The following list is a partial list of painters.

Shortcuts to highly popular painters:

• Paul Cézanne, (1839-1906), French artist
• Salvador Dalí, (1904-1989), Catalan artist
• Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch painter
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, (1475-1564), Italian sculptor and painter
• Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
• Claude Monet, (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
• Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973), Spanish cubist artist
• Jackson Pollock, (1912-1956), US abstract expressionist painter
• Raphael, (1483-1520), Italian painter
• Rembrandt, (1606-1669), Dutch painter
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919), French impressionist painter
• Peter Paul Rubens, (1577-1640), Belgian painter

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• Hans von Aachen, (1552-1615), German mannerist
• Edwin Austin Abbey, (1852-1911), USA painter
• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, (1744-1809), Danish painter
• Bernard Accama, (1697-1756), Dutch painter
• Andreas Achenbach, (1815-1910), German painter
• Oswald Achenbach, (1827-1905), German painter
• Franklin Adams
• Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575), Dutch painter
• Aetion (4th century BC)
• Yaacov Agam (born 1928)
• Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1848)
• Christoph Ludwig Agricola, (1667-1719), German landscape painter
• Ivan Aivazovsky, (1817-1900), Russian seascape painter of Armenian descent
• Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Polish painter
• Josef Albers (1888-1976)
• Mariotto Albertinelli, (1474 - 1515), Italian painter
• Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Polish painter
• Pierre Alechinsky, (born 1927}, Belgian painter
• Fedor Alekseev, (1753 - 1824), early Russian landscape painter.
• Mikolas Ales (1852-1913)
• Else Alfelt, (1910-1974), Danish painter
• Alessandro Algardi, (1595-1654), sculptor, painter
• David Allan (1744-1796)
• Alessandro Allori, (1577-1621), Italian painter
• Cristofano Allori, (died 1621), Italian painter
• Washington Allston (1779-1843)
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (1836-1912)
• Charles Alston (1907-1977)
• Albrecht Altdorfer, (1480-1538), German painter
• Altichiero (1320-1395), Italian painter
• Jacopo Amigoni (1685-1752)
• Anna Ancher (1859-1935), Danish painter
• Michael Peter Ancher (1849-1927), Danish painter
• Carl Andre (born 1935)
• Ran Andrews (born 1956), Canadian painter
• Fra Angelico (1387-1445) (or Beato Angelico - Real name: Giovanni da Fiesole)
• Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
• Richard Anuszkiewicz
• Apelles (4th century BC)
• Zvest Apollonio, (born 1935), painter and graphic artist.
• Karel Appel (born 1921)
• Giussepe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)
• Jean Arp, (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet
• John James Audubon, (1785-1851), naturalist, illustrator
• Jean-Michel Atlan, (1913-1960
• Frank Auerbach (born 1931)
• Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)
• Milton Avery, (1885-1965), USA painter
• Hovhannes (Ivan) Ayvazovski (1817-1900), Armenian painter

