List of centenarians (artists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as artists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
AburtoRafael Aburto	1913–2014	100	Spanish architect[1]
AllanJulian Phelps Allan	1892–1996	103	English sculptor[2]
AlvarezManuel Álvarez Bravo	1902–2002	100	Mexican photographer
BalbianRie de Balbian Verster-Bolderhey	1890–1990	100	Dutch painter and Olympic art competitor[3]
BarnetWill Barnet	1911–2012	101	American painter and printmaker[4]
BartholomewHarland Bartholomew	1889–1989	100	American urban planner
BernhardRuth Bernhard	1905–2006	101	German-American photographer
BernsteinTheresa Bernstein	1890–2002	111	Polish-born American painter[5]
BoruSorcha Boru	1900–2006	105	American potter
BrooksFrank Leonard Brooks	1911–2011	104	Canadian artist[6]
BucklerJohn Chessell Buckler	1793–1894	100	British architect[7]
CabatRose Cabat	1914–2015	100	American ceramicist[8]
CarderFrederick Carder	1863–1963	100	British-born American glassmaker and artist
CarvenMarie-Louise Carven	1909–2015	105	French fashion designer[9]
ClarkHuguette Clark	1906–2011	104	American artist and heiress[10]
Clarke HallEdna Clarke Hall	1879–1979	100	English artist and poet.[11]
ColeAlphaeus Philemon Cole	1876–1988	112	American painter
Coppola Horacio Coppola	1906–2012	105	Argentine photographer and filmmaker[12]
CouturierRobert Couturier	1905–2008	103	French sculptor[13]
DaoustSylvia Daoust	1902–2004	102	Canadian sculptor
DellEdgar Dell	1901–2008	106	Australian painter[14]
Donnelly ReedNell Donnelly Reed	1889–1991	102	American fashion designer and businesswoman[15]
DorflesGillo Dorfles	1910 –	106	Italian art critic, painter and philosopher[16]
ErniHans Erni	1909–2015	106	Swiss painter and sculptor[17]
FeiginMoisey Feigin	1904–2008	103	Russian artist[18]
FeiningerT. Lux Feininger	1910–2011	101	American painter and photographer[19]
FrankHannah Frank	1908–2008	100	Scottish sculptor[20]
FryerKatherine Fryer	1910–	105	English artist[21]
GammonReg Gammon	1894–1997	103	English painter and illustrator.[22]
GardinerMargaret Gardiner	1904–2005	100	British artist and political activist[23]
GeigerRupprecht Geiger	1908–2009	101	German painter[24]
GeisendorfLéonie Geisendorf	1914–2016	101	Polish-Swedish architect[25]
GezariTemima Gezari	1905–2009	103	Russian-American artist and arts educator
GiacomettiBruno Giacometti	1907–2012	104	Swiss architect[26]
GotzKarl Otto Götz	1914–	102	German artist[27]
HaleKathleen Hale	1898–2000	101	British illustrator
HardisonRuth Inge Hardison	1914–2016	102	American sculptor and photographer[28]
HerreraCarmen Herrera	1915–	100	Cuban painter[29]
HookMary Rockwell Hook	1877–1978	101	American architect[30]
HunterClementine Hunter	1886/87–1988	100/101	American folk artist
IrimescuIon Irimescu	1903–2005	102	Romanian sculptor and sketcher
JudaElsbeth Juda	1911–2014	103	German-born British fashion photographer[31]
KahnMax Kahn	1902–2005	103	Belarusian-American lithographer, sculptor and painter
KingInge King	1915–2016	100	Australian sculptor[32]
KitamuraSeibo Kitamura	1884–1987	102	Japanese sculptor and Olympic art competitor[33]
KumagaiMotoichi Kumagai	1909–2010	101	Japanese photographer and illustrator[34]
LanuxEyre de Lanux	1894–1996	102	American artist[35]
LemanUlrich Leman	1885–1988	102	German painter
LennonFrances Lennon	1912–2015	102	British artist[36]
LewisStanley Cornwell Lewis	1905–2009	103	Welsh illustrator and artist[37]
Long Leonard Long	1911–2013	102	Australian landscape painter[38]
