List of centenarians (artists, painters and sculptors)
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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.
All supercentenarians (above 110 years old)
Living
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Reason for Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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-Bolderheij | 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] |
| 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] |
| Arturo Estrada Hernández | 1925– | 101 | Mexican painter[44] |
| Anthony Eyton | 1923– | 103 | British painter[45] |
| Moisey Feigin | 1904–2008 | 103 | Russian artist[46] |
| Sylvia Fein | 1919–2024 | 104 | American painter and author[47] |
| T. Lux Feininger | 1910–2011 | 101 | American painter and photographer[48] |
| Micol Fontana | 1913–2015 | 101 | Italian stylist and entrepreneur[49] |
| Hannah Frank | 1908–2008 | 100 | Scottish sculptor[50] |
| Katherine Fryer | 1910–2017 | 106 | British artist[51] |
| Reg Gammon | 1894–1997 | 103 | British painter and illustrator[52] |
| Rupprecht Geiger | 1908–2009 | 101 | German painter[53] |
| Léonie Geisendorf | 1914–2016 | 101 | Polish-Swedish architect[54] |
| Temima Gezari | 1905–2009 | 103 | Russian-American artist and arts educator[55] |
| Bruno Giacometti | 1907–2012 | 104 | Swiss architect[56] |
| Françoise Gilot | 1921–2023 | 101 | French painter[57] |
| Karl Otto Götz | 1914–2017 | 103 | German artist[58] |
| Jean Donald Gow | 1903–2005 | 102 | Canadian artist[59] |
| Kathleen Hale | 1898–2000 | 101 | British illustrator[60] |
| Ruth Inge Hardison | 1914–2016 | 102 | American sculptor and photographer[61] |
| Bertha George Harris | 1913–2014 | 101 | American potter[62] |
| Åke Hellman | 1915–2017 | 102 | Finnish still life artist[63] |
| Carmen Herrera | 1915–2022 | 106 | Cuban painter[64] |
| Elvie Hill | 1917–2018 | 100 | Australian fashion designer[65] |
| Hirakushi Denchū | 1872–1979 | 107 | Japanese sculptor[66] |
| Mary Rockwell Hook | 1877–1978 | 101 | American architect[67] |
| Fumiko Hori | 1918–2019 | 100 | Japanese Nihonga painter[68] |
| Clementine Hunter | 1886/1887–1988 | 100/101 | American folk artist[69] |
| Ion Irimescu | 1903–2005 | 102 | Romanian sculptor and sketcher[70] |
| Al Jaffee | 1921–2023 | 102 | American cartoonist[71] |
| Jao Tsung-I | 1917–2018 | 100 | Hong Kong-based Chinese sinologist, calligrapher and painter[72][73] |
| Russell Johnson | 1893–1995 | 101 | American cartoonist[citation needed] |
| Elsbeth Juda | 1911–2014 | 103 | German-born British fashion photographer[74] |
| Max Kahn | 1902–2005 | 103 | Belarusian-American lithographer, sculptor and painter[75] |
| Tamako Kataoka | 1905–2008 | 103 | Japanese Nihonga painter[76] |
| Krishen Khanna | 1925– | 101 | Indian painter[77] |
| Inge King | 1915–2016 | 100 | Australian sculptor[78] |
| Jonah Kinigstein | 1923–2025 | 102 | American painter[79] |
| Seibo Kitamura | 1884–1987 | 102 | Japanese sculptor and Olympic art competitor[80] |
| John Koerner | 1913–2014 | 100 | Czech-born Canadian artist[81] |
| George Paul Kornegay | 1913–2014 | 100 | American outsider artist and Methodist minister[82] |
| Motoichi Kumagai | 1909–2010 | 101 | Japanese photographer and illustrator[83] |
| Eyre de Lanux | 1894–1996 | 102 | American artist[84] |
| Judith Lauand | 1922–2022 | 100 | Brazilian painter and printmaker[85] |
| Lawrence Lee | 1909–2011 | 101 | British stained glass artist[86] |
| Ulrich Leman | 1885–1988 | 102 | German painter [87] |
