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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as artists, painters and sculptors – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Rafael Aburto | 1913–2014 | 100 | Spanish architect[1] |
Florence Akins | 1906–2012 | 106 | New Zealand artist[2] |
Julian Phelps Allan | 1892–1996 | 103 | British sculptor[3] |
Jim Allen | 1922–2023 | 100 | New Zealand visual artist[4] |
Topazia Alliata | 1913–2015 | 102 | Italian painter and art curator[5] |
Manuel Álvarez Bravo | 1902–2002 | 100 | Mexican photographer[6] |
Max Angus | 1914–2017 | 102 | Australian painter[7] |
Marilee Shapiro Asher | 1912–2020 | 107 | American sculptor[8] |
Duffy Ayers | 1915–2017 | 102 | British portrait painter[9] |
Unity Bainbridge | 1916–2017 | 101 | Canadian artist[10] |
Rie de Balbian Verster-Bolderhey | 1890–1990 | 100 | Dutch painter and Olympic art competitor[11] |
Will Barnet | 1911–2012 | 101 | American painter and printmaker[12] |
Harland Bartholomew | 1889–1989 | 100 | American urban planner[13] |
Caroline van Hook Bean | 1879–1980 | 101 | American painter[14] |
Ruth Bernhard | 1905–2006 | 101 | German-American photographer[15] |
Theresa Bernstein | 1890–2002 | 111 | Polish-born American painter[16] |
Sherab Palden Beru | 1911–2012 | 100/101 | Tibetan thangka artist[17] |
Vittore Bocchetta | 1918–2021 | 102 | Italian sculptor, painter and academic[18] |
Gottfried Böhm | 1920–2021 | 101 | German architect and sculptor[19] |
Mary Borgstrom | 1916–2019 | 102 | Canadian potter and ceramist[20] |
Eva Børresen | 1920–2022 | 101 | German-born Norwegian ceramist[21] |
Sorcha Boru | 1900–2006 | 105 | American potter[22][better source needed] |
Frank Leonard Brooks | 1911–2011 | 100 | Canadian artist[23] |
Umberto Bruni | 1914–2021 | 106 | Canadian painter and sculptor[24] |
Duane Bryers | 1911–2012 | 100 | American painter, illustrator and sculptor[25] |
John Chessell Buckler | 1793–1894 | 100 | British architect[26] |
Rose Cabat | 1914–2015 | 100 | American ceramicist[27] |
Frederick Carder | 1863–1963 | 100 | British-born American glassmaker and artist |
Marie-Louise Carven | 1909–2015 | 105 | French fashion designer[28] |
Malvina Cheek | 1915–2016 | 100 | British artist[29] |
Saloua Raouda Choucair | 1916–2017 | 100 | Lebanese painter and sculptor[30] |
Huguette Clark | 1906–2011 | 104 | American heiress, artist, and art collector[31] |
Edna Clarke Hall | 1879–1979 | 100 | British artist and poet[32] |
Alphaeus Philemon Cole | 1876–1988 | 112 | American painter[33] |
Horacio Coppola | 1906–2012 | 105 | Argentine photographer and filmmaker[34] |
Robert Couturier | 1905–2008 | 103 | French sculptor[35] |
Trevor Dannatt | 1920–2021 | 101 | British architect[36] |
Sylvia Daoust | 1902–2004 | 102 | Canadian sculptor[37] |
Marianne de Trey | 1913–2016 | 102 | British studio potter[38] |
Edgar Dell | 1901–2008 | 106 | Australian painter[39] |
Medi Dinu | 1909–2016 | 107 | Romanian painter[40] |
Nell Donnelly Reed | 1889–1991 | 102 | American fashion designer and businesswoman[41] |
Gillo Dorfles | 1910–2018 | 107 | Italian art critic, painter and philosopher[42] |
Hans Erni | 1909–2015 | 106 | Swiss painter and sculptor[43] |
Moisey Feigin | 1904–2008 | 103 | Russian artist[44] |
T. Lux Feininger | 1910–2011 | 101 | American painter and photographer[45] |
Micol Fontana | 1913–2015 | 101 | Italian stylist and entrepreneur[46] |
Hannah Frank | 1908–2008 | 100 | Scottish sculptor[47] |
Katherine Fryer | 1910–2017 | 106 | British artist[48] |
Reg Gammon | 1894–1997 | 103 | British painter and illustrator[49] |
Rupprecht Geiger | 1908–2009 | 101 | German painter[50] |
Léonie Geisendorf | 1914–2016 | 101 | Polish-Swedish architect[51] |
Temima Gezari | 1905–2009 | 103 | Russian-American artist and arts educator[52] |
Bruno Giacometti | 1907–2012 | 104 | Swiss architect[53] |
Françoise Gilot | 1921–2023 | 101 | French painter[54] |
Karl Otto Götz | 1914–2017 | 103 | German artist[55] |
Kathleen Hale | 1898–2000 | 101 | British illustrator[56] |
Ruth Inge Hardison | 1914–2016 | 102 | American sculptor and photographer[57] |
