Famous Artists From History Who Had No Children

Continuing the great lists of famous people from history who did not have children from J.O. Raber’s new book, Famous – But No Children, this one highlights artists…and there are many!

Jean Béraud: French Impressionist painter
William Blake: English artist, engraver, poet
Rosa Bonheur: French painter of animals
Michelangelo Buonarroti: Italian Renaissance artist; painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Reuben Bussey: English artist, oils, watercolors, sketches, portraits and landscapes
Mary Cassatt: American impressionist painter
Nicholas Chevalier: Russian born painter, lithographer, lived in Australia and Europe
Edgar Degas: French impressionist painter; sculptor
Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi): Italian sculptor
Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden: American botanical artist, author, illustrator
Albrecht Durer: German painter, print maker, mathematician
Thomas Eakins: American artist, realism: figures and portraits
Kate Greenaway: British artist, illustrator, author of verse
Paul Grimm: Painter of desert scenes and American Indian portraits
Edith Heath: American ceramicist, founder of Heath Ceramics
Grace Carpenter Hudson: American portrait painter of Pomo Indian children
E.J. Hughes: Canadian artist, painted Canadian landscapes
Frida Kahlo: Mexican painter influenced by indigenous cultures
Amalia Kussner: American artist; miniature portraits of prominent people
Maria Lassnig: Austrian artist, avant-garde human forms
Emanuele Luzzati: Artist, film animator, stage set designer, illustrated children’s books
Agnes Martin: American-Canadian artist, abstract expressionist
Piet Mondrian: Dutch painter, founder of the neoplastic movement
Edvard Munch: Norwegian expressionist painter, most famous for The Scream
Paul Nash: British painter of war themes and surreal seaside landscapes
Georgia O’Keeffe: American painter
Edward Henry Potthast: American impressionist artist
Nicolas Poussin: French-Italian painter
Qigong a.k.a. Qi Gong: Renowned Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter
Man Ray: American artist, Dada movement
Sir Joshua Reynolds: 18th century English portrait painter
James Rizzi: American pop artist, official artist for 1996 summer Olympics
Theodore Rousseau: French landscape painter
Amalie Seckbach German holocaust artist, painter, sculptress, died in concentration camp
Jean Tabaud: French portrait and landscape artist; ballet dancer
Ralph Thompson: English painter and illustrator of animals Myrtle Tremblay: American watercolor artist
Leonardo da Vinci: Italian renaissance man: painter, inventor, scientist, anatomist
Andy Warhol: American pop artist icon
Eli Marsden Wilson: English etcher, engraver, painter

These are just some of the many artists who did not procreate, but sure did Create! Thanks, J.O. for such great research!