| Sonja de Lennart | 1920– | 106 | German fashion designer[88] |
| Frances Lennon | 1912–2015 | 102 | British artist[89] |
| Stanley Cornwell Lewis | 1905–2009 | 103 | Welsh illustrator and artist[90] |
| Schomer Lichtner | 1905–2006 | 101 | American painter and printmaker[91] |
| Lim Tze Peng | 1921–2025 | 103 | Singaporean painter[92] |
| Leonard Long | 1911–2013 | 102 | Australian landscape painter[93] |
| Trento Longaretti | 1916–2017 | 100 | Italian painter[94] |
| Loongkoonan | 1910–2018 | c. 108 | Australian indigenous artist[95][96] |
| Tamás Lossonczy | 1904–2009 | 105 | Hungarian painter[97] |
| Walter Mafli | 1915–2017 | 102 | Swiss painter and draftsman[98] |
| Leonard Manasseh | 1916–2017 | 100 | British architect[99] |
| Louis Maurer | 1832–1932 | 100 | German-born American lithographer and printer[100][101] |
| Richard Mayhew | 1924–2024 | 100 | American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator [102] |
| Doris McCarthy | 1910–2010 | 100 | Canadian painter[103] |
| Harrison McIntosh | 1914–2016 | 101 | American ceramic artist[104] |
| Donal McLaughlin | 1907–2009 | 102 | American architect who helped design the Flag of the United Nations[105] |
| Käthe Menzel-Jordan | 1916–2026 | 109 | German architect[106] |
| Ursula Mommens | 1908–2010 | 101 | British potter[107] |
| Alan Moore | 1914–2015 | 101 | Australian war artist[108] |
| Grandma Moses | 1860–1961 | 101 | American folk artist[109] |
| Wynona Mulcaster | 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian painter[110] |
| Oscar Niemeyer | 1907–2012 | 104 | Brazilian modernist architect[111] |
| Johan Nordhagen | 1856–1956 | 100 | Norwegian artist[112] |
| Whang-od | 1917– | 109 | Filipino mambabatok or tattoo artist[113] |
| Tomie Ohtake | 1913–2015 | 101 | Japanese artist[114] |
| Togyū Okumura | 1889–1990 | 101 | Japanese painter of the nihonga style of watercolour painting[115] |
| Dan Ormsbee | 1884–1985 | 101 | American architect[116] |
| William Pachner | 1915–2017 | 102 | Czech painter[117] |
| Pierre Parsus | 1921–2022 | 100 | French painter[118] |
| I. M. Pei | 1917–2019 | 102 | Chinese-American architect[119] |
| S. D. Phadnis | 1925– | 101 | Indian cartoonist and illustrator[120] |
| Katherine Plunket | 1820–1932 | 111 | Irish botanic artist and noblewoman[citation needed] |
| Maria Posobchuk | 1890–1992 | 102 | Ukrainian weaver and folk artist[121] |
| Don Potter | 1902–2004 | 102 | British sculptor and potter[122] |
| Mirko Rački | 1879–1982 | 102 | Croatian painter[123] |
| Eileen Ramsay | 1915–2017 | 101 | British photographer[124] |
| Eleanor Raymond | 1887–1989 | 102 | American architect[125] |
| Edmund Reitter | 1904–2005 | 100 | Austrian sculptor and Olympic art competitor[126] |
| Lily Renée | 1921–2022 | 101 | Austrian-born American comic book artist[127] |
| Judith Révész | 1915–2018 | 102 | Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptor[128] |
| Glenora Richards | 1909–2009 | 100 | American painter[129] |
| Marie Lucas Robiquet | 1858–1959 | 101 | French artist[130] |
| Manuel Rodriguez Sr. | 1912–2017 | 105 | Filipino printmaker[131] |
| Andrée Ruellan | 1905–2006 | 101 | American painter[132][check quotation syntax] |
| Margery Ryerson | 1886–1989 | 102 | American artist and painter[133] |
| Abolhassan Sadighi | 1894–1995 | 101 | Iranian sculptor and painter [134] |
| Ángeles Santos Torroella | 1911–2013 | 101 | Catalan painter[135] |
| Tsuneko Sasamoto | 1914–2022 | 107 | Japanese photojournalist[136] |