Bertha George Harris | 1913–2014 | 101 | American potter[58] |
Åke Hellman | 1915–2017 | 102 | Finnish still life artist[59] |
Carmen Herrera | 1915–2022 | 106 | Cuban painter[60] |
Elvie Hill | 1917–2018 | 100 | Australian fashion designer[61] |
Hirakushi Denchū | 1872-1979 | 107 | Japanese sculptor[62] |
Mary Rockwell Hook | 1877–1978 | 101 | American architect[63] |
Fumiko Hori | 1918–2019 | 100 | Japanese Nihonga painter[64] |
Clementine Hunter | 1886/1887–1988 | 100/101 | American folk artist[65] |
Ion Irimescu | 1903–2005 | 102 | Romanian sculptor and sketcher[66] |
Al Jaffee | 1921–2023 | 102 | American cartoonist[67] |
Jao Tsung-I | 1917–2018 | 100 | Hong Kong-based Chinese sinologist, calligrapher and painter[68][69] |
Russell Johnson | 1893–1995 | 101 | American cartoonist[citation needed] |
Elsbeth Juda | 1911–2014 | 103 | German-born British fashion photographer[70] |
Max Kahn | 1902–2005 | 103 | Belarusian-American lithographer, sculptor and painter[71] |
Tamako Kataoka | 1905–2008 | 103 | Japanese Nihonga painter[72] |
Inge King | 1915–2016 | 100 | Australian sculptor[73] |
Seibo Kitamura | 1884–1987 | 102 | Japanese sculptor and Olympic art competitor[74] |
John Koerner | 1913–2014 | 100 | Czechoslovakian-born Canadian artist[75] |
George Paul Kornegay | 1913–2014 | 100 | American outsider artist and Methodist minister[76] |
Motoichi Kumagai | 1909–2010 | 101 | Japanese photographer and illustrator[77] |
Eyre de Lanux | 1894–1996 | 102 | American artist[78] |
Judith Lauand | 1922–2022 | 100 | Brazilian painter and printmaker[79] |
Lawrence Lee | 1909–2011 | 101 | British stained glass artist[80] |
Ulrich Leman | 1885–1988 | 102 | German painter[citation needed] |
Sonja de Lennart | 1920– | 104 | German fashion designer[81] |
Frances Lennon | 1912–2015 | 102 | British artist[82] |
Stanley Cornwell Lewis | 1905–2009 | 103 | Welsh illustrator and artist[83] |
Leonard Long | 1911–2013 | 102 | Australian landscape painter[84] |
Trento Longaretti | 1916–2017 | 100 | Italian painter[85] |
Loongkoonan | 1910–2018 | c. 108 | Australian indigenous artist[86][87] |
Tamás Lossonczy | 1904–2009 | 105 | Hungarian painter[88] |
Louis Maurer | 1832–1932 | 100 | German-born American lithographer and printer[citation needed] |
Doris McCarthy | 1910–2010 | 100 | Canadian painter[89] |
Harrison McIntosh | 1914–2016 | 101 | American ceramic artist[90] |
Donal McLaughlin | 1907–2009 | 102 | American architect who helped design the Flag of the United Nations[91] |
Walter Mafli | 1915–2017 | 102 | Swiss painter and draftsman[92] |
Leonard Manasseh | 1916–2017 | 100 | British architect[93] |
Ursula Mommens | 1908–2010 | 101 | British potter[94] |
Alan Moore | 1914–2015 | 101 | Australian war artist[95] |
Grandma Moses | 1860–1961 | 101 | American folk artist[96] |
Wynona Mulcaster | 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian painter[97] |
Oscar Niemeyer | 1907–2012 | 104 | Brazilian modernist architect[98] |
Johan Nordhagen | 1856–1956 | 100 | Norwegian artist[99] |
Whang-od Oggay | 1917– | 107 | Filipino mambabatok or tattoo artist[100] |
Tomie Ohtake | 1913–2015 | 101 | Japanese artist[101] |
Togyū Okumura | 1889–1990 | 101 | Japanese painter of the nihonga style of watercolour painting[102] |
Dan Ormsbee | 1884–1985 | 101 | American architect[103] |
William Pachner | 1915–2017 | 102 | Czech painter[104] |
Pierre Parsus | 1921–2022 | 100 | French painter[105] |
I. M. Pei | 1917–2019 | 102 | Chinese-American architect[106] |
Katherine Plunket | 1820–1932 | 111 | Irish botanic artist and noblewoman |
Maria Posobchuk | 1890–1992 | 102 | Soviet Ukrainian weaver and folk artist[107] |
Don Potter | 1902–2004 | 102 | British sculptor and potter[108] |
Mirko Rački | 1879–1982 | 102 | Croatian painter[109] |
Eileen Ramsay | 1915–2017 | 101 | British photographer[110] |
Eleanor Raymond | 1887–1989 | 102 | American architect[111] |
Edmund Reitter | 1904–2005 | 100 | Austrian sculptor and Olympic art competitor[112] |
Lily Renée | 1921–2022 | 101 | Austrian-born American comic book artist[113] |