B

• Marcello Bacciarelli, Polish painter
• Francis Bacon (painter), (1909-1992), British Artist
• William Jacob Baer, (1860-1941), U.S. painter
• Albert Baertsoen, (born 1866), Flemish painter, etcher
• Leonard Bahr, (1905-1990), U.S., Maryland painter
• Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631-1708)
• Hans Baldung (1484-1545)
• Robert Ballagh, painter, Aosdána
• Vincenzo Balsamo, (born 1935), Italian painter, etcher
• Balthus (1908-2001) (Count Balthasas Klossowski de Rola)
• Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901)
• Bapu (born 1933)
• Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine (1888-1944)
• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, (1591-1666), Italian painter.
• George Barker, (1882-1965), U.S. painter
• Ernie Barnes (born 1938)
• Geoffrey Barnes (born 1972)
• James Barry, British painter
• Hans von Bartels, (1856-1913), German painter
• Richmond Barthe (1901- c.1990)
• Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941)
• Fra Bartolommeo (1474-1517)
• Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815)
• Georg Baselitz, (born 1938), painter and sculptor
• Marie Bashkirtseff, (1860-1884), Ukrainian painter
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
• Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-1592)
• Robert Bateman (born 1930)
• David Bates (born 1952), American painter
• Maxwell Bates (1906-1980), Canadian expressionist painter and architect
• Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787)
• Frédéric Bazille, (1841-1870)
• Romare Bearden (1914-1988)
• Cecilia Beaux (c. 1900)
• Robert Bechtle (born 1932)
• Jasmine Becket-Griffith, fantasy painter
• Max Beckmann, (1884-1950), painter, dramatist, author
• Captain Beefheart, (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
• Zdzislaw Beksinski, (born 1929) Polish painter
• Giovanni Bellini, (c.1430-1516), Italian painter
• Gentile Bellini, (c.1429-1507), Italian painter
• Jacopo Bellini, (c.1400-1470), Italian painter
• Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
• Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter
• George Wesley Bellows, (1882-1925), U.S. painter
• Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962)
• Wilhelm Bendz (1804-1832), Danish painter
• Frank Weston Benson, (1862-1951), U.S. painter
• Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), U.S. painter
• Emerik Bernard, (born 1927), painter.
• Janez Bernik, (born 1933), painter and graphic artist.
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (1598-1680), Italian architect, sculptor, painter
• Jen Besemer, (born 1970), surrealist poet and painter
• Elsa Beskow, (1874 - 1953), Swedish writer, painter
• Henryka Beyer, Polish painter
• George Biddle, (1885 - 1973), U.S. painter
• Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902)
• Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa, Polish painter
• Ejler Bille, (born 1910), Danish sculptor, painter
• Henry Billings, (1901 - 1987), U.S. painter
• George Caleb Bingham (1811 - 1879), U.S. painter
• S J "Lamorna" Birch (1869 - 1955)
• Wilhelm Bissen (1836-1913), Danish painter
• William Blake, (1757 - 1827), English painter, poet
• Ralph Albert Blakelock, (1847 - 1919)
• Arnold Blanch, (1896 - 1968), U.S. painter
• Ross Bleckner, (born 1949), US painter
• Carl Bloch (1834 - 1890), Danish painter
• Izaak van den Blocke, Polish painter
• Peter Blume, (1906 - 1992), U.S. painter
• David G. Blythe, (1815 - 1865), U.S. painter
• François Bocion (1828 - 1890), Swiss painter
• Arnold Böcklin, (1827 - 1901)
• Karl Bodmer, (1809-1893), painter of the U.S. West
• Krzysztof Boguszewski, Polish painter
• Aaron Bohrod, (1907 - 1992), U.S. painter
• Angel Boliver, Mexican painter
• David Bomberg, (1890 - 1957), painter
• Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899)
• Claude Bonin-Pissarro (born 1921)
• Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828)
• Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947)
• Francesco Bonsignori (1460 - 1519)
• Bogdan Borcic, painter and graphic artist
• Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
• Hieronymus Bosch (c.1460 - 1518)
• Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573 - 1612)
• Fernando Botero (born 1932), Colombian Painter
• Sandro Botticelli, (1445 - 1510), Italian painter
• François Boucher (1703 - 1770)
• Eugène Boudin
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905)
• P. Rostrup Bøyesen (1882 - 1952), Danish painter
• Olga Boznanska, Polish painter
• Louis Bouché, (1896 - 1969), U.S. painter
• Robert Brackman, (1898 - 1980)
• Jozef Brandt, Polish painter
• Alan Bray, (born 1946), U.S. painter
• Carl Fredrik von Breda, (1759 - 1818)
• Breyten Breytenbach, (born 1939)
• Pierre Brissaud, (1885-1964), French illustrator, painter
• Louis le Brocquy, (born 1916), Saoi of Aosdána, painter
• Ann Brockman, (1898 or 1899 - 1943), U.S. painter
• Antoni Brodowski, Polish painter
• Agnolo Bronzino
• Alexander Brook, (1898 - 1980), U.S. painter
• Bertram Brooker, theosophist painter
• Cecily Brown
• Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)
• Michael Brown
• Rush Brown, (born 1948), U.S. painter
• Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), Flemish painter
• Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678), Flemish painter
• Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569), Flemish painter
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638), Flemish painter
• Tadeusz Brzozowski, Polish painter
• Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
• Charles Ephraim Burchfield, (1893 - 1967), U.S. painter
• William Partridge Burpee, (1846-1940), US painter
• John Byrne, (born 1950), comic creator, painter

