List of painters by name

The following list of painters by name includes over 2,000 painters from all ages and parts of the world.

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A

• Herb Aach (1923–1985)
• Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), German mannerist painter
• Pacita Abad (1946–2004), multi-media artist and painter, born in the Philippines
• Riza Abbasi (1565–1635), Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan School
• Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group
• Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American artist, illustrator, and painter
• Mary Abbott (1921– )
• Basuki Abdullah (1915-1993), Southeast Asian artist
• Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian historical painter and etcher
• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1743–1809), Danish artist and antiquarian draughtsman
• Ruth Abrams (1912–1986)
• Philip Absolon (1960– ), British artist and a founder member of the Stuckists art group
• Ismail Acar (1971– ), Turkish artist in painting
• Bernard Accama (1697–1756), Dutch historical and portrait painter
• Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), German landscape painter
• Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter
• Pat Adams (1928– )
• Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish painter and printmaker
• Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch historical painter
• Nadir Afonso (1920– ), geometric abstractionist painter
• Leonid Afremov (1955– ), Belarus born, Israeli modern painter of landscapes, cityscapes and figures using a palette knife to paint
• Yaacov Agam (1928– ), Israeli sculptor and experimental artist
• Lubna Agha (1949– ), South Asian artist
• Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1848), animal and landscape painter
• Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
• Ai Xuan (1947– ), Chinese painter
• Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painter of Armenian descent, especially of seascapes
• Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), Polish painter of portraits
• Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian Baroque painter
• Josef Albers (1888–1976), German-born American artist, mathematician and educator
• Mariotto Albertinelli (1474–1515), High Renaissance Italian painter of the Florentine school
• Ivan Albright (1897–1983), magic realist painter and artist, especially of self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes
• Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), Lithuanian-born, Polish romantic painter
• L. Alcopley (1910–1992), German-American medical scientist[1] and an artist at the New York School
• Pierre Alechinsky (1927– ), Belgian artist
• Fedor Alekseev (1753–1824), Russian painter of landscapes
• Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech painter
• Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter and one of the two women in the CoBrA movement
• Brian Alfred (1974– ), New York painter who specializes in depictions of urban spaces
• David Allan (1744–1796), Scottish painter, especially of historical subjects
• Lawrence Edgar Allen (1954–)
• Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school
• Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school
• Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter
• Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), second wife of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter, especially of luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire
• Almeida Júnior (1859–1899), Brazilian realist painter
• Charles Alston (1907–1977), African American artist, muralist, and teacher
• Margareta Alströmer (1763-1816), Swedish painter and singer
• Rudolf von Alt (1812–1908), Austrian landscape and architectural painter
• Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), German landscape painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era
• Altichiero (1330–1395), Italian painter of the Gothic style
• Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist
• Edmond Aman-Jean (1860–1936), French symbolist painter
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Latin American modernist artist
• Gregory Amenoff (1948– )
• Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef
• Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period
• Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941), Brazilian painter and interior designer
• Rick Amor (1948– ), Australian war artist and figurative painter
• Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish pictorial artist, especially of interiors and simple themes from the everyday lives of the Skagen people
• Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927), Danish portrait painter
• Caesar Andrade Faini (1913– ), Ecuadorian painter and teacher
• Alfons Anders (1928–1998)
• Dagmar Anders (1949–)
• Emma Andijewska (1931-), Ukrainian surrealist painter, poet and writer
• Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), painter and sculptor of Greek origin
• Fra Angelico (1387–1445), Early Italian Renaissance painter
• Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1872–1952), Spanish painter
• Charles Angrand (1854–1926), French neo-Impressionist painter and anarchist
• Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), Italian painter of the Renaissance
• Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand painter of portraits and landscapes
• Albert Anker (1831–1910), Swiss painter
• Louis Anquetin (1861–1932), French painter and author
• Horst Antes (1936– ), German painter and sculptor
• Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930– ), American artist of Op Art
• Apelles (4th century BC), painter of ancient Greece
• Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009), Italian/Slovenian artist
• Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet
• Oscar Araripe (1941– ), Brazilian artist, writer, educator, and social and ecological activist
• Félix Arauz (1935– ), Latin American painter from Ecuador
• Giussepe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), Italian painter especially of portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits and vegetables
• Avigdor Arikha (1929– ), Israeli and French painter, printmaker, and art historian
• John Armleder (1948– ), Swiss Neo-Geo artist of paintings and sculptures
• Jean Arp (1886–1966), German-French sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist
• Dennis Ashbaugh (1946-)
• Richard Artschwager (1929– )
• Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist
• John James Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter
• Frank Auerbach (1931– ), German-born British painter especially of female models and scenes of London
• Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French Impressionist painter
• George Ault (1891–1948), American painter
• Giuseppe Avanzi (1645–1718), Italian Baroque painter
• Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), American abstract painter
• Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch landscape painter
• Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern painter
• Nikola Avramov (1897–1945), Bulgarian painter especially of still-lifes
• Anton Ažbe (1870–1949), Slovene painter and teacher
• Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni (c.1572- c.1645), Italian painter

B

• Marcello Bacciarelli (1731–1818)
• Francis Bacon (1909–1992)
• Peggy Bacon (1895–1987)
• Jo Baer (1929-)
• William Jacob Baer (1860–1941)
• Albert Baertsoen (1866–1922)
• Leonard Bahr (1905–1990)
• Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
• Dionosio Baixeras Verdaguer (1862–1943)
• Normand Baker (1908–1955)
• William Bliss Baker (1859–1886)
• Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631–1708)
• Léon Bakst (1866–1924)
• Alesso Baldovinetti (1427–1499)
• Hans Baldung (1484–1545)
• Giacomo Balla (1871–1958)
• Mogens Balle (1921-1988)
• Robert Ballagh (1943–)
• Vincenzo Balsamo (1935–)
• Balthus (1908–2001)
• Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901)
• Bapu (1933–)
• William Barak (1824–1903)
• Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine (1888–1944)
• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591–1666)
• James Bard (1815-1897)
• Magdalene Bärens (1737-1808), Danish artist
• George Barker (1882–1965)
• Ernie Barnes (1938–)
• Federico Barocci (1535–1612)
• George Barrett (1730–1784)
• Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (1946–2006)
• James Barry (1741–1806)
• Hans von Bartels (1856–1913)
• Richmond Barthe (1901-ca.1990)
• Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940)
• Jennifer Bartlett (1941–)
• Fra Bartolomeo (1474–1517)
• Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815)
• Georg Baselitz ( 1938-)
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1860–1884)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988)
• Jacopo Bassano (ca.1510-1592)
• Robert Bateman (1842–1922)
• Robert Bateman (1930–)
• Maxwell Bates (1906–1980)
• Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787)
• André Bauchant (1873–1958)
• Wolfgang Bauer
• Juan Bautista Garcia (1904–1974)
• Wyke Bayliss (1835–1906)
• James Baynes (1766–1837)
• Thomas Mann Baynes (1794–1854)
• Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870)
• Jack Beal (1931–)
• Matthew Beall (1962–)
• Romare Bearden (1914–1988)
• Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942)
• Domenico Beccafumi (1486–1551)
• Robert Bechtle (1932–)
• Jasmine Becket-Griffith
• Max Beckmann (1884–1950)
• Ignat Bednarik (1882–1963)
• Vanessa Beecroft (1969–)
• Captain Beefheart (1941–)
• Tuvia Beeri (1929–)
• Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–)
• Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005)
• George Bell (1878–1966)
• Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734)
• Giovanni Bellini (ca.1430-1516)
• Gentile Bellini (ca.1429-1507)
• Jacopo Bellini (ca.1400-1470)
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
• Bernardo Bellotto (1721–1780)
• George Wesley Bellows (1882–1925)
• Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962)
• Edward Ben Avram (1941-)
• Marilyn Bendell (1921-2003)
• Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832)
• Jason Benjamin (1971–)
• Martin Benka (1888–1977)
• Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951)
• Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
• Alexander Benois (1870–1960)
• Jean Béraud (1849–1935)
• Helen Berman (1936–)
• Emerik Bernard (1927–)
• Emile Bernard (1868–1941)
• Attila Bernath
• Janez Bernik (1933–)
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680)
• Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962)
• Albert Bertelsen (1921-)
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953)
• Henryka Beyer (1782–1855)
• Lujo Bezeredi (1898–1979)
• George Biddle (1885–1973)
• Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
• Ivan Bilibin (1876–1924)
• Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa (1857–1893)
• Ejler Bille (1910–2004)
• Charles Billich (1934)
• Henry Billings (1901–1987)
• George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879)
• S J "Lamorna" Birch (1869–1955)
• Oswald Birley (1880–1952)
• Thierry Bisch (1953–)
• Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991)
• Tim Biskup
• Wilhelm Bissen (1836–1913)
• Charles Blackman (1928–)
• Basil Blackshaw (1932–)
• William Blake (1757–1827)
• Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919)
• Arnold Blanch (1896–1968)
• Ross Bleckner (1949–)
• Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–1890)
• Josef Block (1863–1943)
• Izaak van den Blocke (1572–1626)
• Godfrey Blow (1948–)
• Peter Blume (1906–1992)
• Ditlev Blunck (1798–1854)
• David Gilmour Blythe (1815–1865)
• Anna Boch (1848–1936)
• François Bocion (1828–1890)
• Thomas Bock (1793–1855)
• Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901)
• Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
• Edward Marshall Boehm (1913-1969)
• Krzysztof Boguszewski (1906–1988)
• Aaron Bohrod (1907–1992)
• Maurice Boitel (1919–)
• Kees Bol (1916-)
• David Bomberg (1890–1957)
• Camille Bombois (1883–1970)
• Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
• Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–)
• Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828)
• Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
• Francesco Bonsignori (1460–1519)
• Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), Dutch
• Bogdan Borcic (1926–)
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960)
• Adolf Born (1930–)
• Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825)
• Hieronymus Bosch (ca.1450 - 1516)
• Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1612)
• Angel Botello (1913–1986)
• Fernando Botero (1932–)
• Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510)
• François Boucher (1703–1770)
• Eugène Boudin (1824–1898)
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
• John Bourne (1943–)
• Carol Bove (1971-)
• David Bowie (1947–)
• Zlatyu Boyadzhiev (1903–1976)
• Arthur Boyd (1920–1999)
• Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940)
• David Boyd (1924–)
• Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923)
• P. Rostrup Bøyesen (1882–1952)
• Olga Boznańska (1865–1940)
• Louis Bouché (1896–1969)
• John Brack (1920–1999)
• Robert Brackman (1898–1980)
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916)
• Frank Bramblett
• Christian Hilfgott Brand (1694–1756), German
• Johann Christian Brand (1722–1795)
• Peter Brandes (1944-)
• Petr Brandl (1668–1739)
• Eugène Brands (1913-2002)
• Jozef Brandt (1841–1915)
• Georges Braque (1882–1963)
• Robert J Brawley (1936 - 2006)
• Alan Bray (1946–)
• Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759–1818)
• George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923)
• Mark A. Brennan (1968–)
• Art Brenner (born 1924)
• Jules Breton (1827–1906)
• Breyten Breytenbach (1939–)
• Ernest Briggs (1923-1984)
• Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964)
• Louis le Brocquy (1916–)
• Ann Brockman (1898 or 1899–1943)
• Antoni Brodowski (1784–1832)
• Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572)
• Alexander Brook (1898–1980)
• Bertram Brooker (1888–1955)
• Allan Brooks (1869–1946)
• Frank Leonard Brooks (1911–)
• James Brooks (1906-1992)
• Romaine Brooks (1874–1970)
• Cecily Brown (1969–)
• Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893)
• Joan Brown (1938–1990)
• Judith Brown (1931-1992)
• Rush Brown (1948–)
• Václav Brožík (1851–1901)
• Patrick Henry Bruce (1881–1936)
• Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)
• Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601–1678)
• Pieter Brueghel the Elder (ca.1525-1569)
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638)
• Karl Briullov (1799–1852)
• Tadeusz Brzozowski (1818–1887)
• Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968)
• Ota Bubeníček (1871–1962)
• Bernard Buffet (1928–1999)
• Alexander Bugan (1952–)
• Vlaho Bukovac (1855–1922)
• Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968)
• Rupert Bunny (1864–1947)
• Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858–1949)
• Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893–1967)
• Hans Burgkmair (1473–1531)
• Francisco de Burgos Mantilla (1612–1672)
• Zdeněk Burian (1905–1981)
• William Partridge Burpee (1846–1940)
• Brigitte Buscail-Lipsky (19XX-)
• Ambreen Butt (1969–)
• Louis Buvelot (1814–1888)
• Cecily Byk
• John Byrne (1950–)
• Peter Brandes abstract painter

