Welcome back to the most anticipated event in our calendar, the grand unveiling of this year’s entrants into The Art Bog Hall of Fame! Every year since 2003, we’ve embarked on the delightful and daunting task of selecting 20 artists who have not only shaped the contours of the art world but have also touched our souls and ignited our imaginations in irreplaceable ways.
Our Hall of Fame is a mosaic of creativity, a well earned celebration of the minds and hands that have left an indelible mark on the arts. These are the visionaries who’ve painted our perceptions with color, carved our thoughts into shapes beyond words, and captured moments that define the essence of being human.
Year after year, we sift through the annals of art history to bring you a selection that inspires, challenges, and enchants. It’s a journey through time and emotion, a celebration of legacy and innovation.
So, as we roll out the red carpet and shine the spotlight on this year’s luminaries, we invite you to join us in this annual pilgrimage. Together, let’s explore the stories, the artistry, and the magic that each member of The Art Bog Hall of Fame brings into our lives. Here’s to the artists who’ve dared to dream in color, line, and light, and here’s to you, our fellow travelers in this annual quest for beauty and meaning.
Welcome to The Art Bog Hall of Fame. Let the celebration begin!
- Diane Arbus, American photographer
- Cecil Beaton, British photographer
- Julia Margaret Cameron, British photographer
- Alexandre-Jacques Chantron, French painter
- Charles Joshua Chaplin, French painter and printmaker
- John Maler Collier, British painter
- Lovis Corinth, German painter
- Erté, Russian/French designer
- Paul-Gustave Fischer, Danish painter
- Wilhelm Busch, German illustrator and painter
- Émile Gallé, French glass artist
- Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
- Victor Horta, Belgian architect and designer
- René Lalique, French jeweller, medalist and glass designer
- Jules Joseph Lefebvre, French painter
- Ernest Edouard Martens, French painter
- Henrietta Rae, British painter
- Ilya Efimovich Repin, Russian painter
- Guillaume Seignac, French painter
- Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer
Previous Classes
2003
- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter
- Pieter Bruegel The Elder, Flemish painter and printmaker
- Gustave Caillebotte, French painter
- Edgar Degas, French painter and pastel artist
- Antoni Gaudi, Catalan architect and designer
- Edward Hopper, American painter and printmaker
- Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter
- Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor
- Claude Monet, French painter
- Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter
- Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter
- John Singer Sargent, American painter
- Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter
- Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer
- Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
- Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American painter and printmaker
- Anders Zorn, Swedish painter
2004
- Giovanni Boldini, Italian painter
- Olga Boznańska, Polish painter
- Jules Breton, French painter
- Mary Cassatt, American painter and printmaker
- Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and stained-glass artist
- George Clausen, English painter and printmaker
- John Constable, English painter
- Lucas Cranach The Elder, German painter and printmaker
- Albert Edelfelt, Finnish painter
- James Ensor, Belgian painter and printmaker
- Luis Ricardo Falero, Spanish painter
- Émile Friant, French painter and drawer
- Caspar David Friedrich, German painter
- Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor
- Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator
- Edward Robert Hughes, English painter
- Paul Klee, Swiss painter, drawer and printmaker
- Daniel Ridgway Knight, American painter
- Frederic Leighton, English painter, draughtsman, and sculptor
- Jules Bastien-Lepage, French painter
2005
- Gianlorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and architect
- William Blake, English painter and printmaker
- Paul Cézanne, French painter
- Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker
- John William Godward, English painter
- Tadeusz Makowski, Polish painter
- John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator
- Jean-François Millet, French painter and drawer
- Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist
- Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator
- Robert Lewis Reid, American painter
- Egon Schiele, Austrian painter
- Chaïm Soutine, French-Belarusian painter
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter and printmaker
- Kees Van Dongen, Dutch-French painter
- Théo Van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter
- John William Waterhouse, English painter
- Andrew Wyeth, American painter
2006
- Michael Ancher, Danish painter
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter
- Jean Frederic Bazille, French painter
- Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker and sculptor
- Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter
- Pierre Bonnard, French painter, illustrator and printmaker
- William Merritt Chase, American painter
- Maurice Denis, French painter and decorative artist
- Otto Dix, German painter and printmaker
- Albrecht Dürer, German painter and printmaker
- Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter and printmaker
- William Holman Hunt, English painter
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and printmaker
- Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and drawer
- Peder Severin Krøyer, Danish painter
- René Magritte, Belgian painter
- Edouard Manet, French painter
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker and ceramicist
- Odilon Redon, French painter, printmaker and drawer
- Auguste Rodin, French sculptor
2007
- Francis Bacon, Irish painter
- Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator
- Frank Weston Benson, American painter and etcher
- Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor
- Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor
- Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter
- George Paul Chalmers, Scottish painter
- Georges De La Tour, French painter
- Jean-Honore Fragonard, French painter and printmaker
- El Greco (Doménikos Theotokopoulos), Greek painter, sculptor and architect
- Frederick Childe Hassam, American painter
- Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter
- John Atkinson Grimshaw, English painter
- George Grosz, German painter and drawer
- Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter
- Willard Leroy Metcalf, American painter
- Berthe Morisot, French painter
- Georgia O’Keeffe, American painter, sculptor, drawer and photgrapher
- Alfred Sisley, British-French painter
- Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect and designer
2008
- Anna Ancher, Danish painter
- Myron G. Barlow, American painter
- Jean Béraud, French painter
- Émile Bernard, French painter
- Édouard Bisson, French painter
- Oscar Björck, Swedish painter
- Émilie Charmy, French painter
- Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator
- Herbert James Draper, English painter
- Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Finnish painter
- Christian Krohg, Norwegian painter and illustrator
- Arthur Melville, Scottish painter
- Max Nonnenbruch, German painter
- Beatrix Potter, English illustrator
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English painter and illustrator
- Franz Von Stuck, German painter, sculptor, printmaker and architect
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter
- James Tissot, French painter and illustrator
- Suzanne Valadon, French painter
- Maurice Vlaminck, French painter
2009
- John White Alexander, American painter and illustrator
- Federico Andreotti, Italian painter
- William Arthur Breakspeare, English painter
- Dale Chihuly, American glass artist
- Howard Chandler Christy, American illustrator and painter
- Frank Cadogan Cowper, English painter and illustrator
- Amélie Lundahl, Finnish painter
- Gil Elvgren, American illustrator and painter
- Delphin Enjolras, French painter
- Frank Gehry, American architect and designer
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter
- Edgar Maxence, French painter
- Renzo Piano, Italian architect
- Laurits Andersen Ring, Danish painter
- Eero Saarinen, Finnish/American architect and industrial designer
- Byam Shaw, British painter, illustrator and designer
- Adam Styka, French/Polish painter
- Alberto Vargas, Peruvian/American painter
- Maria Wiik, Finnish painter
- Irving Ramsey Wiles, American painter
