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Religious Affiliation of the World's
Greatest Artists

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Artists are listed here primarily because they are listed most frequently in various lists of the world's greatest artists. In addition, some artists are listed here because they are among the world's most popular artists. In addition to lists of the most historically influential and artistically great artists, lists of artist whose prints are most frequently searched for and purchased have also been consulted. Cassius Coolidge, Thomas Kinkade and Rene Magritte, for example, are certainly not considered as influential or as artistically brilliant as Michelangelo or Rembrandt, but their works are highly sought after and prints of their paintings typically sell better than many painters considered historically more important.


Artist's Name Sample Birth Place Years Born-Died Religious Affiliation
Harry Anderson Chicago, Illinois 1906-1996 Seventh-day Adventist
Fernando Botero Medellin, Columbia 1932- Catholic
Sandro Botticelli Florence, Italy 1444-1510 Catholic
Georges Braque Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France 1882-1963 ?
Henri-Robert Bresil Gonaives, Haiti 1952- Latter-day Saint
Jan Brueghel the Elder Brussels, Belgium 1568-1625 ?
Caravaggio (Michelangelo da Merisi) Caravaggio, Italy 1573-1610 Catholic
Paul Cezanne Aix-en-Provence, France 1839-1906 Catholic
Marc Chagall Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Jewish
James C. Christensen Culver City, California 1942- Latter-day Saint
Chris Consani Ottawa, Canada 1951- ?
Cassius Coolidge upstate New York 1844-1934 Quaker
Lucas Cranach the Elder Cronach, Upper Franconia, Germany 1472-1553 Lutheran
Salvador Dali Figueras, Catalonia, Spain 1904-1989 Catholic
Edgar Degas Paris, France 1834-1917 Catholic
Francisco De Goya Fuendetodos, Spain 1746-1828 Catholic
Eugene Delacroix Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon, Ardeche, France 1798-1863 Catholic
Albrecht Durer Nuremberg, Germany 1471-1528 Catholic
Arnold Friberg Winnetka, Illinois 1913- Latter-day Saint
Paul Gauguin Paris, France 1848-1903 Theosophist
Huang Gongwang Jiangsu, China 1269-1354 Taoist
Edward Hicks Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1780-1849 Quaker
George Inness Newburgh, New York 1825-1894 Swedenborgian
Frida Kahlo Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico 1907-1954 Jewish Catholic
Margaret Keane Tennessee 1927- Jehovah's Witness
Wassily Kandinsky Moscow, Russia 1866-1944 Theosophist
Thomas Kinkade Sacramento, California 1958- Nazarene
Paul Klee Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland 1879-1940 ?
Gustav Klimt Baumgarten, Austria 1862-1918 ?
Rene Magritte Lessines, Belgium 1898-1967 ?
Edouard Manet Paris, France 1832-1883 Catholic
Henri Matisse Le Cateau-Cambresis, France 1869-1954 Catholic
Michelangelo Caprese, Tuscany, Italy 1475-1564 Catholic
Joan Miro Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1893-1983 Catalan
Amedeo Modigliani Livorno, Tuscany 1884-1920 Jewish
Piet Mondrian Amersfoort, The Netherlands 1872-1944 Theosophist
Claude Monet Paris, France 1840-1926 ?
Edvard Munch Loten, Norway 1863-1944 raised Lutheran; later Spiritualism, Pantheism
Georgia O'Keeffe Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887-1986 Episcopalian (nominal)
William Page Albany, New York 1811-1885 Swedenborgian
Pablo Picasso Malaga, Spain 1881-1973 Catholic
Jackson Pollock Cody, Wyoming 1912-1956 said Native American ritual was his inspiration
Raphael Urbino, Italy 1483-1520 Catholic
Man Ray Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890-1976 Jewish
Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, The Netherlands 1606-1669 Dutch Reformed
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France 1841-1919 Catholic
Diego Rivera Guanajuato, Mexico 1886-1957 Jewish Catholc (Converso); atheist
Norman Rockwell New York City 1894-1978 Episcopalian (lapsed)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti London, England 1828-1882 Anglican
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Beverly Hills, California 1932-2001 Latter-day Saint
Mark Rothko Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Russia (now Latvia) 1903-1970 Jewish
Peter Paul Rubens Siegen, Westphalia (Flemish) 1577-1640 Catholic
LeConte Stewart Glenwood, Utah 1891-1990 Latter-day Saint
Minerva Teichert North Ogden, Utah 1888-1976 Latter-day Saint
Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) Pieve di Cadore (Veneto), Italy 1490-1576 Catholic
Mark Tobey Centerville, Wisconsin 1890-1976 Baha'i
Vincent Van Gogh Zundert, The Netherlands 1853-1890 Dutch Reformed (one-time evangelist)
Jan Vermeer Delft, The Netherlands 1632-1675 Dutch Reformed; Catholic
Leonardo da Vinci Vinci, Italy 1452-1519 Catholic
Andy Warhol Cleveland, Ohio 1930-1987 Catholic
Benjamin West Springfield (Swarthmore), Pennsylvania 1738-1820 Quaker


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