C

• Vincenzo Cabianca (1827–1902)
• Pogus Caesar
• Cagnaccio di San Pietro (1897–1946)
• Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
• Alexander Calder (1898–1976)
• Mary Callery (1903-1977)
• Jacques Callot (1592–1635)
• Steven Campbell (1953–2007) Scottish painter
• Canaletto (1697–1768)
• Noe Canjura (1922–1970)
• Josef Čapek (1887–1945)
• Tom Carapic (1939–)
• Caravaggio (1573–1610)
• Ivan Čargo (1898–1958)
• Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952)
• Carlo Carlone (1686–1775), Italian
• Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), American
• John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945)
• Rhea Carmi (1942-)
• Nicolas Carone (1917-)
• Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1838–1917)
• Carpaccio (ca.1460-1525)
• Oreste Carpi (1921- )
• Emily Carr (1871–1945)
• Carlo Carrà (1881–1966)
• Annibale Carracci (1557–1602)
• Agostino Carracci (1560–1609)
• Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
• Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000)
• Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932)
• Felice Casorati (1883–1963)
• Frances Castle (1966–)
• Judy Cassab (1920–)
• Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
• Alfred Joseph Casson (1898–1992)
• Simon Casson (1965-)
• Humberto Castro (1957-)
• Carlos Catasse (1944–)
• George Catlin (1796–1872)
• Louis de Caullery (c1555-c1621)
• Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (1556–1627), Italian
• Bernardo Cavallino (1622–1654)
• Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795)
• Mirabello di Antonio Cavalori (da Salincorno)
• Vija Celmins (1938–) American, born in Latvia
• Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985)
• Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629)
• Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
• Paul Émile Chabas (1869–1937)
• Marc Chagall (1887–1985)
• Minerva J. Chapman (1858 - 1947)
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
• Gustavo Charif (1966–)
• Caroline Chariot-Dayez (1958–)
• Michael Ray Charles (1967–)
• Nicolas Charlet (1792–1845)
• William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
• Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856)
• Russell Chatham (1939–)
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
• Jozef Chełmonski (1849–1914)
• Jules Chéret (1836–1932)
• Chen Chi (1912–2005)
• Chén Chún (1483–1544)
• Billy Childish (1959–)
• Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978)
• Adam Chmielowski (1888–1878)
• Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801)
• Dan Christensen (1942–2007)
• Anthony Christian (1945–)
• Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899–1975)
• Frederick Edwin Church (1826–1900)
• Betty Churcher (1931–)
• Peter Churcher (1964–)
• Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
• Leon Chwistek (1884–1937)
• Tomasz Ciecierski (1945–)
• Cimabue (1240–1302)
• Giovanni Battista Ciprione (c. 1760)
• Joze Ciuha (1924–)
• Franz Cižek (1865–1946)
• Walter Leighton Clark (1859-1935)
• Lady Edna Clarke Hall (1879–1979)
• Francesco Clemente (1952–)
• Francois Clouet (1510–1572)
• Giorgio Giulio Clovio (1498–1578)
• Juan Fernando Cobo (1959–)
• Pieter Codde (1599–1678)
• Charles Codman (1800–1842)
• Jon Coffelt (1963–)
• Henry James Cogle (1875 - 1915)
• Nevin Çokay (1930–)
• Thomas Cole (1801–1948)
• Robert Colescott (1925-2009)
• Evert Collier (1640–1707)
• John Collier (1850–1934)
• Jacob Collins (1964–)
• Jean Colombe (1430–1493)
• Charles Conder (1868–1909)
• Kevin Connor (1932–)
• John Constable (1776–1837)
• Constant (1920–2005)
• Theo Constanté (1934–)
• Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934)
• D. D. Coombs (1850–1938)
• Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937)
• John Singleton Copley (1737–1815)
• Lovis Corinth (1858–1925)
• Corneille (1922–)
• Thomas Cornell (1937–)
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796–1875)
• Correggio (1489–1534)
• Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669)
• Rossella Cosentino (1968–)
• Piero di Cosimo (1462–1521)
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984)
• Francesco del Cossa (c1435-c1477)
• Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883)
• Jean-Yves Couliou (1916–1995)
• Noel Counihan (1913–1986)
• Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
• Thomas Couture (1815–1879)
• Jan Cox (1919-1980)
• Francesco Cozza (1605–1682), Italian
• Richard Cramer (1932–)
• Lucas Cranach the elder (1472–1553)
• Lucas Cranach the younger (1515–1586)
• Fred Cress (1938–)
• Vivian Crettol (1973–)
• Susan Crile (1942–)
• Carlo Crivelli (1435–1495)
• Ivan Lacković Croata (1932–)
• Charles Crodel (1894–1974)
• Ray Crooke (1922–)
• Jean Crotti (1878–1958)
• Thomas Crotty (1954–)
• Enzo Cucchi (1949–)
• Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)
• Boleslaw Cybis (1895–1957)
• Jan Cybis (1897–1972)
• Władysław Czachórski (1850–1911)
• Jozef Czapski (1896–1993)
• Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775)
• Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969)
• Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945)

D

• Richard Dadd (1817–1886), English painter noted for his depictions of fairies, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes
• Bernardo Daddi (c.1280-1348), Italian renaissance painter
• Michael Dahl (1659–1743), Swedish portrait painter
• Dai Jin (1388–1462), founder of the Zhe School of Ming dynasty painting
• Dai Xi (1801–1860), Chinese painter of genre subjects
• Han Dai-Yu (1969– )
• Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001), Australian social realist artist
• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Catalan surrealist painter
• Christen Dalsgaard (1824–1907), Danish painter
• Thomas Aquinas Daly (1937– ), American contemporary landscape and still life painter
• Claude Dambreville (1934– )
• Ken Danby (1940–2007), Canadian artist
• Vito D'Ancona (1825–1884), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group
• Nils von Dardel (1888–1943), Swedish post-impressionist painter
• William Dargie (1912–2003), Australian painter, especially of portrait paintings
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878), French painter of the Barbizon school
• Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor
• Gerard David (ca.1450-1523), Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator
• Jacques Louis David (1748–1825), French painter in the Neoclassical style
• Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970), German painter associated with the New Objectivity
• Janet Dawson (1935– ), Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer
• Gene Davis (1920–1985), American painter especially of paintings of vertical stripes of color
• Ronald Davis (1937– ), American painter associated with Geometric abstraction
• Stuart Davis (1892–1964), American modernist painter
• Riko Debenjak (1908– )
• Jean Baptiste Debret (1768 - 1848), French painter, noted for lithographs depicting the people of Brazil
• Stanislaw Debicki (1866–1924)
• Christian De Calvairac (1947– )
• Joseph DeCamp (1858–1923), American Impressionist painter
• Michel De Caso (1956– ), French visual artist
• Edgar Degas (1834–1917), French Impressionist painter, sculptor, printmaker and draftsman
• Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (1909–1982), American impressionist, western-pop, painter, sculptor, and lithographer
• Raoul De Keyser (1930–), Belgian painter
• Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), French Romantic artist
• Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), American modernist painter
• Joseph Delaney (1904–1991), American painter
• Robert Delaunay (1885–1941), French artist, cofounder of Orphism
• Sonia Delaunay-Terk (1885–1979), Jewish-French artist, cofounder of Orphism movement
• Paul Delvaux (1897–1994), Belgian painter, especially of surrealist paintings with female nudes
• Roy De Maistre (1894–1968), Australian artist
• Grillo Demo ( - ), Argentine artist especially of jasmine paintings, depicting falling jasmine
• Charles Demuth (1883–1935), American watercolorist and oil painter
• Maurice Denis (1870–1943), French painter and writer
• Damon Denys (1974– ), American artist, especially figure painting
• André Derain (1880–1954), French painter and co-founder of Fauvism
• Édouard Detaille (1847–1912), French Academic painter and military artist
• Serafino De Tivoli (1826–1892), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group
• Thomas Dewing (1851–1938), American painter in a tonalist manner
• Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976), Brazilian painter
• Robert Dickerson (1929– ), Australian figurative painter
• Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978), American painter and draftsman especially of self-portraits and landscapes
• Tudor Dicu (1957– )
• Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), American abstract painter
• Mary Dignam (1860–1938), Canadian painter and pioneer activist for women artists
• Sam Dillemans (1965– ), Belgian painter
• Meredith Dillman ( - ), fantasy artist and illustrator specializing in fairies and fairy tale paintings
• Silvia Dimitrova (1970– ), Bulgarian icon painter
• Jim Dine (1935– ), American pop artist
• Abidin Dino (1913–1993), Turkish artist and painter
• Dionisius (1440–1502), head of the Moscow school of icon painters
• Paul Dirmeikis (1954– ), Francophone poet, composer, performer and painter
• Alén Diviš (1900–1956), Czech painter known for his melancholic art
• Otto Dix (1891–1969), German painter and printmaker
• William Dobell (1899–1970), Australian sculptor and painter
• Jan Dobkowski (1942–)
• William Dobson (1610–1646), Portraitist and early English painter
• Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), Dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture
• Eppo Doeve (1907–1981), Dutch painter and cartoonist
• Tommaso Dolabella (1570–1650), Italian Baroque painter
• Domenichino (or Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641), Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School
• Tadeusz Dominik (1928– )
• Dong Qichang (1555–1636), Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist
• Dong Yuan (934–962), Chinese painter of figures and landscapes
• Antonio Donghi (1897–1963), Italian painter of scenes of popular life, landscapes, and still life
• Gustave Doré (1832–1883), French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor
• Kees van Dongen (1877–1968), Dutch painter and one of the Fauves
• Dosso Dossi (ca.1490–1542), Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting
• Christian Dotrement (1922–1981)
• Jaroslav Doubrava (1909–1960), Czech composer, painter, and pedagogue
• Jacques Doucet (1924–1994)
• Thomas Doughty (1793–1856), American artist of the Hudson River School
• Aaron Douglas (1898–1979), African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance
• Rackstraw Downes (1939– ), British-born realist painter and author based in America
• George Burton Drake (1876–1942), American landscape painter
• Willem Drost (ca.1630- ca.1680), Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker
• Russell Drysdale (1912–1981), Australian artist
• Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), French painter and sculptor
• Duccio (1255–1319), Italian painter especially of religious subject matter
• Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French artist associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963), French Dadaist painter
• Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), French Fauvist painter
• Brian Dunlop (1938– ), Australian still life and figurative painter
• Anne Dunn (1929– ), English artist associated with the second generation of the School of London
• Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000): Western Australian artist and writer
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), German painter, printmaker and theorist
• Geoffrey Dyer (1947- ), Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003
• Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Flemish Baroque artist
• Friedel Dzubas (1915–1994), German abstract painter