Judith Révész | 1915–2018 | 102 | Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptor[114] |
Glenora Richards | 1909–2009 | 100 | American painter[115] |
Marie Lucas Robiquet | 1858–1959 | 101 | French artist[116] |
Manuel Rodriguez Sr. | 1912–2017 | 105 | Filipino printmaker[117] |
Andrée Ruellan | 1905–2006 | 101 | American painter[118] |
Abolhassan Sadighi | 1894–1995 | 101 | Iranian sculptor and painter[citation needed] |
Ángeles Santos Torroella | 1911–2013 | 101 | Catalan painter[119] |
Tsuneko Sasamoto | 1914–2022 | 107 | Japanese photojournalist[120] |
Gertrude Sawyer | 1895–1996 | 100 | American architect[121] |
Sigrid Schauman | 1877–1979 | 101 | Finnish artist and art critic[122] |
Marian Cannon Schlesinger | 1912–2017 | 105 | American artist and author[123] |
Gerda Schmidt-Panknin | 1920–2021 | 100 | German painter[124] |
Viktor Schreckengost | 1906–2008 | 101 | American artist and industrial designer[125] |
Bernarda Bryson Shahn | 1903–2004 | 101 | American painter, lithographer and widow of artist Ben Shahn[126] |
Editta Sherman | 1912–2013 | 101 | American photographer[127] |
Toko Shinoda | 1913–2021 | 107 | Japanese artist[128] |
Gordon A. Smith | 1919–2020 | 100 | British-born Canadian artist[129] |
Koloman Sokol | 1902–2003 | 100 | Slovakian painter and graphic artist[130] |
Pierre Soulages | 1919–2022 | 102 | French painter and sculptor[131] |
Louis Sparre | 1863–1964 | 101 | Swedish painter, designer and Finnish film pioneer[132] |
Ethel Stein | 1917–2018 | 100 | American textile artist[133] |
Olin Stephens | 1908–2008 | 100 | American yacht designer[134] |
Hedda Sterne | 1910–2011 | 100 | Romanian-American painter and printmaker[135] |
Franciszek Strynkiewicz | 1893–1996 | 103 | Polish sculptor and Olympic art competitor[136] |
Toshiko Taira | 1921–2022 | 101 | Japanese textile artist[137] |
Dorothea Tanning | 1910–2012 | 101 | American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet[138] |
Lenore Tawney | 1907–2007 | 100 | American fiber artist[139][140] |
Carlo Testi | 1902–2005 | 102 | Italian painter[141] |
Wayne Thiebaud | 1920–2021 | 101 | American painter and printmaker[142][143] |
Luís Torras | 1912–2024 | 111 | Spanish painter[144] |
A. Hays Town | 1903–2005 | 101 | American architect[145] |
Jack Turner | 1889–1989 | 100 | Canadian photographer[146] |
Un'ichi Hiratsuka | 1895–1997 | 102 | Japanese wood carver and leader of the Sōsaku hanga movement[147] |
Josefina de Vasconcellos | 1904–2005 | 100 | Brazilian-British sculptor[148] |
Robert-Rudolf Volk | 1921–2021 | 100 | Estonian sculptor[149] |
Beta Vukanović | 1872–1972 | 100 | Serbian painter[150] |
Martha Walter | 1875–1976 | 100 | American impressionist painter[151] |
Wang Da-hong | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[152] |
Wang Panyuan | 1908–2017 | 109 | Taiwanese painter[153] |
Guy Warren | 1921–2024 | 103 | Australian painter[154] |
Seema Aissen Weatherwax | 1905–2006 | 100 | Ukrainian-American photographer[155] |
Richard K. Webel | 1900–2000 | 100 | American landscape architect and designer[156] |
Martin J. Weber | 1905–2007 | 102 | American graphic artist[157] |
Clara McDonald Williamson | 1875–1976 | 100 | American painter[158] |
Tyrus Wong | 1910–2016 | 106 | Chinese-American artist[159] |
Beatrice Wood | 1893–1998 | 105 | American artist and ceramist[160] |
Michael Wright | 1912–2018 | 105 | Hong Kong architect[161] |
Boris Yefimov | 1900–2008 | 108 | Russian cartoonist[162] |
Bachir Yellès | 1921–2022 | 100 | Algerian painter[163] |
Ogura Yuki | 1895–2000 | 105 | Japanese painter[164] |
Israel Zafrir | 1911–2016 | 105 | Israeli photographer[165] |
Eva Zeisel | 1906–2011 | 105 | Hungarian industrial designer[166] |
Zhou Lingzhao | 1919–2023 | 103 | Chinese painter[167] |
Milford Zornes | 1908–2008 | 100 | American watercolor artist and teacher[168] |
Margery Ryerson | 1886 - 1989 | 103 | American artist and painter |
Richard Mayhew | 1924-2024 | 100 | American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator, of Native and African American descent |