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Ceramics

Ranked by authority, profile quality, engagement, and recency. 440 historical artists.

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#1 CeramicsAuthority 80

Kitaoji Rosanjin

Japanese potter, calligrapher, and painter who worked across ceramics, ink, and decorative arts with equal mastery

Japanese1883–1959

Full Ranking

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Years	Authority
1	Kitaoji Rosanjin	Japanese	1883–1959	80
2	Shio Kusaka	Japanese	1972–2017	60
3	Adelaide Alsop Robineau	American	1865–1929	80
4	Ralph Bacerra	American	1938–2008	60
5	Rookwood Pottery	American	1880–1967	70
6	Jack Earl	American	1934–2023	60
7	Bernard Leach	British-Chinese	1887–1979	70
8	Franz Ziegler	German	1803–1876	60
9	Ewen Henderson	British	1934–2000	60
10	Gertrud Natzler	Austrian-American	1908–1971	60
11	Russel Wright	American	1904–1976	60
12	Gregory of Heimburg	German	1400–1472	50
13	Edwin Scheier	American	1910–2008	40
14	Michel de Montaigne	French	1533–1592	50
15	Mary Rogers	British	1929–2021	40
16	Jutta Sika	Austrian	1877–1964	50
17	Marianne Beth	American-Austrian	1890–1984	50
18	Alfred Biolek	German	1934–2021	30
19	Richard John	German	1827–1889	40
20	Warren MacKenzie	American	1924–1918	40
21	Abraham Cohn	American	1925–2013	30
22	Peter Marginter	Austrian	1934–2008	30
23	Yusuf al-Qaradawi	Egyptian	1926–2022	30
24	Carlo Zauli	Italian	1926–2002	40
25	Ernst Wahliss	Austrian	1836–1934	40
26	Trude Petri-Raben	American	1906–1998	40
27	David Leach	American	1946–2005	40
28	Léon Elchinger	France	1871–1942	50
29	John Charles Karrasch	American	1934–2010	30
30	Paulita Pacheco	Santo Domingo Fire Clan	1943–2008	30
31	Viktor Schreckengost	United States	1906–2008	30
32	Albert Green	American	1914–1994	40
33	A Auguste Alexandre Hirsch	French	1833–1912	50
34	Paul Jeanneney	French	1861–1920	40
35	Joseph Fortune Meyer	—	1848–1931	40
36	John Flaxman, English	—	1755–1826	40
37	Joseph Théodore Deck, French	—	1823–1891	40
38	Alexandre Sandier	French	1843–1916	40
39	Jean Carriès	French	1855–1894	40
40	Thomas Bentley, English	—	1730–1780	40
41	Russell Barnett Aitken	American	1910–2002	40
42	George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont	Principality of Waldeck	1789–1845	30
43	Franz Josef Ritter von Buß	German	1803–1878	30
44	Gregor Haloander	German	1501–1531	30
45	Johann Nepomuk Berger	Austrian Empire	1816–1870	30
46	Robert Mayr-Harting	Austrian	1874–1948	30
47	Victor Ehrenberg	Kingdom of Prussia	1851–1929	30
48	August Reichensperger	Kingdom of Prussia	1808–1895	30
49	W William Marshall	British	1923–2007	30
50	Dedham Pottery	American	1863–1950	30

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