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• Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator
• Ralph Earl (1751–1801), American painter
• Augustus Earle (1793–1838), London-born travel artist
• Alfred East (1849–1913), English painter
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853), Danish painter
• Otto Eckmann (1865–1902), German painter and graphic artist
• Don Eddy (1944– ), American painter who gained initial fame as a photorealist artist
• Michelle Edewaard (1962– )
• Albert Edelfelt (1854–1905), Finnish painter
• Beverly K. Effinger (1955– ), American painter
• Camilo Egas (1889–1962), Latin American master painter and teacher
• Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter of rustic genre and historical paintings
• Eugeniusz Eibisch (1896–1987)
• Louis Eilshemius (1864–1941), American painter primarily of landscapes and nudes
• Ib Eisner (1925–2003), Danish artist
• Kano Eitoku (1543–1590), Japanese painter of the Kanō school of Japanese painting
• Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), German artist of cabinet paintings
• Gederts Eliass (1887–1975)
• Lydia Field Emmet (1866–1952), American portrait artist
• Gonzalo Endara Crow (1936–1996), Latin American painter
• Ron English (1948– ), pop artist of popular brand imagery and advertising
• Carlos Enríquez Gómez (1900–1957), Cuban painter, illustrator and writer
• James Ensor (1860–1949), Belgian painter and printmaker
• Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), American-born sculptor and painter
• Arline Erdrich (1936)
• Sven Erixson (1899–1970)
• Max Ernst (1891–1976), German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet
• M. C. Escher (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist especially of mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints
• Richard Estes (1936– ), American painter especially of photorealistic paintings
• Bracha L. Ettinger (1951– ), artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst
• William Etty (1787–1849), English painter especially of nudes
• Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and photographer
• Eamon Everall (1948– ), English artist and educator
• Philip Evergood (1901–1971), American painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator and writer
• Mikhail Evstafiev (1963– ), Russian artist, photographer, and writer
• Julius Exner (1863–1939), Danish genre painter
• Jan van Eyck (1390–1441), Early Netherlandish painter
• John Eyre (1771–1812), Australian painter and engraver

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• Gentile da Fabriano (ca.1370-1427), Italian painter especially in the International Gothic style
• Carel Fabritius (1622–1654), Dutch painter
• Pietro Faccini (1562–1602), Italian painter in styles bridging Mannerism and Baroque
• Julian Fałat (1853–1929), Polish painter of watercolors and landscapes in impressionist style
• Aniello Falcone (1600–1665), Italian Baroque painter especially of battle scenes
• Robert Falk (1886–1958), Russian painter and founder of Jack of Diamonds group
• Alexandre Falguière (1831–1900), French sculptor and painter
• Demetrios Farmakopoulos (1919–1996), Greek painter with recurring themes of space and the future
• Bernd Fasching (1955- ), Austrian painter and sculptor
• Giovanni Fattori (1825–1905), Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group Macchiaioli
• Fan Kuan (990–1030), Chinese landscape painter
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), French painter and lithographer
• Jean Fautrier (1898–1964), French painter and sculptor and practitioner of Tachisme
• Jerzy Fedkowicz (1891–1951)
• Pavel Fedotov (1815–1852), Russian painter
• Paul Feeley (1910-1966), American artist and director of the Art Department at Bennington College
• Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), German-American painter and caricaturist
• Robert Feke (1707–1752), American portrait painter
• Stanislaw Fijalkowski (1922– )
• Pavel Filonov (1883–1941), Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and a poet.
• Leonor Fini (1908–1996), Argentine surrealist painter
• Andrea da Firenze (1343–1377)
• Alejandro Fischer (1971–), figurative Colombian artist
• Janet Fish (1938-), American painter
• Alvan Fisher (1792–1863), American pioneer in landscape painting and genre works
• James Montgomery Flagg (1877–1960), American artist and illustrator
• Derrick Fludd (1963- ), American painter, illustrator
• Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), Argentinian painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Clinton Ford (1931–2006), American painter of battle scenes
• Melozzo da Forlì (ca. 1438-1494), Italian Renaissance painter of frescoes
• Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874), Spanish painter
• Johanna Marie Fosie (1726-1764)
• Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968), Japanese painter and printmaker
• Jean Fouquet (1425–1481), French painter of panel painting and manuscript illumination, inventor of the portrait miniature
• Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732–1806), French painter and printmaker
• Art Frahm (1907–1981), American painter of campy pin-up girls and advertising
• Piero della Francesca (ca.1416-1492), Italian artist of the Early Renaissance
• François Louis Thomas Francia (1772–1839), French painter especially of shore landscapes
• Fu Baoshi (1904–1965), Chinese painter and artist of handcrafts and carvings
• Sam Francis (1923–1994), American painter and printmaker
• Simon Francis (1952– ), English abstract painter
• Jane Frank (1918–1986), American painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, and textile artist
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928– ), American post-painterly abstraction artist
• Manuel Franquelo (c. 1950- ), Spanish painter and mixed media sculptor
• Frank Frazetta (1928– ), American fantasy and science fiction artist
• Wilhelm Freddie (1909–1995), Danish painter and sculptor known for his surrealist works
• Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy (1611–1665), French painter and writer
• Lucian Freud (1922– ), British painter of German origin
• Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim (1825–1901), Bohemian-Austrian painter
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), German Romantic landscape painter
• Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874–1939), American Impressionist painter
• Lorentz Frölich (1820–1908), Danish painter, illustrator, and etcher
• Nicolas Froment (1450-1490), French painter
• Brian Froud (1947– ), English fantasy illustrator
• Ludovit Fulla (1902–1980), Slovak painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and art teacher
• Joseph von Führich (1800–1876), Austrian painter
• Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art
• Villy Fyhn (1960– )

G

• Andrew Gadd (1968–)
• Agnolo Gaddi (c. 1350–1396), Italian painter
• Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1300–1366), Italian painter and architect
• Gai Qi (1774–1829)
• Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
• Fede Galizia (1578–1630)
• Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931)
• Alessandro Galli Bibiena (1687–1769), architect/painter
• Antonio Galli Bibiena (1700–1774), Italian architect/painter
• Carlo Galli Bibiena (1728–1787), designer/painter, son of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
• Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (1656–1743), Italian architect/designer/painter
• Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659–1739), Italian architect/painter
• Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena (-1760), architect/designer/painter
• Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena (1625–1665), Italian watercolor painter, head of Galli-Bibiena family
• Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696–1757), Italian designer/painter
• Maria Oriana Galli Bibiena (1656–1749), Italian painter
• Byron Galvez (1941–)
• Lattanzio Gambara (c.1530-1574)
• Thomas Gambier Parry (1816–1888)
• Antonio de la Gandara (1861–1917)
• Gao Fenghan (1683–1749)
• Gao Qipei (1660–1734)
• Gao Xiang (1688–1753)
• Víctor Manuel García Valdés (1897–1967)
• Joy Garnett (1960–)
• Molly Garnier (1981–)
• Meredith Garniss (1967–)
• Norman Garstin (1847–1926)
• Lee Gatch (1902–1968)
• Friedrich Gauermann (1807–1862)
• Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
• Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709)
• Nikolai Ge (1831–1894)
• William Gear (1915–1997)
• Ilka Gedő (1921–1985)
• Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c1460-c1490)
• Aert de Gelder (1645–1727)
• Ivan Generalić (1914–1992)
• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1651)
• Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)
• Paul Georges (1923-2002)
• Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881–1963)
• Fernando Gerassi (1899–1974)
• Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
• Abdullah Gërguri (1931 - 1994)
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
• Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901)
• Richard Gerstl (1883–1908)
• Cristache Gheorghiu (1937)
• Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494), Italian Renaissance
• Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483–1561), son of Domenico
• Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)
• Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
• Stefan Gierowski (1925–)
• Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901)
• Maksymilian Gierymski (1846–1874)
• Araceli Gilbert (1913–1993)
• Stephen Gilbert (1910–)
• Gregory Gillespie (1936–2000)
• James Gillick (1972-)
• Giorgione (ca.1477-1510)
• Giotto (1267–1337)
• Francois Girardon (1628–1715)
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734-1772)
• Ilya Glazunov (1930–)
• Oton Gliha (1914–1999)
• John William Godward (1861–1922)
• Leo Goetz (1883–1962)
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
• Elias Goldberg (1886–1978)
• Michael Goldberg (1924–2007)
• Leon Golub (1922–2004)
• Gong Xian (1618–1689)
• Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962)
• Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883)
• Julio González (sculptor) (1876–1942)
• Giovan Francesco Gonzaga (1921–)
• Frederick Goodall (1822–1904)
• Lamberto Gori (c. 1760)
• Arshile Gorky (1904–1948)
• Maria Johanna Görtz (1783-1853), Swedish still life painter
• Jan Gotard (1898–1943)
• Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974)
• Leopold Gottlieb (1879–1934)
• Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879)
• Karl Otto Götz (1914-)
• Francisco Josè de Goya (1746–1828)
• Jan van Goyen (1596–1656)
• Anton Graff (1736–1813)
• Peter Benjamin Graham (1925-1987)
• Eugenio Granell (1912–2001)
• Eugène Grasset (1845–1917)
• Enrique Grau (1920–2004)
• Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975)
• Cleve Gray (1918-2004)
• Louise Noack Gray (1909–2000)
• Nancy Graves (1939–1995)
• El Greco (1541–1614)
• Art Green (1941–)
• Tony Green (1954–)
• Balcomb Greene (1904-1990)
• Jan Gregoor (1914-1982)
• HAP Grieshaber (1908–1981)
• Juan Gris (1887–1927)
• Giuseppe Grisoni (1699–1796)
• Ivan Grohar (1867–1911)
• George Grosz (1893–1959)
• Artur Grottger (1837–1867)
• Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951)
• Isaac Grunewald (1889–1946)
• Matthias Grünewald (1470–1528)
• Eduard von Grützner (1846–1925)
• Aleksander Gryglewski (1833–1879)
• Gu Kaizhi (344–406)
• Francesco Guardi (1712–1793)
• Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919–1999)
• Hans Gude (1825–1903)
• Albert Guillaume (1873–1942)
• Olaf Gulbransson (1873–1958)
• Ismail Gulgee (1926–)
• Guo Xi (1020–1090)
• Nazmi Ziya Guran (1881–1937)
• Ella Guru (1966–)
• Philip Guston (1913–1980)
• Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887–1973)
• Heinz Guth (1941–)
• Judith Gutierrez (1927–2003)
• Werner Gutzeit (1932–)
• Herman Gvardjancic (1943–)

