List of centenarians (artists, painters and sculptors)

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 Reason for NotabilityRafael Aburto 1913–2014 100 Spanish architectFlorence Akins 1906–2012 106 New Zealand artistObituary: Florence Akins, christchurchgallery.org.nz. Accessed 28 October 2022.Julian Phelps Allan 1892–1996 103 British sculptorJim Allen 1922–2023 100 New Zealand visual artistTopazia Alliata 1913–2015 102 Italian painter and art curatorManuel Álvarez Bravo 1902–2002 100 Mexican photographerManuel Álvarez Bravo 1902–2002, Tate GalleryMax Angus 1914–2017 102 Australian painterMarilee Shapiro Asher 1912–2020 107 American sculptorDuffy Ayers 1915–2017 102 British portrait painterDuffy Ayers obituary, The Guardian, 11 December 2017Unity Bainbridge 1916–2017 101 Canadian artistRie de Balbian Verster-Bolderheij 1890–1990 100 Dutch painter and Olympic art competitorWill Barnet 1911–2012 101 American painter and printmakerHarland Bartholomew 1889–1989 100 American urban plannerHarland Bartholomew, 100, Dean of City Planners, The New York Times, 7 December 1989Caroline van Hook Bean 1879–1980 101 American painterRuth Bernhard 1905–2006 101 German-American photographerRuth Bernhard, Photographer, Dies At 101, The New York Times, 21 December 2006Theresa Bernstein 1890–2002 111 Polish-born American painterSherab Palden Beru 1911–2012 100/101 Tibetan thangka artistVittore Bocchetta 1918–2021 102 Italian sculptor, painter and academicGottfried Böhm 1920–2021 101 German architect and sculptorMary Borgstrom 1916–2019 102 Canadian potter and ceramistEva Børresen 1920–2022 101 German-born Norwegian ceramistEva Børresen, snl.no. Accessed 23 October 2022.Sorcha Boru 1900–2006 105 American potterSorcha Boru profile, everson.org. Accessed 20 December 2024.Frank Leonard Brooks 1911–2011 100 Canadian artistUmberto Bruni 1914–2021 106 Canadian painter and sculptorDuane Bryers 1911–2012 100 American painter, illustrator and sculptorNoted artist Duane Bryers dies at 100, nogalesinternational.com. Accessed 24 October 2022.John Chessell Buckler 1793–1894 100 British architectRose Cabat 1914–2015 100 American ceramicistFrederick Carder 1863–1963 100 British-born American glassmaker and artistMarie-Louise Carven 1909–2015 105 French fashion designerMalvina Cheek 1915–2016 100 British artistSaloua Raouda Choucair 1916–2017 100 Lebanese painter and sculptorCarmen Cicero 1926– American painterHuguette Clark 1906–2011 104 American heiress, artist, and art collectorEdna Clarke Hall 1879–1979 100 British artist and poetAlison Thomas, "Hall, Edna Clarke, Lady Clarke Hall (1879–1979)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 February 2012Alphaeus Philemon Cole 1876–1988 112 American painterAlphaeus Cole, a Portraitist, 112, The New York Times, 26 November 1988Horacio Coppola 1906–2012 105 Argentine photographer and filmmakerRobert Couturier 1905–2008 103 French sculptorTrevor Dannatt 1920–2021 101 British architectSylvia Daoust 1902–2004 102 Canadian sculptorLe Devoir: Sylvia Daoust 1902–2004 – Une pionnière de la sculpture au Québec s'éteint à l'âge de 102 ans Marianne de Trey 1913–2016 102 British studio potterEdgar Dell 1901–2008 106 Australian painterMedi Dinu 1909–2016 107 Romanian painterNell Donnelly Reed 1889–1991 102 American fashion designer and businesswomanGillo Dorfles 1910–2018 107 Italian art critic, painter and philosopherHans Erni 1909–2015 106 Swiss painter and sculptorArturo Estrada Hernández 1925– Mexican painterAnthony Eyton 1923– British painterMoisey Feigin 1904–2008 103 Russian artistSylvia Fein 1919–2024 104 American painter and authorT. Lux Feininger 1910–2011 101 American painter and photographerMicol Fontana 1913–2015 101 Italian stylist and entrepreneurHannah Frank 1908–2008 100 Scottish sculptorKatherine Fryer 1910–2017 106 British artistReg Gammon 1894–1997 103 British painter and illustratorRupprecht Geiger 1908–2009 101 German painterLéonie Geisendorf 1914–2016 101 Polish-Swedish