Most Famous Polish Artists

Poland has produced 157 notable artists throughout history, led by Ryszard Kapuściński. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
RK
Ryszard Kapuściński Polish Photographer 1932 – 2007
# 5,483
ZB
Zdzisław Beksiński Polish Painter 1929 – 2005
# 10,317
MA
Magdalena Abakanowicz Polish Sculptor 1930 – 2017
# 11,092
TK
Tadeusz Kantor Polish Painter 1915 – 1990
# 14,920
HS
Henryk Siemiradzki Polish Painter 1843 – 1902
# 27,411
RO
Roman Opałka Polish Painter 1931 – 2011
# 28,874
IM
Igor Mitoraj Polish Sculptor 1944 – 2014
# 31,156
JK
Juliusz Kossak Polish Painter 1824 – 1899
# 36,369
JB
Józef Brandt Polish Painter 1841 – 1915
# 42,941
AG
Artur Grottger Polish Painter 1837 – 1867
# 43,805
JM
Józef Mehoffer Polish Painter 1869 – 1946
# 44,148
LW
Leon Wyczółkowski Polish Painter 1852 – 1936
# 45,959
JF
Julian Fałat Polish Painter 1853 – 1929
# 49,165
SW
Stanisław Witkiewicz Polish Painter 1851 – 1915
# 53,097
JC
Józef Chełmoński Polish Painter 1849 – 1914
# 54,561
N
Nikifor Polish Painter 1895 – 1968
# 56,545
GR
Grzegorz Rosiński Polish Painter Born 1941
# 58,823
JA
Jankel Adler Polish Painter 1895 – 1949
# 71,758
AB
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz Polish Painter 1857 – 1893
# 86,070
FR
Ferdynand Ruszczyc Polish Painter 1870 – 1936
# 89,421