H

• John Haberle (1858–1933)
• Nicolaus Haberschrack (fl. 1454–1484)
• Karl Hagedorn (1922–2005)
• Einar Hakonarson (1945–)
• Sally Haley (1908–2007)
• Dirck Hals (1591–1656)
• Frans Hals (1580–1666)
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–)
• Richard Hamilton (1922–)
• Doc Hammer (1978–)
• Wilhelm Hammershoi (1864–1916)
• Hermione Hammond 1910-2005
• Nina Hamnett (1890–1956)
• Herman Han (1574–1627)
• Constantin Hansen (1804–1880)
• Niels Hansen (1880–1946)
• Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997)
• William Harnett (1848–1892)
• Henri Harpignies (1819–1916), French
• Lawren Harris (1885–1970)
• Lawrence Harris (1937-)
• Tracy Harris (1958–)
• Marsden Hartley (1877–1943)
• Hans Hartung (1904–1992)
• Heinie Hartwig (1939–)
• Paul Harvey (1960–)
• Childe Hassam (1859–1935)
• Julius Hatofsky (1922-2006)
• Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995)
• Karel Havlíček (1907–1988)
• Louis Hayet (1864–1940)
• Francesco Hayez (1791–1882)
• Guy Head (1762–1800)
• Martin Johnson Heade (1818–1904)
• Ernest Hébert (1817–1908)
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920)
• Erich Heckel (1883–1970)
• Willem Claeszoon Heda (1594-1680/2)
• Henry Heerup (1907–1993)
• François Joseph Heim (1787–1865), French
• Jean Hélion (1904–1987)
• Gottfried Helnwein (1948–)
• Jan Davidsz de Hem (1606–1683)
• Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905)
• Joseph Morgan Henninger (1906–1999)
• Robert Henri (1865–1929)
• Auguste Herbin (1882–1960)
• John Frederick Herring, Jr. (1820–1907), English
• John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795–1865), English
• Louis Hersent (1777–1860)
• Magnus Colcord Heurlin (1895–1986)
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947)
• Hugo Heyrman (1942–)
• Laura Heyrman (1985–)
• John Haslam Hewitt (1949–)
• Edward Hicks (1780–1849)
• Thomas Hicks (1823–1890)
• Kaii Higashiyama (1908–1999)
• Camille Hilaire (1916–2004)
• Derek Hill (1916–2000)
• James S Hill (painter) (1977 -)
• Karol Hiller (1891–1939)
• Nicholas Hilliard (ca.1547-1619)
• Damien Hirst (1965–)
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)
• Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948)
• Prince Hoare (1755–1834)
• William Hoare (ca.1707-1792)
• Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709)
• David Hockney (1937–)
• Howard Hodgkin (1932–)
• Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918)
• Karl Hofer (1878–1955)
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822)
• Vlastimil Hofman (1881–1970)
• Hans Hofmann (1880–1866)
• Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911)
• William Hogarth (1697–1764)
• Hokusai (1760–1849)
• Ambrosius Holbein (1494–1519)
• Hans Holbein the Elder (ca.1465-1524)
• Hans Holbein the Younger (ca.1497-1543)
• Wenceslas Hollar (1607–1677)
• Toos van Holstein (1949–)
• Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
• Alejandro Honda (1952–)
• Nathaniel Hone (1718–1784), portrait/miniature painter
• Hong Ren (1610–1664)
• Villard de Honnecourt (1200s)
• Gerald van Honthorst (1590–1656)
• Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684)
• Eric Hopkins (1951–)
• Charles Hopkinson (1869–1962)
• Sean Hopp (1970–)
• Edward Hopper (1882–1967)
• Stanley E. Horner (1933-)
• Ken Howard (1932–)
• Youssef Howayek (1883–1962)
• Adolf Hölzel (1853–1934)
• Hristofor Zhefarovich (18th century)
• Hu zaobin (1897–1942)
• Huang Binhong (1865–1955)
• Huang Gongwang (1269–1354)
• Huang Shen (1687–1772)
• Huang Tingjian (1045–1105)
• Wolf Huber (c.1485-1553)
• John Bradley Hudson Jr. (1832–1903)
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000)
• Jakub Husnik (1837–1916)
• M. F. Husain (1915–)
• Pieter Huys (1519–1584)
• Jan van Huysum (1682–1749)

I

• Leiko Ikemura (1951– ), Japanese-Swiss painter and sculptor
• Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007), German painter, sculptor, and stage designer
• John Stuart Ingle (1933– ), American contemporary realist artist, especially of watercolor still lifes
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), French Neoclassical painter
• George Inness (1829–1894), American landscape painter
• Dahlov Ipcar (1917– )
• Pedro Ipiña (1956– ), painter of local life in El Salvador
• Giuseppe Irlandini (1924–1997)
• Eugène Isabey (1803–1886), French painter, draftsman, and printmaker
• Adriaen Isenbrant (1490[?]-1551), Flemish Northern Renaissance painter
• Jozef Israëls (1824–1911), Dutch oil and watercolor painter and etcher
• Alexander Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian Neoclassicism painter
• Oton Iveković (1869–1939), Croatian painter of historical and religious themes

J

• Egill Jacobsen (1910–1998)
• Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), Danish sculptor and painter
• Yvonne Jacquette (1934– ), American painter and printmaker especially of aerial landscapes
• Jan Jahn (1739–1802), Czech painter and art historian
• Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker
• Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943), Slovene painter
• Matija Jama (1872–1947)
• Ruud Janssen (1959– ), Dutch Fluxus and mail artist
• Maria Jarema (1908–1958)
• Eero Järnefelt (1863–1937), Finnish realist painter
• Wladyslaw Jarocki (1879–1956)
• Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941), Russian expressionist painter
• Louis Janmot (1814–1892), French painter and poet
• Andrej Jemec (1934–)
• Alfred Jensen (1903–1981), Guatemalan abstract painter
• Zmago Jeraj (1937– )
• Boris Jesih (1943–)
• Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732), Chinese painter, and an editor
• Jiao Bingzhen (1689–1726), Chinese painter and astronomer
• Jin Nong (1687-c.1763-64), Chinese painter and calligrapher
• Ferenc Joachim (1882–1964), Hungarian painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolors and pastels
• Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher.
• Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh painter of small-scale portraits and still-lifes
• Jasper Johns (1930– ), American contemporary painter and printmaker
• Mitchell Johnson (1964– ), contemporary painter
• Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), Californian African-American painter, potter, ceramist, printmaker, graphic artist, sculptor, and carver
• Allen Jones (1937– ), British pop artist, sculptor, and graphic artist
• Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), African American Harlem Renaissance painter
• Johan Jongkind (1819–1891), Dutch painter and printmaker
• Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), Flemish Baroque painter of the Antwerp school
• Asger Jorn (1914–1973), founding member of the Situationist International, artist, and essayist
• José Rodrigues (1828–1887), Portuguese painter
• Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717), French painter
• Donald Judd (1928–1994), American minimalist artist
• Jens Juel (1745–1802), Danish portrait painter
• Junpei Satoh (1956– ), Western-style painter in Japan
• Gabrijel Jurkić (1886–1974), Croatian artist

K

• Ingrida Kadaka (1967– )
• Frida Kahlo (1907–1954)
• Willem Kalf (1619–1693)
• Jitish Kallat (1974–)
• Kamagurka (1956–)
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
• Paul Kane (1810–1871)
• Rajmund Kanelba (1897–1960)
• Alexander Kanoldt (1881–1939)
• Howard Kanovitz (1929-2009)
• Nabil Kanso (1946–)
• Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990)
• Leon Kaplinski (1826–1873)
• Rabo Karabekian (fictional)
• Alfons Karpiński (1875–1961)
• Karpisek (1981–)
• Nikolai Alekseyevich Kasatkin (1859–1930)
• Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962) Austrian painter, etcher and printmaker
• Wincenty Kasprzycki (1802–1849)
• Alex Katz (1927–)
• Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807)
• František Kaván (1866–1941)
• Otis Kaye (1885–1974), American painter
• John Keane (1954–)
• Carl Eugen Keel (1885–1961)
• Adam Dario Keel (1924 - )
• Gerald Kelly (1879–1972)
• Ferdinand Keller (1842–1922)
• Ellsworth Kelly (1923–)
• Jane Kelly (1956–)
• Rockwell Kent (1882–1971)
• Dóra Keresztes (1953–)
• Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
• I Ketut Soki (1946–)
• Anselm Kiefer (1945–)
• Wiliam Kienbusch (1914–1980)
• Michel Kikoine (1892–1968)
• Eduardo Kingman (1913–1998)
• Thomas Kinkade (1958–)
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
• Raphael Kirchner (1867–1917)
• Per Kirkeby (1938–)
• Moise Kisling (1891–1953)
• R. B. Kitaj (1932–)
• Roar Kjernstad (1975–)
• Konrad Klapheck (1935–)
• Mati Klarwein (1932–2002)
• Paul Klee (1879–1940)
• Yves Klein (1928–1962)
• Heinrich Kley (1863-1952?)
• Karel Klíč (1841–1926)
• Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
• Franz Kline (1910–1962)
• Julius Klinger (1876–1942)
• Max Klinger (1857–1920)
• Hilma af Klint (1862–1944)
• Juraj Julije Klović (1498–1578)
• Dame Laura Knight (1877–1970)
• Jesper Knudsen (1964–)
• Boris Kobe (1905–1981)
• Marcin Kober (1550–1598)
• Ivana Kobilca (1861–1962)
• Christen Købke (1810–1848)
• Aleksander Kobzdej (1920–1972)
• Roman Kochanowski (1857–1945)
• Robert Koehler (1850–1917)
• Ernst Køie (1872–1960)
• Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980)
• Andrei Kolkoutine (1957–)
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945)
• Jan Konůpek (1883–1950)
• Béla Kondor (1935–1972)
• Willem de Kooning (1904–1997)
• Jeff Koons (1955–)
• Frans Koppelaar (1943–)
• Lukasz Korolkiewicz (1948–)
• Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955)
• Juliusz Kossak (1824–1899)
• Wojciech Kossak (1857–1942)
• Franciszek Kostrzewski (1826–1911)
• Rudolf Kotnik (1931–1996)
• Albert Kotin (1907–1980)
• Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877)
• Felicjan Szczesny Kowarski (1890–1848)
• Franc Kralj (1895–1960)
• Tone Kralj (1900–1975)
• Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887)
• Metka Krasovec (1941–)
• Janina Kraupe-Swiderska (1921–1961)
• Andre de Krayewski (1933–)
• Emil Krcha (1894–1972)
• Albert Henry Krehbiel (1873–1951)
• Kristian Kreković (1901–1985)
• Pinchus Kremegne (1890–1981)
• Rudolf Kriesch (1904–1992)
• Christian Krogh (1852–1925)
• Per Krohg (1889–1965)
• Leon Kroll (1884–1974)
• Peder Severin Krøyer (1851–1909)
• Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén (1867–1940)
• Martina Krupičková (1975–)
• Fan Kuan (ca. 990–ca. 1030)
• Konrad Krzyżanowski (1872–1922)
• Alexander Kucharsky (1741–1819)
• Arkhip Kuindzhi (1847–1910)
• Kun Can (1612–1674)
• Otakar Kubín (1883–1969)
• Bohumil Kubista (1884–1918)
• Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893–1953)
• Emma Kunz (1892–1963)
• Jan Kupecký (1667–1740)
• František Kupka (1871–1957)
• Alexander V. Kuprin (1880–1960)
• Yayoi Kusama (1929–)
• Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927)
• Igor Kufayev (1966– )
• Michael Kvium (1955–)
• Vilhelm Kyhn (1819–1903)

