133
1915
Landau Carriage
Fort Coach Factory, Bombay
iron, wood, silver, gilded silver, enamel, glass, silk
English, Hindi
Q100891765
1922–1925
Bed of Arrows
Gaganendranath Tagore
watercolour and gouache on paper laid on cardboard
English, Hindi
The Wire (India) Artery Invaluable art.salon artnet
1930
Image actions Mahatma Gandhi (Bapuji) on the Dandi March
Nandalal Bose
Linocut print on paper
English, Hindi
[55]
1933
Self Portrait
Amrita Sher-Gil
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
Q100353485
1930s
Krishna and Balarama
Jamini Roy (India)
Watercolour on paper
English, Hindi
Q100352993
1940s
Hill Fair (India)
Sailoz Mookherjea Painting, Oil/Card
English, Hindi
1945–1946
Glow of Hope S. L. Haldankar
Painting, Watercolours
English, Hindi
Q5572241
1950s
Three Pujarins
Jamini Roy
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
Q20487143
1955
Birth
F. N. Souza
Painting, Oil/Board
English, Hindi
1957
Man and Woman Laughing
F. N. Souza
Oil on Masonite
English, Hindi
IndianExpress Times of India Cultural India artnet Art Newspaper
1960
Greek Landscape
Akbar Padamsee
Plastic emulsion on canvas
English, Hindi
1960
Horses
M.F. Husain (India)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
1973
Sadequain Mural – Quest for Knowledge
Sadequain
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
1973
La Terre
S. H. Raza
Acrylic on Canvas
English, Hindi
1980
Bindu
S. H. Raza
Serigraph (Silk Screen on Paper)
English, Hindi
1983
Saurashtra
S. H. Raza
Acrylic on Canvas
English, Hindi
1994
Mahishasura
Tyeb Mehta
Painting, Acrylic/Canvas
English, Hindi
1995
Untitled
V. S. Gaitonde
Painting, Oil/Canvas
English, Hindi
1999
Untitled (Falling Bull)
Tyeb Mehta
Acrylic on Canvas
English, Hindi
Southeast Asian artists
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1811
Raden Saleh Indonesian
Painting
Q1375979
1878
Abdullah Suriosubroto (id) Indonesian
Painting
Q10989181
1890
Guillermo Tolentino Filipino
Sculpture
Q2789001
1892
Fernando Amorsolo Filipino
Painting
Q1943091
1895
Victorio C. Edades Filipino
Painting
Q2145607
1896
Yong Mun Sen Malaysian
Painting
Q8054965
1907
Lê Phổ French-Vietnamese
Painting
Q958407
1910
Vicente Manansala Filipino
Painting, Illustration
Q2147430
1910
Trần Văn Cẩn Vietnamese
Painting
Q7849256
1911
Hernando R. Ocampo Filipino
Painting
Q4704448
1912
Botong Francisco Filipino
Painting, Murals
Q4948779
1914
Anita Magsaysay-Ho Filipino
Painting
Q2326096
1915
Basuki Abdullah Indonesian
Painting
Q4201116
1917
César Legaspi Filipino
Painting
Q5065449
1919
Francisco V. Coching Filipino
Cartoonist, Illustrator
Q5483263
1924
Jerry Navarro Elizalde Filipino
Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media
Q2157613
1926
Arturo R. Luz Filipino
Printmaking, Sculpture, Design
Q4704454
1926
Larry Alcala Filipino
Cartoonist, Illustrator
Q28633
1930
Napoleon Abueva Filipino
Sculpture
Q1943578
1931
Ang Kiukok Filipino
Painting
Q4761830
1931
José T. Joya Filipino
Printmaking, Painting, Mixed Media
Q3086306
1932
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz Filipino
Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media
Q1865225
1936
Abdulmari Asia Imao Filipino
Painting, Sculpture
Q12961080
1942
Benedicto Cabrera Filipino
Painting
Q2087068
1955
Chalermchai Kositpipat Thai
Painting, Sculpture, Costume Design
Q5068706
1957
Vasan Sitthiket Thai
Painting, Sculpture, Performance
Q873648
1961
Rirkrit Tiravanija Argentinian-Thai
Installation, Performance
Q989861
Southeast Asian Artists with a Wikipedia article but not English Wikipedia
Date of Birth
Name
Nationality
Medium
Wikidata
Other ID
1889
Wakidi (jv) Indonesia
Painting
Q3019388
Southeast Asian masterpieces
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
1861–1896
The Triumph of Science over Death (Philippines) José Rizal
Sculpture
Filipino
Q7770292
1855
Perburuan Banteng (Wild Bull Hunt)
Raden Saleh (Indonesian)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
Jakarta Post , Straits Times , Jakarta Globe , Gazette Drouot , Indonesian Expat
1857
The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro Raden Saleh (Indonesian)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
Q18177323
19th Century
Betel container (Myanmar) Unknown
Gold and jewelled container
Burmese
Q4897405
