Artists & Painters Whose First Name Starts With Y

Discover the famous artists & painters whose name starts with Y. The list includes people like Yvonne McGuinness, Yoko Ono, Yayoi Kusama, Yelena Yemchuk, Yoshitaka Amano and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of artists & painters whose names start with Y includes people from Japan, United States, Russia, France and other countries all over the world.
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 1 
Yoko Ono
(Artist and Musician Who Was an Influential Practitioner of Conceptual & Performance Art)
Yoko Ono
63
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 2 
Yayoi Kusama
(Contemporary Artist)
Yayoi Kusama
31
Birthdate: March 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
 3 
Yvonne McGuinness
(Irish Visual Artist)
Yvonne McGuinness
26
Birthdate: October 12, 1972
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kilkenny, Ireland
 4 
Yelena Yemchuk
(Photographer)
Yelena Yemchuk
3
Birthdate: April 22, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
 5 
Yoshitaka Amano
(Character designer, Sculptor, Illustrator, Artist, Blogger, Animator, Painter)
Yoshitaka Amano
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 26, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Shizuoka
 6 
Yves Tanguy
(Painter)
Yves Tanguy
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1900
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 15, 1955
 7 
Yaacov Agam
(Artist, Sculptor, Experimental artist, Visual artist, Painter)
Yaacov Agam
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 11, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rishon LeZion
 8 
Yoshitomo Nara
(Artist, Painter, Sculptor, Photographer)
Yoshitomo Nara
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 5, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hirosaki
 9 
Yoshitoshi
(Engraver, Painter, Poet)
Yoshitoshi
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 30, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edo
Died: June 9, 1892
 10 
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
(Japanese-American Painter and Photographer)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
0
Birthdate: September 1, 1889
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Okayama, Japan
Died: May 14, 1953
 11 
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
(Environmentalist, Activist, Journalist and Photographer)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 13, 1946
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
 12 
Yokoyama Taikan
(Japanese Painter)
Yokoyama Taikan
0
Birthdate: November 2, 1868
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died: February 26, 1958
 13 
Yosa Buson
(Japanese Poet and Painter of the Edo Period)
Yosa Buson
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1716 AD
Birthplace: Settsu Province, Japan
Died: January 17, 1784
 14 
Yves Klein
(French Artist Who Was Known for His Daring Experiments and Monochrome Paintings)
Yves Klein
2
Birthdate: April 28, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: June 6, 1962
 15 
Yasumasa Morimura
(Artist)
Yasumasa Morimura
0
Birthdate: June 11, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ōsaka, Japan
 16 
Yan Liben
(Chinese Architect, Painter, and Politician)
Yan Liben
1
Birthdate: 0600 AD
Birthplace: China
Died: November 14, 0673
 17 
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti
(Iraqi Painter)
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti
0
Birthplace: Wasit, Iraq
 18 
Yvonne Jacquette
(Painter)
Yvonne Jacquette
1
Birthdate: December 15, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
 19 
Yun Shouping
(Chinese Painter and Calligrapher)
Yun Shouping
0
Birthdate: 1633 AD
Birthplace: Wujin District, Changzhou, China
Died: 1690 AD
 20 
Yves Gaucher
(Canadian Abstract Painter and Printmaker)
Yves Gaucher
0
Birthdate: January 3, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: September 8, 2000
 21 
Yukihiko Yasuda
(Japanese Painter, One of the Founders of the Japanese Painting Technique of Nihonga)
Yukihiko Yasuda
0
Birthdate: February 16, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Died: April 29, 1978
 22 
Yi In-mun
(Painter)
Yi In-mun
0
Birthdate: 1745 AD
Birthplace: South Korea
Died: 1821 AD
Celebrity Names:
 23 
Yi Jeong
(Painter)
Yi Jeong
0
Birthdate: 1541 AD
Birthplace: Korea
Died: 1622 AD
 24 
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
(Japanese Manga Artist Known for Starting the 'Gekiga Style' of Alternative Manga in Japan)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
1
Birthdate: June 10, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tennoji Ward, Osaka, Japan
Died: March 7, 2015
 25 
Younousse Sèye
(Artist, Actress)
Younousse Sèye
0
Birthdate: 1940 AD
Birthplace: Saint Louis, Senegal
 26 
Yuki Kihara
(Artist)
Yuki Kihara
0
Birthdate: 1975 AD
Birthplace: Samoa
 27 
Yevgeny Vuchetich
(Sculptor)
Yevgeny Vuchetich
3
Birthdate: December 28, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
Died: April 12, 1974
 28 
Yto Barrada
(Artist)
Yto Barrada
2
Birthdate: 1971 AD
Birthplace: Paris, France
 29 
Yi Sang-chwa
(Painter)
Yi Sang-chwa
1
Birthplace: Korea
Died: 1600 AD