architectTemima Gezari 1905–2009 103 Russian-American artist and arts educatorJewish Women's Archive: Temima GezariBruno Giacometti 1907–2012 104 Swiss architectFrançoise Gilot 1921–2023 101 French painter"Françoise Gilot, centenaire et muse de Picasso, enfin consacrée" by Stéphanie Chayet, Le Monde, 4 December 2021 (in French)Karl Otto Götz 1914–2017 103 German artistJean Donald Gow 1903–2005 102 Canadian artist Kathleen Hale 1898–2000 101 British illustratorKathleen Hale obituary, The Guardian, 28 January 2000Ruth Inge Hardison 1914–2016 102 American sculptor and photographerBertha George Harris 1913–2014 101 American potterÅke Hellman 1915–2017 102 Finnish still life artistCarmen Herrera 1915–2022 106 Cuban painterElvie Hill 1917–2018 100 Australian fashion designerHirakushi Denchū 1872–1979 107 Japanese sculptorMary Rockwell Hook 1877–1978 101 American architectFumiko Hori 1918–2019 100 Japanese Nihonga painterClementine Hunter 1886/1887–1988 100/101 American folk artistNational Museum of Women in the Arts: Clementine HunterIon Irimescu 1903–2005 102 Romanian sculptor and sketcherAl Jaffee 1921–2023 102 American cartoonistJao Tsung-I 1917–2018 100 Hong Kong-based Chinese sinologist, calligrapher and painterRussell Johnson 1893–1995 101 American cartoonistElsbeth Juda 1911–2014 103 German-born British fashion photographerMax Kahn 1902–2005 103 Belarusian-American lithographer, sculptor and painterMAX KAHN, 103, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2005Tamako Kataoka 1905–2008 103 Japanese Nihonga painterKrishen Khanna 1925– Indian painterInge King 1915–2016 100 Australian sculptorJonah Kinigstein 1923–2025 102 American painterSeibo Kitamura 1884–1987 102 Japanese sculptor and Olympic art competitorJohn Koerner 1913–2014 100 Czech-born Canadian artistGeorge Paul Kornegay 1913–2014 100 American outsider artist and Methodist ministerMotoichi Kumagai 1909–2010 101 Japanese photographer and illustratorEyre de Lanux 1894–1996 102 American artistJudith Lauand 1922–2022 100 Brazilian painter and printmakerLawrence Lee 1909–2011 101 British stained glass artistUlrich Leman 1885–1988 102 German painter Ulrich Leman biography, ulrich-leman.de. Accessed 20 December 2024. (in German)Sonja de Lennart 1920– German fashion designerFrances Lennon 1912–2015 102 British artistStanley Cornwell Lewis 1905–2009 103 Welsh illustrator and artistSchomer Lichtner 1905–2006 101 American painter and printmakerLim Tze Peng 1921–2025 103 Singaporean painterLeonard Long 1911–2013 102 Australian landscape painterTrento Longaretti 1916–2017 100 Italian painterLoongkoonan 1910–2018 Australian indigenous artistTamás Lossonczy 1904–2009 105 Hungarian painterWalter Mafli 1915–2017 102 Swiss painter and draftsmanLeonard Manasseh 1916–2017 100 British architectLouis Maurer 1832–1932 100 German-born American lithographer and printerObituary, nytimes.com. Accessed 20 December 2024.Richard Mayhew 1924–2024 100 American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator Doris McCarthy 1910–2010 100 Canadian painterHarrison McIntosh 1914–2016 101 American ceramic artistDonal McLaughlin 1907–2009 102 American architect who helped design the Flag of the United NationsKäthe Menzel-Jordan 1916–2026 109 German architectUrsula Mommens 1908–2010 101 British potterAlan Moore 1914–2015 101 Australian war artistGrandma Moses 1860–1961 101 American folk artistWynona Mulcaster 1915–2016 101 Canadian painterOscar Niemeyer 1907–2012 104 Brazilian modernist architectJohan Nordhagen 1856–1956 100 Norwegian artist"Johan Nordhagen", Norsk biografisk leksikon Whang-od 1917– Filipino mambabatok or tattoo artistTomie Ohtake 1913–2015 101 Japanese artistTogyū Okumura 1889–1990 101 Japanese painter of the nihonga style of watercolour paintingNational Gallery of Australia: Okumura TogyuDan Ormsbee 1884–1985 101 American architectWilliam Pachner 1915–2017 102 Czech painterPierre Parsus 1921–2022 100 French painterI. M. Pei 1917–2019 102 Chinese-American