Volunteers. It is a community-maintained visual art encyclopedia, so the recently-updated list reflects where contributors are currently spending their time rather than any editorial plan.

Why are some lifespans missing?

Because the record has no birth or death date, which is common for artists known from only a handful of works. The saver leaves the field blank rather than guessing.

Yes. It comes from WikiArt's updated-artists endpoint, refreshed through this site's pipeline. Nothing is invented or simulated, and if the source cannot be reached the saver reports that instead of drawing something plausible.

Does it cost anything or need an account?

No. Every screensaver here is free, runs in the browser and needs no sign-up. This one uses a public API that requires no key.

Does a recent update mean the artist is new to the site?

No. It only means something on the page changed. Established artists can be updated at any time.

Why do the lifespans sometimes look approximate?

Dates for older artists are often uncertain, and a record may carry only a year or an approximate value. The saver shows what the record contains.

It is a user-generated art website, active since 2010, with developers based in Ukraine and Kseniia Bilash as Editor in Chief according to Wikipedia.

Artists, Recently Edited Screensaver

The Artists, Recently Edited screensaver lists the artists whose WikiArt pages volunteers have most recently worked on, with their lifespans. It is effectively a view of where the encyclopedia's attention is going this week. It runs in the browser with nothing to install; press ESC to exit.

How the Artists, Recently Edited screensaver works

The saver reads WikiArt's updated-artists endpoint, refreshed through this site's pipeline.

No account and no key: the request goes straight from your browser, or from this site's own refreshed copy of the feed where the source does not allow browser access.

Values are drawn on a canvas that resizes with the window, so it works on a laptop or a wall display.

If the source is unreachable the saver says so on screen rather than showing stale numbers as though they were current.

WikiArt and its artist records

WikiArt, formerly WikiPaintings, is a user-generated visual art encyclopedia that has been online since 2010. It is built around pages for individual artists, with biographical details and images of their works, and its developers are based in Ukraine. The Wikipedia article on the site names Kseniia Bilash as its Editor in Chief since 2010.

The saver lists artists whose pages were most recently updated, so each name that scrolls past is a page someone touched lately. An update is not the same as a new entry. A change might add an image, correct a date or expand a biography, and the artist could have lived five centuries ago or still be at work. The recently edited list therefore reflects what the site is doing at the moment more than anything about the art world itself, and the mix of periods and nationalities can swing widely from one refresh to the next.

The years beside each name come from the artist's record and can be blank, partial, or approximate, which is common for older or lesser-documented figures. Treat them as the site's current wording of a fact, not as settled scholarship.

A worked example

Each row names an artist with their birth and death years beneath, and how long they lived on the right. Artists still alive show “present”. The list mixes Renaissance painters with people who are working today, and the dates make that range visible at a glance.

Settings & tips

Accent and Background recolour the display without changing the data.
Add it to a Multi-view grid to watch it alongside other live savers.
Press ESC at any time to leave fullscreen.

Frequently asked questions

Who edits WikiArt?: Volunteers. It is a community-maintained visual art encyclopedia, so the recently-updated list reflects where contributors are currently spending their time rather than any editorial plan.
Why are some lifespans missing?: Because the record has no birth or death date, which is common for artists known from only a handful of works. The saver leaves the field blank rather than guessing.
Is this real data?: Yes. It comes from WikiArt's updated-artists endpoint, refreshed through this site's pipeline. Nothing is invented or simulated, and if the source cannot be reached the saver reports that instead of drawing something plausible.
Does it cost anything or need an account?: No. Every screensaver here is free, runs in the browser and needs no sign-up. This one uses a public API that requires no key.
Does a recent update mean the artist is new to the site?: No. It only means something on the page changed. Established artists can be updated at any time.
Why do the lifespans sometimes look approximate?: Dates for older artists are often uncertain, and a record may carry only a year or an approximate value. The saver shows what the record contains.
Who runs WikiArt?: It is a user-generated art website, active since 2010, with developers based in Ukraine and Kseniia Bilash as Editor in Chief according to Wikipedia.

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