Gay painters

The list Gay painters includes Jwan Yosef, Pier Paolo Pasolini, David Hockney, Robert De Niro Sr. and Francis Bacon. The list consists of 106 members.

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Jwan Yosef

Syrian-born Swedish painter and artist

Overview: Jwan Yosef (born September 6, 1984) is a Swedish painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.

Date of birth: 6 September 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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20th-century Syrian LGBT people 1T

21st-century Syrian LGBT people 2T

Syrian gay men 6T
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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)

Overview: Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, screenwriter, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century ...

Date of birth: 5 March 1922

Date of death: 2 November 1975

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Italian LGBT film directors 11T

Italian gay artists 14T

Italian LGBT painters 14T
3.

Holly Johnson

British artist

Overview: William "Holly" Johnson (born February 9, 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mi ...

Date of birth: 9 February 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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LGBT singers from the United Kingdom 115T

Male bass guitarists 788T

Male new wave singers 115T
4.

David Hockney

British artist (born 1937)

Overview: David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he ...

Date of birth: 9 July 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: British

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Photographers from Yorkshire 51T

People with synesthesia 33T

21st-century male artists 1,869T
5.

Robert De Niro Sr.

American artist

Overview: Robert Henry De Niro (May 3, 1922 – May 3, 1993), better known as Robert De Niro Sr., was an American abstract expressionist painter and the father of actor Robert De Niro.

Date of birth: 3 May 1922

Date of death: 3 May 1993

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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De Niro family 9T

Artists from Syracuse, New York 43T

American Figurative Expressionism 27T
6.

Francis Bacon

Irish figurative painter (1909–1992)

Overview: Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born English figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits ...

Date of birth: 28 October 1909

Date of death: 28 April 1992

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Civil Defence Service personnel 44T

Artists from Dublin (city) 71T

21st-century textile artists 30T
7.

François-Marie Banier

French, Novelist

Overview: François-Marie Banier () (born 27 June 1947) is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: French

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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Novelists from Paris 44T

French LGBT painters 18T

French LGBT photographers 11T
8.

Henry Scott Tuke

Eglish artist

Overview: Henry Scott Tuke RA RWS (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), was an English visual artist; primarily a painter, but also a photographer. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style, and he is probably ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1858

Date of death: 13 March 1929

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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English marine artists 60T

Gay Christians 61T

LGBTQ people from Yorkshire 98T
9.

Norbert Bisky

German artist

Overview: Norbert Bisky (born 1970) is a German artist based in Berlin. He is one of the most important representatives of a new figurative painting in the 21st century.

Date of birth: 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: German

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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German gay artists 22T

German LGBT painters 11T

21st-century German male artists 242T
10.

Charles Bell

American artist

Overview: Charles Bell (1935–1995) was an American Photorealist and Hyperrealist, known primarily for his large scale still lifes.

Date of birth: 1935

Date of death: 1 April 1995

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma 33T

American male painters 3,659T

LGBT people from Oklahoma 31T
11.

Yehuda Poliker

Israeli musician and painter

Overview: Yehuda Poliker (Hebrew: יהודה פוליקר‎; born December 25, 1950) is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter. Poliker first became known in the 1980s as the lead vocalist for the band ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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People from Kiryat Haim 13T

Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent 38T

Israeli people of Greek descent 20T
12.

Christian Bérard

French painter

Overview: Christian Bérard (20 August 1902 – 11 February 1949), also known as Bebè, was a French artist, fashion illustrator and designer.

Date of birth: 20 August 1902

Date of death: 13 February 1949

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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20th-century male artists 3,569T

French male painters 1,874T

Donaldson Award winners 131T
13.

David Wojnarowicz

American artist

Overview: David Michael Wojnarowicz ( VOY-nə-ROH-vitch; (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist and AIDS activist ...

Date of birth: 14 September 1954

Date of death: 22 July 1992

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century memoirists 804T

20th-century American printmakers 560T

American male painters 3,659T
14.

Don Bachardy

Armenian artist

Overview: Donald Jess Bachardy (born May 18, 1934) is an American portrait artist. He resides in Santa Monica, California. Bachardy was the partner of Christopher Isherwood for over 30 years.

Date of birth: 18 May 1934

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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American portrait painters 462T

Artists from Santa Monica, California 24T

LGBT people from California 626T
15.

Pavel Tchelitchew

Russian artist

Overview: Pavel Fyodorovich Tchelitchew (Russian: Па́вел Фёдорович Чели́щев) (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1898, Dubrovka village, near Kaluga – 31 July 1957, Grottaferrata, near Rome) was a Russian-born ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1898

Date of death: 31 July 1957

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Chelishchev family 4T

Russian surrealist artists 9T

LGBT artists from Russia 5T
16.

Jeffrey Smart

Australian artist known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes

Overview: Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart AO (26 July 1921 – 20 June 2013) was an expatriate Australian painter known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are "full of private jokes and playful allusions" ...

Date of birth: 26 July 1921

Date of death: 21 June 2013

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Disease-related deaths in Tuscany 6T

LGBT artists from Australia 19T

2013 deaths 9,323T
17.

Hélio Oiticica

Brazilian artist

Overview: Hélio Oiticica (Portuguese: July 26, 1937 – March 22, 1980) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement ...

Date of birth: 26 July 1937

Date of death: 22 March 1980

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Stroke-related deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state) 10T

20th-century Brazilian male artists 76T

LGBT artists from Brazil 8T
18.

Jasper Johns

American artist

Overview: Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the ...

Date of birth: 15 May 1930

Age: 95

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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21st-century male artists 1,869T

People from Allendale, South Carolina 6T

Honorary Members of the Royal Academy 89T
19.

Patrick Angus

American artist

Overview: Patrick Angus (1953–1992) was a 20th-century American painter who, among many other works, created a number acrylic paintings of the interior of the Gaiety Theater and some of its dancers and customers ...

Date of birth: 3 December 1953

Date of death: 13 May 1992

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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People from North Hollywood, Los Angeles 26T

American male painters 3,659T

20th-century American painters 4,629T
20.

Sadao Hasegawa

Japanese artist

Overview: Sadao Hasegawa (長谷川サダオ, Hasegawa Sadao, 1945 – November 20, 1999) was a Japanese graphic artist known for creating homoerotic fetish art. His works are noted for their extensive detail, elaborate fantasy ...

Date of birth: 1945

Date of death: 1999

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Painter

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1999 suicides 58T

LGBT artists from Japan 14T

20th-century Japanese painters 199T