Loongkoonan Loongkoonan	c. 1910 –	c. 105	Australian indigenous artist[39]
LossonczyTamás Lossonczy	1904–2009	105	Hungarian painter[40]
MaurerLouis Maurer	1832–1932	100	American lithographer and printer
MaccarthyDoris McCarthy	1910–2010	100	Canadian painter[41]
MaclaughlinDonal McLaughlin	1907–2009	102	American architect who helped design the Flag of the United Nations[42]
MommensUrsula Mommens	1908–2010	101	British potter[43]
MooreAlan Moore	1914–2015	101	Australian war artist[44]
MosesGrandma Moses	1860–1961	101	American folk artist
NiemeyerOscar Niemeyer	1907–2012	104	Brazilian modernist architect[45]
NordhagenJohan Nordhagen	1856–1956	100	Norwegian artist
OhtakeTomie Ohtake	1913–2015	101	Japanese artist[46]
OkumuraTogyu Okumura	1889–1990	101	Japanese painter of the nihonga style of watercolour painting
PlunketKatherine Plunket	1820–1932	111	Irish botanic artist and noblewoman
PotterDon Potter	1902–2004	102	British sculptor and potter
RackiMirko Rački	1879–1982	102	Croatian painter
RaymondEleanor Raymond	1887–1989	102	American architect
ReitterEdmund Reitter	1904–2005	100	Austrian sculptor and Olympic art competitor[47]
RichardsGlenora Richards	1909–2009	100	American painter[48]
RobiquetMarie Lucas Robiquet	1858–1959	100/101	French artist
RodriguezManuel Rodriguez Sr.	1912–	104	Filipino printmaker[49]
RuellanAndrée Ruellan	1905–2006	101	American painter
SadighiAbolhassan Sadighi	1894–1995	100/101	Iranian sculptor and painter
SantosÁngeles Santos Torroella	1911–2013	101	Catalan painter[50]
SasamotoTsuneko Sasamoto	1914–	101	Japanese photojournalist[51]
SawyerGertrude Sawyer	1895–1996	100	American architect[52]
SchreckengostViktor Schreckengost	1906–2008	101	American artist and industrial designer[53]
ShahnBernarda Bryson Shahn	1903–2004	101	American painter, lithographer and widow of artist Ben Shahn
ShermanEditta Sherman	1912–2013	101	American photographer[54]
ShinodaToko Shinoda	1913–	103	Japanese artist[55]
SokolKoloman Sokol	1902–2003	100	Slovakian painter and graphic artist
SparreCount Louis Sparre	1863–1964	101	Swedish painter, designer and Finnish film pioneer
StephensOlin Stephens	1908–2008	100	American yacht designer[56]
SterneHedda Sterne	1910–2011	100	Romanian-American painter and printmaker[57]
StrynkiewiczFranciszek Strynkiewicz	1893–1996	103	Polish sculptor and Olympic art competitor[58]
TanningDorothea Tanning	1910–2012	101	American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer[59]
TawneyLenore Tawney	1907–2007	100	American fiber artist
TownA. Hays Town	1903–2005	101	American architect[60]
TurnerJack Turner	1889–1989	100	Canadian photographer
HiratsukaUnichi Hiratsuka	1895–1997	102	Japanese wood carver and leader of the Sōsaku hanga movement
Josefina de Vasconcellos	1904–2005	100	Brazilian-British sculptor
VukanovicBeta Vukanović	1872–1972	100	Serbian painter[61]
WalterMartha Walter	1875–1976	100	American impressionist painter
WeatherwaxSeema Aissen Weatherwax	1905–2006	100	Ukrainian-American photographer
WebelRichard K. Webel	1900–2000	100	American landscape architect and designer
WeberMartin J. Weber	1905–2007	102	American graphic artist
WongTyrus Wong	1910 –	105	Chinese artist[62]
WoodBeatrice Wood	1893–1998	105	American artist and ceramist
YefimovBoris Yefimov	1899/1900–2008	108/109	Russian cartoonist[63]
YukiOgura Yuki	1895–2000	105	Japanese painter
Zeisel Eva Zeisel	1906–2011	105	Hungarian industrial designer[64]
ZornesMilford Zornes	1908–2008	100	American watercolor artist and teacher[65]

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