Most Famous Austrian Artists

Austria has produced 318 notable artists throughout history, led by Egon Schiele. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
ES
Egon Schiele Austrian Painter 1890 – 1918
# 1,308
OK
Oskar Kokoschka Austrian Painter 1886 – 1980
# 4,019
OW
Otto Wagner Austrian Architect 1841 – 1918
# 6,055
W
Weegee Austrian Photographer 1899 – 1968
# 8,999
JH
Josef Hoffmann Austrian Architect 1870 – 1956
# 11,764
Josef Čapek Austrian Artist 1887 – 1945
# 18,871
HB
Herbert Bayer Austrian Designer 1900 – 1985
# 20,857
OM
Otto Muehl Austrian Artist 1925 – 2013
# 24,941
MP
Michael Pacher Austrian Painter 1435 – 1498
# 27,144
EW
Erwin Wurm Austrian Photographer Born 1954
# 29,860
ML
Maria Lassnig Austrian Painter 1919 – 2014
# 31,669
JA
Joseph Anton Koch Austrian Painter 1768 – 1839
# 32,004
SS
Stefan Sagmeister Austrian Designer Born 1962
# 40,310
MB
Matthias Braun Austrian Sculptor 1684 – 1738
# 44,073
GB
Günter Brus Austrian Painter Born 1938
# 44,981
FD
Franz Defregger Austrian Painter 1835 – 1921
# 46,556
PJ
Paja Jovanović Austrian Painter 1859 – 1957
# 48,711
AA
Anton Ažbe Austrian Painter 1862 – 1905
# 52,397
FA
Franz Anton Maulbertsch Austrian Painter 1724 – 1796
# 53,792
PT
Paul Troger Austrian Painter 1698 – 1762
# 53,965