architectS. D. Phadnis 1925– Indian cartoonist and illustratorKatherine Plunket 1820–1932 111 Irish botanic artist and noblewomanMaria Posobchuk 1890–1992 102 Ukrainian weaver and folk artistMaria Posobchuk bio, books.google.com. Accessed 9 May 2022. (in Ukrainian)Don Potter 1902–2004 102 British sculptor and potterDonald Potter obituary, The Guardian, 8 June 2004Mirko Rački 1879–1982 102 Croatian painterGalerija Divila: Mirko Rački Eileen Ramsay 1915–2017 101 British photographerEleanor Raymond 1887–1989 102 American architectEleanor Raymond photographic collection, Historic New EnglandEdmund Reitter 1904–2005 100 Austrian sculptor and Olympic art competitorLily Renée 1921–2022 101 Austrian-born American comic book artistLily Renée – RIP, dailycartoonist.com. Accessed 26 August 2022.Judith Révész 1915–2018 102 Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptorRévész, Judith, Capriolus Glenora Richards 1909–2009 100 American painterChristiane Ritter 1897–2000 103 Austrian painter and writerMarie Lucas Robiquet 1858–1959 101 French artistInvaluable: Marie Aimée Lucas-Robiquet (1858–1959)Manuel Rodriguez Sr. 1912–2017 105 Filipino printmakerAndrée Ruellan 1905–2006 101 American painter"Andrée Ruellan, 101, a Painter of Her Century, Dies, The New York TimesMargery Ryerson 1886–1989 102 American artist and painterAbolhassan Sadighi 1894–1995 101 Iranian sculptor and painter Biography of Abolhassan Sadighi, mutualart.com. Accessed 20 December 2024.Ángeles Santos Torroella 1911–2013 101 Catalan painterTsuneko Sasamoto 1914–2022 107 Japanese photojournalistGertrude Sawyer 1895–1996 100 American architectSigrid Schauman 1877–1979 101 Finnish artist and art criticMarian Cannon Schlesinger 1912–2017 105 American artist and authorGerda Schmidt-Panknin 1920–2021 100 German painterViktor Schreckengost 1906–2008 101 American artist and industrial designerBernarda Bryson Shahn 1903–2004 101 American painter, lithographer and widow of artist Ben Shahn"Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Painter, Dies at 101", The New York TimesEditta Sherman 1912–2013 101 American photographerToko Shinoda 1913–2021 107 Japanese artistGordon A. Smith 1919–2020 100 British-born Canadian artistKoloman Sokol 1902–2003 100 Slovak painter and graphic artistKoloman Sokol, The BirthPierre Soulages 1919–2022 102 French painter and sculptorLouis Sparre 1863–1964 101 Swedish painter, designer and Finnish film pioneerLouis Sparre biography at the Amos Anderson art museumEthel Stein 1917–2018 100 American textile artist"Ethel Stein, Who Created Intricate Textile Art, Dies at 100", The New York TimesOlin Stephens 1908–2008 100 American yacht designerHedda Sterne 1910–2011 100 Romanian-American painter and printmakerFranciszek Strynkiewicz 1893–1996 103 Polish sculptor and Olympic art competitorFrançoise Sullivan 1923– Canadian painter, photographer, and choreographerRam V. Sutar 1925–2025 100 Indian sculptorToshiko Taira 1921–2022 101 Japanese textile artistDorothea Tanning 1910–2012 101 American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poetLenore Tawney 1907–2007 100 American fiber artistCarlo Testi 1902–2005 102 Italian painterWayne Thiebaud 1920–2021 101 American painter and printmakerLuís Torras 1912–2024 111 Spanish painter, atlantico.net Accessed 4 January 2024.A. Hays Town 1903–2005 101 American architectJack Turner 1889–1989 100 Canadian photographerNational Gallery of Canada: Jack TurnerUn'ichi Hiratsuka 1895–1997 102 Japanese wood carver and leader of the Sōsaku hanga movementJapanese Woodblock Artist Un'ichi Hiratsuka Dies at 102, The Washington Post, 6 December 1997Josefina de Vasconcellos 1904–2005 100 Brazilian-British sculptorJosefina de Vasconcellos obituary, The Guardian, 21 July 2005.Robert-Rudolf Volk 1921–2021 100 Estonian sculptorBeta Vukanović 1872–1972 100 Serbian painterMartha Walter 1875–1976 100 American impressionist painterArtnet: Martha WalterWang Da-hong 1917–2018 100 Chinese-born Taiwanese ar