Early 20th Century
Ceremonial skirt 'phaa sin' with naga ('nak') motif
Unknown (Laos)
Textile
Lao, French
Art Gallery of NSW 221.2003
1935
Maria Assumpta (painting) (id) Basuki Abdullah (Indonesian)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
Q85112920
1943
Little Girl Thuy
Tran Van Can (Vietnam)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Vietnamese
1944
Two Young Girls and a Kid
To Ngoc Van (Vietnam)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Vietnamese
1944
Grand-Mère (Grandmother)
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam)
Ink and gouache on silk mounted on cardboard
Vietnamese
1954
Meeting (Gap Nhau)
Mai Van Hien (Vietnam)
gouache on paper
Vietnamese
1959
Washing of the feet
Anita Magsaysay – Ho (Philippines)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Filipino
1959
Space Transfiguration
José Joya (Philippines)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Filipino
1960
Female Militia in the Sea
Tran Van Can (Vietnam)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Vietnamese
1969–1989
Centre South North Spring Garden (Vietnam)
Nguyễn Gia Trí
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Vietnamese
1974
Bali Life
Lee Man Fong (Indonesia)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
1979
Our Soldiers Led Under Prince Diponegoro
Sindudarsono Sudjojono (Indonesia)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
1979
Fish Harvest at Dawn
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Filipino
1992
Fishermen
Ang Kiukok (Philippines)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Filipino
1996–1997
They give evidence
Dadang Christanto (Indonesia)
Sculpture, Installation
Arabic, Javanese
1998
State of Meditation – Bedhoyo Ketawang
Srihadi Soedarsono (Indonesia)
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Arabic, Javanese
As of 31 August 2022, Wikidata reports more than 400 Iranian painters, sculptors and calligraphers with a Wikipedia article but nothing on English Wikipedia .
Masterpieces from Iran
Date of creation
Title
Artist
Medium
Language
Wikidata
Identifiers/links
Early 14th Century
Rashid al-Din's Compendium (exemplar of Jami' al-tawarikh )
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Arabic, Persian
Q1262004
Early 15th Century
Giant Uj and the Prophets
Unknown
ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper
Arabic, Persian
Q107663626
1515–1520
Rustam sleeps, while his horse Rakhsh fends off a tiger
Probably an early work by Sultan Mohammed
Miniature
Persian
Q62512815
1525–1535
The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq
Sultan Muhammad Nur
Ink, gold, and colors on paper
Persian
MET 1974.294.2
1539–1540
Ardabil Carpet Unknown
Carpet
Persian
Q1766064
1590s
A Young Lady Reclining After a Bath (Afghanistan)
Muhammad Mu'min
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Persian
File:A Young Lady Reclining After a Bath, Leaf from the Read Persian Album Herat (Afghanistan), 1590s. By Muhammad Mu’min MS M.386.5r. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.jpg
16th Century
Houghton Shahnameh A wide variety of artists with many specialties
Manuscript
Persian
Q3114572
16th Century
Alexander Visits the Kaaba
Safavid Shiraz
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Persian
Q105747923
circa 1600
Page of Calligraphy from the Bellini Album
Sultan Muhammad Nur
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Persian
MET 67.266.7.9v
1626
Youth reading
Reza Abbasi
Miniature
Persian
Google Arts & Culture
17th Century
Youth kneeling and holding out a wine-cup
Reza Abbasi
Ink and color wash on paper
Persian
File:Youth kneeling and holding out a wine-cup.jpg
17th–18th century
Album of Mughal Portraits
Jahangir
Brown morocco binding with gilt stamped medallions and borders
Persian
Royal Collection RCIN 1005038
1798
Fath Ali Shah
Mihr 'Ali
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Persian
British Library Foster 116 File:Fath 'Ali Shah, by Mirza Baba, dated 1798-1799.jpg
1809–1810
Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Standing
Mihr 'Ali
Painting, Oil/Canvas
Persian
Q21741513
1899
The Doshan Tappeh Street
Kamal-ol-molk
Painting, Oil/Cotton Duck
Persian
Q15631050
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