L

• Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749–1803)
• Félix Labisse (1905–1982)
• Georges Lacombe (1868–1916)
• Pierre Laffillé (1938-)
• Emile Lahner (1893–1980)
• Wifredo Lam (1902–1982)
• Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov (1910–1972)
• Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743)
• Myra Landau (1926–)
• Ronnie Landfield (1947–)
• Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873)
• Fitz Hugh Lane (1804–1865)
• Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647)
• Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)
• Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003)
• Karol Larisch (1902–1935)
• Julio Larraz (1944–)
• Carl Larsson (1859–1919)
• Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
• Marie Laurencin (1885–1956)
• Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921)
• Ludwik de Laveaux (1868–1894)
• John Lavery (1856–1941)
• Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000)
• Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
• Jesús Mari Lazkano (1960–)
• Elisabetta Lazzarini (1662–1729), Italian
• Gregorio Lazzarini (1655–1730), Italian
• Dang Le Ba Dang (1922-) Vietn./French
• Antoine Le Nain (c.1599-1648)
• Louis Le Nain (c.1601-1648)
• Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677)
• Jan Lebenstein (1930–1999)
• Charles Lebrun (1619–1690)
• Lee Shi-min (1968- )
• Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836–1911)
• Silvestro Lega (1826–1895)
• Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
• Alphonse Legros - (1837–1911)
• Anton Lehmden (1929–)
• Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900)
• Lord Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
• Margaret Leiteritz (1907–1976)
• Franciszek Lekszycki (-1668)
• Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680)
• Ulrich Leman (1885–1988)
• Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980)
• Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904)
• Robert Lenkiewicz (1941–2002)
• Stanislaw Lentz (1861–1920)
• Achille Leonardi (c.1800–1870)
• Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814–1841)
• Charles Le Roux (1814–1895)
• Alfred Leslie (1927-)
• Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)
• Isaac Levitan (1860–1900)
• Dmitry Levitzky (1735–1822)
• Bill Lewis (1953–)
• Wyndham Lewis (1884–1957)
• Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533)
• Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster) (1609–1660), Dutch
• André Lhote (1885–1962)
• Li Fangying (1696–1755)
• Li Gonglin (1049–1106)
• Li Shan (1686–1756)
• Li Tang (d. 1130)
• Liang Kai (12th century - 13th century)
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997)
• Max Liebermann (1847–1935)
• Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939)
• Limbourg brothers (-1416)
• Emil Lindenfeld (1905–1986)
• Allan Linder (1966–)
• Bronislaw Wojciech Linke (1906–1962)
• John Linnell (1792–1873)
• Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891), Swedish artist and painter
• Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789)
• Filippino Lippi (1457–1504)
• Fra Filippo Lippi (ca.1406–1469)
• Arthur Lismer (1885–1969)
• El Lissitzky (1890–1941)
• Stephen Little (born 1954)
• Leopold Loeffler (1827–1898)
• Lojze Logar (1944–)
• German Londoño (1961–)
• Leonard Long (1911–)
• McKendree Long (1888–1976)
• Pietro Longhi (1702–1785)
• Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765)
• Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795)
• Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745)
• Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771)
• Candido Lopez (1840–1902)
• Christian August Lorentzen (1746–1828)
• Pietro Lorenzetti (ca.1280–1348)
• Morris Louis (1912–1962, also listed under Bernstein)
• Claude Lorrain (1600–1682)
• L. S. Lowry (1887–1976)
• Luo Mu (1622–1706)
• Luo Pin (1733–1799)
• Maximilien Luce (1858–1941)
• Lucebert (1924–1994)
• Juan Luna (1857–1899)
• Henrik Lund (1875–1948)
• J. L. Lund (1777–1867)
• Johan Lundbye (1818–1848)
• George Benjamin Luks (1867–1933)
• Lazzaro Luxardo (1865–1949)
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930)

M

• Jan Mabuse (ca.1478-1532)
• M. D. Parashar (1961-)
• Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973)
• Joe Machine (1973–)
• August Macke (1887–1914)
• Daniel Maclise (1806–1870)
• Conroy Maddox (1912–2005)
• Carlo Maderna (1556–1629)
• John Maggs (1819–1896)
• René Magritte (1898–1967)
• Aristide Maillol (1861–1944)
• Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora (1882–1960)
• Hans Makart (1840–1884)
• Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915)
• Tadeusz Makowski (1882–1932)
• Zbigniew Makowski (1930–)
• Kees Maks (1876–1967)
• Vladimir Makuc (1925–)
• Vartan Malakian (1947–)
• Jacek Malczewski (1858–1929)
• Rafal Malczewski (1892–1965)
• Estuardo Maldonado (1930–)
• Władysław Malecki (1836–1900)
• Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935)
• Anita Malfatti (1889–1964)
• Maruja Mallo (1902–1995)
• Man Ray (1890–1976)
• Johan Edvard Mandelberg (1736–1786)
• Josef Mánes (1820–1871)
• Alfred Manessier (1911–1993)
• Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
• Miltos Manetas (1964–)
• Andrea Mantegna (ca.1431-1506)
• Totte Mannes (1933–)
• Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530)
• Adam Manyoki (1673–1756), Magyar painter
• Julius Edvard Marak (1832–1899)
• Franz Marc (1880–1916)
• Conrad Marca-Relli (1913–2000)
• Louis Marcoussis (1883–1941)
• Adam Marczyński (1908–1985)
• Brice Marden (1938–)
• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín (1922–)
• John Marin (1870–1953)
• Jacob Maris (1837–1899)
• Matthijs Maris (1839–1917)
• Willem Maris (1844–1910)
• Theodore Major (1908–1999)
• Terry Marks (1960–)
• Jacques Maroger (1884–1962)
• Luděk Marold (1865–1898)
• Albert Marquet (1875–1947)
• Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873)
• Jozef Marszewski (1825–1883)
• Agnes Martin (1912–2004)
• Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005)
• John Martin (1789–1854)
• Knox Martin (1923–)
• Ndoc Martini (1880–1916)
• Santiago Martinez Delgado (1906–1954)
• Raúl Martínez (1927–1995)
• Johannes Martini (1866–1935)
• Simone Martini (ca.1284-1344)
• Andrey Martynov (1768–1826)
• Tommaso Masaccio (1401–1428)
• Frans Masereel (1889–1971)
• Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926)
• Masolino (ca.1383-1447)
• Frank Mason (1921–)
• Jan Matejko (1838–1893)
• Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
• Quentin Matsys (ca.1466-1530)
• Roberto Matta (1911–2002)
• Antonio Mattei (1900–1956)
• Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000)
• Jaakko Mattila (1976–)
• Karl Matzek (1890–1983)
• Paul Mavrides (1945–)
• Josef Max (1804–1855)
• Peter Max (1937–)
• Linda Mears (1949–)
• Peter McArdle (1965–)
• Sheila McClean
• Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917)
• Bruce McLean (1944–)
• Joseph Patrick "J. P." McMeekin (1857–1936)
• George McNeil (1908–1995)
• Catherine McWilliams (1940–)
• Joseph McWilliams (1938–)
• Dimitre Manassiev Mehandjiysky (1915–1999)
• Robert Medley (1905–1994)
• Józef Mehoffer (1869–1946)
• Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)
• Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891)
• Vadym Meller (1884–1962)
• Antoine Ignace Melling (Anton Ignaz Melling) (1763–1831)
• Arthur Melville (1858–1904)
• Hans Memling (ca.1435-1494)
• Milton Menasco (1890–1974)
• Menez (Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca) (1926–1995)
• Zygmunt Menkes (1896–1986)
• Carlo Mense (1886–1965)
• Adolph Menzel (1815–1905)
• Luc-Olivier Merson (1846–1920)
• Arnold Mesches (1923–)
• Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915)
• Youri Messen-Jaschin (1941–)
• Antonello da Messina (ca.1430-1479)
• Ludwig Mestler (1891–1959)
• Willard Metcalf (1858–1925)
• Mi Fu (also known as Mi Fei) (1051–1107)
• Peter Michael (1972–)
• Antoni Michalak (1902–1975)
• Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855)
• Henri Michaux (1899–1984)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)
• Leo Michelson (1887–1978)
• Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875–1930)
• France Mihelic (1907–1998)
• Kazimierz Mikulski (1918–1998)
• Manolo Millares (1926–)
• Francis Davis Millet (1846–1912)
• Jean-François Millet (1814–1875)
• Min Zhen (1730–1788)
• Luis Miranda (1932–)
• Joan Miró (1893–1983)
• Augustyn Mirys (1700–1790)
• Stanley Matthew Mitruk (1922–2006)
• Orren Mixer (1920–2008)
• Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)
• László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946)
• Luis Molinari (1929–)
• Anton Moller (1563–1611)
• Sylvia Molloy (1914–2008)
• Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
• Claude Monet (1840–1926)
• Eugene Montgomery (1905–2001)
• Thomas Moran (1837–1926)
• Rodolfo Morales (1925–2001)
• Giorgio Morandi, (1890–1964)
• Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
• Camilo Mori (1896–1973)
• Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
• Malcolm Morley (1931–)
• George Morrison (1919-2000)
• Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872)
• Richard Mortensen (1910-1993)
• Mary Moser (1744–1819)
• Gustav-Adolf Mossa (1883–1971)
• Robert Motherwell (1915–1991)
• Ivan Mrkvička (1856–1938)
• Alfons Mucha (1860–1939)
• Friedrich Muller (1749–1825)
• Jan Müller (1922-1958)
• Edvard Munch (1863–1944)
• Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938)
• Loren Munk (1951–)
• Sir Alfred Munnings (1875 - 1959)
• Gabriele Münter (1877–1962)
• Muqi Fachang (13th century)
• Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
• Gerald "Dr. Atl" Murillo (1875–1964)
• Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007)
• Edo Murtić (1921–2005)
• Zoran Music (1909–)
• Girolamo Muziano (1532–1592)
• Caroline Mytinger (1897-1980)

