Famous Artists

Explore our selection of internationally renowned artists, your safest bets in terms of quality and investment. These photographers, painters and sculptors are shaping history of art with impressive technique and their emotionally powerful works. Known by all, you'll spot their names in the most prestigious museums and private collections around the world. You can't go wrong with these works!

Whether photographers, painters or sculptors, these artists have marked the history of art through their great technical mastery and innovative artworks.

On Artsper you'll find several masterpieces from contemporary and modern art. Discover the works of the great master of surrealism, Salvador Dali. Almost as famous for his extravagant personality than he is for his innovative artworks, Salvador Dali reinvents the worlds of desire, sexuality and imagination. Explore the iconic photographs of the photographer Helmut Newton. His black and white photographs which often focus only on one model are deliberately sexual and illustrate the fluidity between different genres and address taboo themes such as sadomasochism and fetishism.

Follow in the footsteps of Keith Haring, whose first works were drawn in chalk on black advertising boards in New York's subways, or discover the voluptuous female forms found in Niki de Saint Phalle's sculpture. Often associated with the new realism movement, the art of the French artist's work developed in several directions, influenced by her lived experiences. Her works incorporates parts of her personal history.

If you're looking for a surrealist work, why not snap up a Man Ray photograph? A contemporary and a friend of Marcel Duchamp revolutionised the world of photography. After having also tried Dadaism, he devoted himself to this medium and discovered solarisation which allowed him to develop his artistic approach. If you'd rather something cheerful and colourful then take a look at the psychedelic work of neo-pop artist Takashi Murakami. Its kawai characters and bright colours will undoubtedly brighten up your home. Last, but definitely not least, there are the kings of pop art, Andy Warhol and Roy Liechtenstein, who helped to reinvent and alter the course of art history in the sixties.

Don't wait any longer to discover our selection of internationally famous artists whose artworks are valuable on the art market. Known to all collectors and connoisseurs, their works are exhibited in the world's most prestigious museums and in the most beautiful private collections. From abstract to figurative, there's something for everyone! You can't go wrong with a stunning original work or print by a great painter or a great sculptor, so don't hesitate to treat yourself!