| Gertrude Sawyer | 1895–1996 | 100 | American architect[137] |
| Sigrid Schauman | 1877–1979 | 101 | Finnish artist and art critic[138] |
| Marian Cannon Schlesinger | 1912–2017 | 105 | American artist and author[139] |
| Gerda Schmidt-Panknin | 1920–2021 | 100 | German painter[140] |
| Viktor Schreckengost | 1906–2008 | 101 | American artist and industrial designer[141] |
| Bernarda Bryson Shahn | 1903–2004 | 101 | American painter, lithographer and widow of artist Ben Shahn[142] |
| Editta Sherman | 1912–2013 | 101 | American photographer[143] |
| Toko Shinoda | 1913–2021 | 107 | Japanese artist[144] |
| Gordon A. Smith | 1919–2020 | 100 | British-born Canadian artist[145] |
| Koloman Sokol | 1902–2003 | 100 | Slovak painter and graphic artist[146] |
| Pierre Soulages | 1919–2022 | 102 | French painter and sculptor[147] |
| Louis Sparre | 1863–1964 | 101 | Swedish painter, designer and Finnish film pioneer[148] |
| Ethel Stein | 1917–2018 | 100 | American textile artist[149] |
| Olin Stephens | 1908–2008 | 100 | American yacht designer[150] |
| Hedda Sterne | 1910–2011 | 100 | Romanian-American painter and printmaker[151] |
| Franciszek Strynkiewicz | 1893–1996 | 103 | Polish sculptor and Olympic art competitor[152] |
| Françoise Sullivan | 1923– | 103 | Canadian painter, photographer, and choreographer[153] |
| Ram V. Sutar | 1925–2025 | 100 | Indian sculptor[154] |
| Toshiko Taira | 1921–2022 | 101 | Japanese textile artist[155] |
| Dorothea Tanning | 1910–2012 | 101 | American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet[156] |
| Lenore Tawney | 1907–2007 | 100 | American fiber artist[157][158] |
| Carlo Testi | 1902–2005 | 102 | Italian painter[159] |
| Wayne Thiebaud | 1920–2021 | 101 | American painter and printmaker[160][161] |
| Luís Torras | 1912–2024 | 111 | Spanish painter[162] |
| A. Hays Town | 1903–2005 | 101 | American architect[163] |
| Jack Turner | 1889–1989 | 100 | Canadian photographer[164] |
| Un'ichi Hiratsuka | 1895–1997 | 102 | Japanese wood carver and leader of the Sōsaku hanga movement[165] |
| Josefina de Vasconcellos | 1904–2005 | 100 | Brazilian-British sculptor[166] |
| Robert-Rudolf Volk | 1921–2021 | 100 | Estonian sculptor[167] |
| Beta Vukanović | 1872–1972 | 100 | Serbian painter[168] |
| Martha Walter | 1875–1976 | 100 | American impressionist painter[169] |
| Wang Da-hong | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[170] |
| Wang Panyuan | 1908–2017 | 109 | Taiwanese painter[171] |
| Guy Warren | 1921–2024 | 103 | Australian painter[172] |
| Seema Aissen Weatherwax | 1905–2006 | 100 | Ukrainian-American photographer[173] |
| Richard K. Webel | 1900–2000 | 100 | American landscape architect and designer[174] |
| Martin J. Weber | 1905–2007 | 102 | American graphic artist[175] |
| Clara McDonald Williamson | 1875–1976 | 100 | American painter[176] |
| Tyrus Wong | 1910–2016 | 106 | Chinese-American artist[177] |
| Beatrice Wood | 1893–1998 | 105 | American artist and ceramist[178] |
| Michael Wright | 1912–2018 | 105 | Hong Kong architect[179] |
| Boris Yefimov | 1900–2008 | 108 | Russian cartoonist[180] |
| Bachir Yellès | 1921–2022 | 100 | Algerian painter[181] |
| Ogura Yuki | 1895–2000 | 105 | Japanese painter[182] |
| Israel Zafrir | 1911–2016 | 105 | Israeli photographer[183] |
| Eva Zeisel | 1906–2011 | 105 | Hungarian industrial designer[184] |
| Zhou Lingzhao | 1919–2023 | 103 | Chinese painter[185] |
| Milford Zornes | 1908–2008 | 100 | American watercolor artist and teacher[186] |