N

• Patrick Nagel (1945–1984), American artist and illustrator
• Albert Namatjira (1902–1959), Australian aboriginal painter of Impressionist landscapes.
• Jørgen Nash (1920–2004), Danish artist, writer and central proponent of situationism
• Paul Nash (1889–1946), English war artist
• Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), Scottish portrait and landscape painter
• Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), Scottish landscape painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), French painter especially of portraits
• Bruce Nauman (1941– ), contemporary American artist
• Josef Navrátil (1798–1865), Bohemian painter of murals, and frescos
• Naza (1955-), Brazilian American painter
• Radi Nedelchev (1938– ), Bulgarian naïve art artist especially of landscapes, village life, and festivals
• Alice Neel (1900–1984), American portrait painter
• Almada Negreiros (1893–1970), Portuguese painter, poet and writer
• LeRoy Neiman (1927– ), American semi-abstract painter of athletes and sporting events
• Odd Nerdrum (1944– ), Norwegian figurative painter.
• Ismael Nery (1900–1934), Brazilian painter, poet, and architect
• Ugo Nespolo (1941– ), Italian artist
• Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942), Russian artist especially of religious Symbolism
• Louise Nevelson (1900–1988), Ukrainian-born American artist
• Barnett Newman (1905–1970), American abstract expressionism artist
• Roy Newell (1914–2006), American abstract painter
• George "Shavey" Noyes (1863–1945)
• Ni Zan (1301–1374), Yuan Dynasty Chinese painter
• Ejnar Nielsen (1872–1956)
• Jan Nieuwenhuys (1922–1986), Dutch painter and founder of CoBrA
• Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), English abstract painter
• Nicomachus of Thebes (4th century BC), ancient Greek painter
• Alexander O. Nikulin (1878–1945)
• Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Japanese American artist and landscape architect
• Sidney Nolan (1917–1992), Australia painter and printmaker
• Kenneth Noland (1924– ), American abstract painter
• Emil Nolde (1867–1956), German painter and printmaker
• Guity Novin (1944- ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter
• Max Magnus Norman (1973– ), Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor
• Zbigniew Nowosadzki (1957– ), Polish painter

O

• Alejandro Obregon (1920–1992), Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver
• Bencho Obreshkov (1899–1970), Bulgarian painter
• Jacques-François Ochard (1800–1870), French artist and teacher
• Leonard Ochtman (1854–1935), American Impressionist painter
• Juan O'Gorman (1905–1982), Mexican painter and architect
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), American artist
• Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn (1935 - 1996)
• Jules Olitski (1922–2007), American abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor
• Viktor Oliva (1861–1928), Czech painter and illustrator
• Nathan Oliveira (1928– ), American painter, printmaker, and sculptor
• J.H. Ferdinand Olivier (-1841)
• Maria van Oosterwijk (1630–1693), Dutch Baroque painter, specializing in still-lifes
• John Opie (1761–1807), Cornish historical and portrait painter
• Andrea Orcagna (1320–1368), Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
• William Quiller Orchardson (1835–1910), Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects
• Bryan Organ (1935– ), English painter
• Davide Orler (1931–)
• Emil Orlik (1870–1932), Austrian painter, etcher, and lithographer
• Aleksander Orłowski (1777–1832), Polish painter, sketch maker, and pioneer of lithography
• José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), Mexican social realist painter
• Sir William Orpen (1878–1931), Irish portrait painter
• Manuel Ortiz de Zarate (1887–1946), Chilean painter
• Erik Ortvad (1917–2008), Danish painter, founding member of the COBRA avant-garde movement
• Charles Osgood (1809–1890)
• Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685), Dutch genre painter
• Lyn Ott (1926–1998), American painter and a follower of Meher Baba
• Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869), German painter and member of the Nazarene movement
• Auseklis Ozols (1941– ), American painter and teacher

P

• Sante Pacini (c. 1760)
• T.K. Padmini (1940–1969)
• Derold Page (1947–)
• Kalervo Palsa (1947–1987)
• Tom Palin (1974–)
• Pamphilus (4th century BC)
• Pan Yuliang (1899–1977)
• Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691–1765)
• Józef Pankiewicz (1866–1940)
• George Papazov (1894–1972)
• Roberto Parada (1969–)
• David Park (1911–1960)
• Ray Parker (1922-1990)
• Parmigianino (1504–1540)
• Antônio Parreiras (1860–1937)
• Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966)
• Ed Paschke (1939–2004)
• Pascin (1885–1930)
• George Passantino (1922–2004)
• Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736)
• Gen Paul (1898-1975
• Julius Paulsen (1860–1940)
• Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827)
• James Peale (1749–1831)
• Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825)
• Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860)
• Rubens Peale (1784–1865)
• Max Pechstein (1881–1955)
• Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007)
• Viggo Pedersen (1854–1926)
• Lucia Peka (1912–1991)
• Waldo Peirce (1884–1970)
• Amelia Peláez (1896–1968)
• Fernand Pelez (1843-1913)
• Gina Pellón (1926–)
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959)
• Relja Penezic (1950–)
• Vincent Pepi (1926-)
• Matteo Perez d'Aleccio (ca.1547-ca.1616)
• Christopher Perkins (1891–1968)
• Constant Permeke (1886–1952)
• Vasily Perov (1833–1882)
• Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933)
• Perugino (ca.1445-1523)
• Robert Storm Petersen (1882–1949)
• Jozef Petkovsek (1861–1898)
• John F. Peto (1854–1907)
• Pedro Pedraja (1974–)
• Pietro Pezzati (1902–1993)
• Erik Pevernagie (1939–)
• Theodor Philipse (1840–1920)
• Ammi Phillips (1788–1865)
• Tom Phillips (1937–)
• Ramón Piaguaje (1962–)
• Henryk Piatkowski (1853–1932)
• Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682–1754)
• Francis Picabia (1879–1953)
• Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
• Paloma Picasso (1949–)
• Ramon Pichot (1872–1925)
• Otto Piene (1928–)
• Delilah Pierce (1904–1992)
• Waldo Pierce (1884–1970)
• André Pijet
• Carl Gustaf Pilo (1711–1793)
• Veno Pilon (1896–1970)
• Howardena Pindell (1943–)
• Xavier Blum Pinto (1957–)
• Luis Fernando Pinzon (1975–)
• Pinturicchio (ca.1454-1513)
• Nikolaj Pirnat (1903–1948)
• Pisanello (ca.1395-1455)
• Joseph Pisani (1971–)
• Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
• Antoni Pitxot (1934–)
• Otto Placht (1962–)
• Stefan Planinc (1925–)
• Jan Bogumil Plersch (1732–1817)
• John Plumb (1927-2008)
• Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855–1940)
• Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1895)
• Marjan Pogacnik (1953–)
• Vasily Polenov (1844–1927)
• Serge Poliakoff (1900–1969)
• Grace Polit (????)
• Sigmar Polke (1941–)
• P.H. Polk (1898–1984)
• Jackson Pollock (1912–1956)
• Liubov Popova (1889–1924)
• Stefan Popowski (1870–1937)
• Fairfield Porter (1907–1975)
• Candido Portinari (1903–1962)
• Paulus Potter (1625–1654)
• Fuller Potter (1910–1990)
• Piotr Potworowski (1898–1962)
• Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
• Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709)
• Harvey Pratt (1941–)
• Marij Pregelj (1913–1967)
• Maurice Prendergast (1861–1924)
• Gregorio Prestopino (1907-1984)
• Mary Elizabeth Price (1877-1965)
• Nelson Primus (1843-ca.1916)
• Alice Prin (1901–1953)
• František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791)
• Andrzej Pronaszko (1888–1961)
• Zbigniew Pronaszko (1885–1858)
• Samuel Prout (1783–1852)
• Tadeusz Pruszkówski (1888–1942)
• Witold Pruszkówski (1846–1896)
• Janez Puhar (1814–1864)
• Hovsep Pushman (1877–1966)
• Sasha Putrya (1977–1989)
• Patrick Pye (1929–)

Q

• Qi Baishi (1864–1957), Chinese painter and seal carver
• Qian Xuan (1235–1305), Chinese landscape and "fur and feathers" painter
• Qiu Ying (1494–1552), Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique
• Qu Leilei (1951- ), Chinese calligrapher, painter and author
• Lam Qua (1801–1860), Chinese portrait painter
• Domenico Quaglio the Younger (1787–1837), German painter, engraver, stage designer, and architect
• Enguerrand Quarton or Charonton (c.1410-c.1466), French painter and manuscript illuminator
• Erasmus Quellinus the Elder (1607–1678)
• August Querfurt (1696–1761)
• Jan Maurits Quinckhardt (1688–1772)
• Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter

R

• Ivan Rabuzin (1921–)
• Mirko Rački (1879–1982)
• Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970)
• Zygmunt Radnicki (1894–1969)
• Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823)
• Rena Rago (1921–2007)
• Karl Rahl (1812–1865)
• Francesco Raibolini (1453–1518)
• Victor Noble Rainbird (1888–1936)
• Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)
• Ivan Ranger (1700–1753)
• Raphael (1483–1520)
• Dorning Rasbotham (1730–1791)
• Slava Raškaj (1877–1906)
• Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008)
• Edward Willis Redfield (1869–1965)
• Tommaso Redi (1665–1726)
• Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
• Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759–1840)
• Paula Rego (1935–)
• Don Reichert (1932–)
• Robert Reid (1862–1929)
• Václav Vavřinec Reiner (1688–1743)
• Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669)
• Frederic Remington (1861–1909)
• Manuel Rendón Seminario (1894–1982)
• Ren Renfa (1254–1327)
• Ren Yi (1840–1896)
• Guido Reni (1575–1642)
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
• Pierre R. Renoir (1958–)
• Louis Renzoni (1952-
• Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844–1930)
• Marcos Restrepo (1961–)
• Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
• Théodule Ribot (1823–1891)
• Susan Elizabeth Rice
• Jesse Richards (1975–)
• Gerhard Richter (1932–)
• Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743)
• Bridget Riley (1931–)
• L. A. Ring (1854–1933)
• Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002)
• Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim (1825–1901)
• Arturo Rivera (1945–)
• Diego Rivera (1886–1957)
• Larry Rivers (1923–2002)
• Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
• Elizabeth B. Robinson (1832–1897)
• Theodore Robinson (1852–1896)
• Norman Rockwell (1894- 1978)
• Henryk Rodakowski (1823–1894)
• Alexandr Rodchenko (1891–1956)
• Holger Roed (1846–1874)
• Jørgen Roed (1808–1888)
• Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947)
• Svetoslav Roerich (1904–1993)
• Christian Rohlfs (1849–1938)
• Fedor Rokotov (1736–1809)
• Osvaldo Romberg (1938–)
• George Romney (1734–1802)
• Anton Rooskens (1906–1976)
• Martinus Rørbye (1803–1848)
• Jan Henryk Rosen (1891–1982)
• James Rosenquist (1933–)
• Alexander Roslin (1718–1798)
• Toros Roslin (1210–1270)
• Alex Ross
• Bob Ross (1942–1995)
• Mohammad Rokhsefat (1982–)
• Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz (1956–)
• Mark Rothko (1903–1970)
• Georges Rouault (1871–1958)
• Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)
• Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867)
• Josep Rovira Soler (1900–1998)
• Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
• Andrei Rublev (ca.1360-1430)
• Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa (1897–1888)
• Andrée Ruellan (1905-2006), American painter
• Jacob van Ruisdael or Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael (1628–1682)
• Salomon van Ruisdael (c.1602-1670)
• Veronica Ruiz de Velasco
• Phillip Otto Runge (1777–1810)
• Edward Ruscha (1937–)
• Nadya Rusheva (1952–1969)
• Santiago Rusiñol (1861–1931)
• Robert Russ (1847–1922)
• Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926)
• Morgan Russell (1886–1953)
• Jan Rustem (1762–1835)
• Dumitru Rusu (1938–)
• Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936)
• Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
• Andrei Ryabushkin (1861–1904)
• Tadeusz Rybkowski (1848–1926)
• Anne Ryan (1889-1954)
• Czeslaw Rzepinski (1905–1995)
• Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)

S

• Betye Saar (1926–)
• Gaetano Sabatini (1703–1734) Italian draftsman and painter
• Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597–1665)
• Adam Saks (1974–)
• Tahir Salahov (1928–)
• Artur Nacht Samborski (1898–1974)
• Stanislaw Samostrzelnik (1480–1541)
• Hugo Sánchez B. (1940–))
• Joop Sanders (1921-)
• Bernat Sanjuan (1915–1979)
• Dominique Sanson (1949–)
• John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
• Andrea del Sarto (1487–1531)
• Arthur Sarkissian (artist) (1960-) Armenian Painter
• Martiros Saryan (1880–1972) Armenian Painter
• Raymond Saunders (1934–)
• Antonio Saura (1930–1998)
• Anne Savage (1896–1971)
• Jenny Saville (1970–)
• Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov (1830–1897)
• Jan Sawka (1946–)
• Fikret Muallâ Saygı (1903–1967), Turkish painter
• Gottfried Schalken (1643–1706) Dutch painter
• Louis Schanker (1903–1981)
• Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
• Jakub Schikaneder (1855–1924)
• Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946)
• Rudolf Schlichter (1890–1955)
• Edward Schmidt
• Richard Schmid (1934–)
• George Schmidt (1944–)
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976)
• Julian Schnabel (1952–)
• Georg Scholz (1890–1945)
• P. A. Schou (1844–1914)
• Karl Schrag (1912–)
• Georg Schrimpf (1889–1938)
• Daniel Schultz (1615–1683)
• Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984)
• Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948)
• Samuel Scott (1703–1772) English marine/topographical painter and etcher
• Tom Scott RSA (1854–1927)
• William Edouard Scott (1884–1964)
• Sean Scully
• Felipe Seade (1912–1969)
• Charles Sebree (1914–1985)
• Maksim Sedej (1909–1974)
• Otakar Sedloň (1885–1973)
• Richard Sedlon (1900–1991)
• Lasar Segall (1891–1957)
• Olaf Carl Seltzer (1877–1957)
• Jacek Sempoliński (1927–)
• Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967)
• Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865–1911)
• Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931)
• Natalija Šeruga (1971–)
• Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
• Gino Severini (1883–1966)
• Joseph Severn (1793–1879)
• Harold Shapinsky (1925–2004)
• Yevgeni Shchukin (1959–)
• Millard Sheets (1907–1989)
• Shen Zhou (1427–1509)
• Toshiaki Shibata (1967–)
• Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898)
• Shitao (1642–1707)
• Harry Shoulberg (1903–1995)
• Ram Chandra Shukla (1925)
• Odhiambo Siangla (1961)
• Kazimierz Sichulski (1879–1942)
• Walter Sickert (1860–1942)
• Zygmunt Sidorowicz (1846–1881)
• Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902)
• Paul Signac (1863–1935)
• Telemaco Signorini (1835–1901)
• Josef Sima (1891–1971)
• Hugo Simberg (1873–1917)
• Jozef Simmler (1823–1868)
• David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)
• Mario Sironi (1885–1961)
• Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
• Joakim Skovgaard (1856–1933)
• Niels Skovgaard (1858–1938)
• P.C. Skovgaard (1817–1875)
• Antonín Slavíček (1870–1910)
• Ludomir Slendzinski (1697–1765)
• Max Slevogt (1868–1932)
• Władysław Ślewiński (1854–1918)
• Harald Slott-Moller (1864–1937)
• Frank E. Smith (1935–)
• Guinever Smith (1960–)
• Matthew Smith (1879–1959)
• Hinko Smrekar (1883–1942)
• Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745–1807)
• Sylvia Snowden (1942–)
• Joan Snyder (1940-)
• Marek Sobczyk (1955–)
• Leszek Sobocki (1934–)
• Xul Solar (1887–1963)
• Morten E. Solberg (1935–)
• Koloman Sokol (1902–2003)
• Anton Solomoukha (1945–)
• Konstantin Somov (1869–1939)
• Jens Søndergaard (1895–1957)
• Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863–1923)
• John Souch (c1593-1645)
• Pierre Soulages (1919–)
• Camille Souter (1929–)
• Chaim Soutine (1894–1944)
• Raphael Soyer (1899–1987)
• Litsa Spathi (1958–)
• Lojze Spacal (1907–2000)
• Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956)
• Niles Spencer (1883–1952)
• Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
• Nancy Spero
• Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885)
• Sebastian Spreng (1956)
• Carl Sprinchron (1887–1971)
• Jan Spychalski (1893–1946)
• Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1929)
• Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955)
• Jerzy Stajuda (1936–1992)
• Delsy Syamsumar (1935-2001) Indonesian painter and illustrator
• Jan Stanisławski (1860–1907)
• Wojciech Korneli Stattler (1800–1875)
• Henryk Stażewski (1894–)
• Andrzej Stech (1635–1697)
• Karel Štěch (1908–1982)
• Jan Steen (1626–1679)
• Joe Stefanelli painter (1921–)
• Kajetan Stefanowicz (1876–1920)
• Hannes Steinert (1954–)
• Jacob Steinhardt (1887–1968)
• Eduard von Steinle (1810–1886)
• Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
• Juan Carlos Stekelman (1936–)
• Frank Stella (1936–)
• Matej Sternen (1870–1949)
• Clyfford Still (1904–1980)
• Stan Stokes
• Myron Stout (1908–1987)
• Frans Straathof (1952–)
• Robert Strange (1721–1792)
• Arthur Streeton (1867–1943)
• Bartlomiej Strobel (1591–1650)
• Vonn Ströpp (1962)
• Drew Struzan (1947)
• Zofia Stryjenska (1894–1976)
• Wladyslaw Strzeminski (1893–1952)
• Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828)
• George Stubbs (1724–1806)
• Franz Stuck (1863–1928)
• Gabrijel Stupica (1913–1990)
• Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942)
• Sava Sumanovic (1896–1942)
• January Suchodolski (1797–1875)
• Serge Sudeikin (1882–1946)
• Alberto Sughi (1928–)
• Vasily Surikov (1848–1916)
• George B. Sutherland
• Graham Sutherland (1903–1980)
• Linda Sutton (1947–)
• Janez Šubic, jr. (1850–1889)
• Jurij Šubic (1855–1890)
• Max Švabinský (1873–1962)
• Max Walter Svanberg (1912-1994)
• Eva Švankmajerová (1940–2005)
• Sergei Sviatchenko (1952-)
• Tom Swimm (1950–)
• Roger Swainston (1960–)
• Henryk Szczyglinski (1881–1944)
• Jozef Szermentowski (1833–1876)
• Władysław Szerner (1836–1916)
• Jerzy Eleuter Szymonowicz-Siemiginowski (1660–1711)

T

• Jean Tabaud (1914–1996), French portrait painter and war artist
• Enrique Tábara (1930– ), Ecuadorian painter and teacher
• Yasse Tabuchi (1921-), Japanese painter
• Reuben Tam (1916–1991), American landscape painter, educator and graphic artist
• Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), Zapotecan Indian painter
• Josefina Tanganelli Plana (1904–1966), Spanish painter
• Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painter
• Henry O. Tanner (1859–1937), Early African American artist
• Michel Tapié (1909–1987), French critic, curator, and collector of art, theorist and practitioner of "tachisme"
• Antoni Tàpies (1923– ), Spanish Catalan painter
• Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862–1938), American Impressionist painter and member of the Ten American Painters
• Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953), Russian painter and architect
• Daniel Taylor (1955– ), Canadian painter of realism portraits and wildlife art
• Afewerk Tekle (1932– ), Ethiopian artist especially of paintings on African and Christian themes as well as stained glass
• David Teniers III (1638–1685), Flemish painter
• Hendrick Terbrugghen (1588–1629), Dutch painter and Caravaggisti
• Pietro Testa (1617–1650), Italian High Baroque artist, printmaker and draftsman
• Wlodzimierz Tetmajer (1861–1923), Polish painter
• Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849 – 1921), American artist, naturalist and teacher
• Theophanes the Greek (1340–1410), Byzantine Greek artist and one of the greatest icon painters of Russia
• Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954)
• Jan Theuninck (1954– ), Belgian painter and poet
• Wayne Thiebaud (1920– ), American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks
• Alma Thomas (1894–1978), African American color field painter and art educator
• Edward H. Thompson (1879–1949), English painter
• Robert Thompson (1936–1966)
• CA. Thomsen (1847–1912)
• Charles Thomson (1953– ), English artist, painter, poet, photographer
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian artist
• William Thon (1906–2000)
• Jens Jørgen Thorsen (1932–2000), Danish artist
• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Venetian painter and printmaker
• Walasse Ting, (1929-), Chinese/American painter
• Tintoretto (1518–1594), one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance
• Joze Tisnikar (1928–1998)
• James Tissot (1836–1902), French painter especially of painted portraits and genre subjects
• Titian (1488–1576), leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian school of the Italian Renaissance
• Alton Tobey (1914–2005), American artist who was a painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator, and teacher of art
• Mark Tobey (1890–1976), American abstract expressionist painter
• Jozef Tominc (1790–1866)
• Bradley Walker Tomlin (1899-1955)
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001)
• Veikko Törmänen (1945– ), Finnish artist who paints and makes graphic art
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–)
• Jacques Toutain-Dorbec (1923–)
• Toyen (1902–1980), Czech painter, draftsman and illustrator, a member of the surrealist movement
• Kurt Trampedach (1943-), Danish painter
• Fran Tratnik (1881–1957)
• Bill Traylor (1854–1947), self-taught artist born an Alabama slave
• Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006), Russian self-taught artist who painted realistic figures, portraits, still life and animals
• Jan Tricius (1750–1814)
• Wincenty Trojanowski (1859–1928)
• Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776–1857), Russian Romantic painter
• Clovis Trouille (1889–1975), French painter, who was also a decorator of department store mannequins
• Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752), French Rococo painter and tapestry designer
• Wilhelm Trübner (1851–1917), German realist painter
• John Trumbull (1756–1843), American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War
• Werner Tübke (1929–2004), German painter
• Tony Tuckson (1921–1973), Australian abstract expressionist
• Bernt Tunold (1877–1946), Norwegian painter especially of the nature and landscape of western Norway
• J. M. W. Turner (1775–1850), English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker
• Glennray Tutor (1950– ), American painter known for his photorealistic paintings
• Laurits Tuxen (1853–1927)
• Luc Tuymans (1958– ), Belgian contemporary artist
• John Henry Twachtman (1853–1902), American painter of impressionist landscapes
• Cy Twombly (1928– ), American artist known for his large scale, freely-scribbled, calligraphic style graffiti paintings
• Barbara Tyson-Mosley (1950–)

U

• Raoul Ubac (1910–1985), French painter, sculptor and engraver
• Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), Italian painter noted for pioneering work on visual perspective in art
• Euan Uglow (1932–2000), English figurative painter
• Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911), German painter of genre and religious subjects
• Maria Uhden (1892–1918)
• William Unger (1837–1932)
• Michelangelo Unterberger (1695–1753)
• Modest Urgell (1839–1919), Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright of comedies
• Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran (1893–1965), Spanish painter of murals and landscapes
• Simon Ushakov (1626–1686), Russian graphic artist of the late 17th-century
• Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806), Japanese printmaker and painter, and artist of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e)
• Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955), French painter who specialized in cityscapes
• Dechko Uzunov (1899–1986), Bulgarian painter

V

• Christiane Vleugels (1963-)
• Perin del Vaga (1499–1547)
• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938)
• Juan de Valdés Leal (1622–1690)
• Víctor Manuel García Valdés (1897–1967)
• Nina Petrovna Valetova (1958–)
• Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
• Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641)
• Maksimilijan Vanka (1889–1963)
• Bernard van Orley (1487 to 1491? - 1541)
• Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)
• Victor Vasarely (1908–1997)
• Vladimir Vasicek (1919–2003)
• Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926)
• Marie Vassilieff (1884–1957)
• Gee Vaucher (1945–)
• Philipp Veit (1793–1877)
• Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
• Jorge Velarde (1960–)
• Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
• Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611–1693)
• Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707)
• Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904)
• Fernand Verhaegen (1883–1975)
• Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675)
• Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910)
• Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1500–1559)
• Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
• Paolo Veronese (1528–1588)
• Andrea del Verrocchio (ca.1435-1488)
• Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809)
• Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755–1842)
• Aníbal Villacís (1927–)
• Juan Villafuerte (1945–1977)
• Jacques Villon (1875–1963)
• Oswaldo Viteri (1931–)
• Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (1699–1761)
• Boris Vladimirski (1878–1950)
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958)
• Simon de Vlieger (1601–1653)
• Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826)
• Karl Völker (1889–1962)
• Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988)
• Wolf Vostell (1932–1998)
• Simon Vouet (1590–1649)
• Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647)
• Cornelisz Vroom (1600–1661)
• Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910)
• Edouard Vuillard (1868–1940)

W

• Yoshihiko Wada (1940–)
• Alfons Walde (1891–1958)
• Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949)
• Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936)
• Wang Shishen (1686–1759)
• Wang Shiyan (1949–)
• Everett Warner (1877–1963)
• Wang Meng (1308–1385)
• Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948)
• Alfred Wallis (1855–1942)
• Henry Wallis (1830–1916)
• Wladyslaw Wankie (1860–1925)
• Walenty Wańkowicz (1746?-1813?)
• Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
• Wacław Wąsowicz (1891–1942)
• John William Waterhouse (1849–1917)
• Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
• Czeslaw Wdowiszewski (1904–1982)
• Gerda Wegener (1886–1940)
• Wang Wei (701–761)
• Carel Weight (1908–1997)
• Susan Weil (1930–)
• J. Alden Weir (1852–1919)
• Jerry Weiss (1959-)
• Wojciech Weiss (1875–1950)
• Elisabeth Wierzbicka Wela (1964–)
• Neil Welliver (1929–2005)
• Wen Tong (1019–1079)
• Wen Zhengming (1470–1559)
• Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645)
• Kurt Wenner
• Adolf Ulric Wertmüller (1751–1811)
• Jakub Wessel (1710–1780)
• Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004)
• Benjamin West (1738–1820)
• Roger van der Weyden (1399–1464)
• James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
• Brett Whiteley (1939–1992)
• Stanley Whitney
• Antoine Wiertz (1806–1865), Belgian painter/sculptor
• Bjørn Wiinblad (1918–2006)
• Jerry Wilkerson (1943–)
• David Wilkie (1785–1841)
• Adolphe Willette (1857–1926)
• Charles Williams (1965–)
• Carel Willink (1900–1983)
• Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863–1958)
• Richard Wilson (1713–1782)
• Konrad Winkler (1882–1862)
• Stanisław Witkiewicz (1855–1915)
• Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939)
• Romuald Kamil Witkowski (1876–1950)
• Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692)
• Konrad Witz (1410–1446)
• David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992)
• Kazimierz Wojniakowski (1772–1812)
• Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879–1909)
• Theo Wolvecamp (1925–1992)
• Christopher Wood (b. 1962)
• John Christopher Wood (1901–1930)
• Grant Wood (1891–1942)
• Charles H. Woodbury (1864–1940)
• Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945)
• Troels Wörsel (1950–)
• Zao Wou Ki (1921–)
• Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668)
• Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797)
• Andrzej Wróblewski (1927–1957)
• Wu Changshuo (1844–1927)
• Wu Guanzhong (1919–)
• Wu Tao-Tzu (680–740)
• Wu Zhen (1280–1354)
• Paul Wunderlich (1927–)
• Leon Wyczółkowski (1852–1936)
• Jan Wydra (1902–1937)
• Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009)
• Jamie Wyeth (1946–)
• N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945)
• Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907)

X

• Jean Xceron (1890–1967), American abstract painter of Greek origin
• Xie He (6th Century), Chinese painter, writer, art historian and critic
• Xu Beihong (1895–1953), Chinese painter of shuimohua (Chinese ink paintings) of horses and birds
• Xu Wei (1521–1593), Ming Dynasty Chinese painter, poet and dramatist
• Xul Solar (1887–1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages

Y

• Ahmed Yacoubi (1931–1985), Moroccan painter and story-teller
• Yang Buzhi (1098–1167), Song Dynasty Chinese ink painter of plum blossoms
• Taro Yamamoto (artist) (1919-1994)
• Nikolai Yaroshenko (1846–1898), Russian painter of Ukrainian origin, member of the Peredvizhniki
• Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957), Irish artist
• Delmer J. Yoakum (1915–1996), American fine artist, oil and watercolor painter, designer, serigrapher, Disneyland and Hollywood motion picture studio scenic artist
• Joseph Yoakum (1886–1972), landscape artist of African-American and Native American descent
• Yun Shouping (1633–1690), Chinese flower painter and one of the Six Masters of the early Qing period
• Yun-Fei Ji (1963-)
• Konstantin Yuon (1875–1958), Russian painter and theatre designer

Z

• Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967), Russian painter and sculptor
• Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917), Danish painter
• Sergey Zagraevsky (1964-), Russian painter
• Eugeniusz Żak (1884–1926), Polish painter
• Marcin Zaleski (1796–1877), Polish painter
• Jan Zamoyski (artist) (1901–1986)
• Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (1581–1641), Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School
• Wolfgang Zelmer (1948 - ), German painter especially of modern mystical still life paintings and etchings
• Karl Zerbe (1903-1972)
• Zha Shibiao (1615–1698), Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher
• Zhan Ziqian (6th Century), Chinese painter of genres and religion paintings
• Zhang Shuqi (1901–1957), Chinese painter of Bird-and-flower paintings
• Zhang Xiaogang (1958– ), Chinese symbolist and surrealist painter
• Zhang Xuan (8th Century), Chinese painter
• Zhang Zeduan (12th Century), Chinese painter of shan shui
• Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty
• Hristofor Zhefarovich (18th century), painter, engraver, writer and poet
• Zheng Xie (1693–1765), Chinese painter
• Zhu Da (1626–1705), Chinese painter of shuimohua and a calligrapher
• Félix Ziem (1821–1911), French painter in the style of the Barbizon School
• Franciszek Żmurko (1859–1910), Polish painter
• Johann Zoffany (1733–1810), German neoclassical painter
• Zahari Zograf (1810–1853), Bulgarian painter
• Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), American fauvist painter, textile artist and graphic designer
• William Zorach (1889–1966), Lithuanian-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer
• Anders Zorn (1860–1920), Swedish painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching
• Larry Zox (1937–2006), American painter and printmaker
• Jan Zrzavý (1890–1977), Czech painter, graphic artist, and illustrator
• Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian Rococo painter
• Federico Zuccari (1543–1609), Italian Mannerist painter and architect
• Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945), Spanish Basque painter
• Francisco Zúñiga (1912–1998), Costa Rican and Mexican painter and sculptor
• Francisco de Zurbarán or Zurbarán (1598–1664), Spanish painter especially of monks, nuns, and martyrs, and still-lifes

See also

• Lists of painters
• List of painters by nationality
• List of contemporary artists
• List of sculptors
• List of architects
• List of graphic designers
• List of illustrators
• List of modern artists
• List of typographers
• Painting