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• Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 -1933), American Impressionist painter
• Pogus Caesar African Caribbean pointillist painter
• Alexander Calder, (1898-1976), mobiles
• Gustave Caillebotte, (1848-1894), French painter
• Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
• Canaletto, (1697 - 1768), Italian painter
• Josef Capek, (1887-1945), Czech painter
• Tom Carapic, (born 1939)
• Caravaggio, (1573-1610), Italian Renaissance painter
• Ivan Cargo, (1898-1958), painter.
• John Fabian Carlson, (1875-1945)
• Carpaccio, (c.1460-1525), Italian painter
• Emily Carr, (1871-1945), Canadian painter and writer.
• Annibale Carracci (1557-1602)
• Agostino Carracci, (1560-1609),
• Cazasoles, (1952) Cuban born painter
• Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619)
• Mary Cassatt (1844-1926?)
• Alfred Joseph Casson, (1898-1992), painter
• Avgust Cernigoj, (1898-1985), painter.
• Bartolomeo Cesi (1556-1629)
• Paul Cézanne, (1839-1906)
• Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)
• Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958)
• Michael Ray Charles, (born 1967)
• Nicolas Charlet, (1792-1845), painter
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)
• Jozef Chelmonski, Polish painter
• Giorgio de Chirico, (1888-1978), Italian painter
• Omar Chkhaidze, (born 1944), Georgian, Russian painter
• Adam Chmielowski, Polish painter
• Daniel Chodowiecki, (died 1801), German painter
• Frederick Edwin Church, (1826-1900), U.S. painter
• Leon Chwistek, Polish painter
• Tomasz Ciecierski, Polish painter
• Cimabue, (1240-1302), Italian painter
• Joze Ciuha, (born 1924), painter, graphic artist and illustrator.
• Franz Cizek (1865-1946)
• Francois Clouet
• Giorgio Giulio Clovio, (1498-1578), Croatian miniature painter
• Charles Codman, (1800-1842), U.S. painter
• Thomas Cole, (1801-1948), US painter
• Evert Collier, (1640-1707), Dutch painter
• John Collier, (1850-1934), painter, author
• Jean Colombe (mid-1400s)
• John Constable (1776-1837)
• Constant, (born 1920)
• D.D. Coombs, US painter
• John Singleton Copley (1737-1815)
• Lovis Corinth, (1858-1925), painter and graphic artist
• Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, (1796-1879), French painter
• Corneille (born 1922)
• Thomas Cornell, (born 1937), U.S. painter
• Correggio (1489-1534)
• Pietro da Cortona, (1596-1669), architect, painter
• Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521)
• Pierre Auguste Cot
• Noel Counihan, (1913-1986, Australian Painter
• Gustave Courbet, (1819-1877), French painter
• Thomas Couture, (1815-1879), French painter and teacher
• Lucas Cranach the elder, (1472-1553), German painter
• Lucas Cranach the younger (1515-1586)
• Jean Crotti, (1878-1958)
• Thomas Crotty, (born 1954), U.S. painter
• Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
• Boleslaw Cybis, Polish painter
• Jan Cybis, Polish painter
• Cydney
• Wladyslaw Czachorski, Polish painter
• Jozef Czapski, Polish painter
• Marcin Czarny, Polish painter
• Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter
• Tytus Czyzewski, Polish painter

D

• Richard Dadd (1817-1866)
• Michael Dahl, (1659-1743)
• Christen Dalgaard (1824-1907), Danish painter
• Salvador Dalí, (1904-1989), Spanish artist
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878)
• Honore Daumier (1808-1879)
• Gerard David, (c.1450-1523), Belgian painter
• Jacques Louis David, (1748-1825), French painter
• Stuart Davis (1894-1954)
• Riko Debenjak, (born 1908), painter and graphic artist
• Jean Baptiste Debret (1768 - 1848), French painter
• Stanislaw Debicki, Polish painter
• Edgar Degas, (1834-1917), French painter
• Raoul De Keyser, abstract painter
• Eugène Delacroix, (1798-1863), French painter
• Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
• Robert Delaunay, (1885-1941), French painter
• Paul Delvaux, (1897-1954), Belgian surrealist painter
• Charles Demuth, (1883-1935)
• Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
• André Derain, (1880-1954), French painter
• Edouard Detaille, (1847-1912), French painter
• Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), American painter
• Mary Dignam (1860-1938), Canadian painter
• Meredith Dillman, fantasy painter
• Abidin Dino (1913-1993), Turkish painter
• Dionisy, Russian medieval icon-painter
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954) French painter
• Otto Dix, (1891-1969), German painter
• Andrzej Dluzniewski, Polish painter
• Jan Dobkowski, Polish painter
• William Dobson, (1610-1646)
• Theo van Doesburg, Dutch painter
• Tommaso Dolabella, Polish painter
• Tadeusz Dominik, Polish painter
• Gustave Doré, (1832-1883), painter and sculptor
• Kees van Dongen, (1877-1968), Dutch painter
• Dr. Hugo Heyrman, (born 1942), Belgian painter
• Dosso Dossi, (c.1490-1542)
• Christian Dotrement, (1922-1981)
• Jacques Doucet, (born 1924
• Thomas Doughty, (1793-1856), US painter
• Aaron Douglas (1898-1979), US painter
• Rackstraw Downes, (born 1939), US painter
• Willem Drost, (c.1630- c.1680), painter and printmaker
• Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
• Duccio (1255-1319)
• Marcel Duchamp, (1887-1968), French painter
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti, (1889-1963), French painter
• Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
• Emir -Zeko- Delalic (1972), Bosnian designer - painter
• Albrecht Dürer, (1471-1528), German illustrator, painter
• Carolus Duran (Charles-Auguste-Emile Durand) (1838-1917)
• Sir Anthony van Dyck, (1599-1641), (Antoon van Dyck)

E

• Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
• Alfred East (1849-1913), British painter
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853), Danish painter
• Otto Eckmann, (1865-1902), painter, interior designer
• Don Eddy
• Albert Edelfelt, (1854-1905), painter (1854 - 1905)
• Beverly K. Effinger, (born 1955), US painter
• Eugeniusz Eibisch, Polish painter
• Kano Eitoku, (died 1590), Japanese painter.
• Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610)
• James Ensor, (1860-1949), Belgian painter
• Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
• Max Ernst, (1891-1976), surrealist painter
• M. C. Escher, (1898-1972), Dutch painter
• Richard Estes (born 1936)
• William Etty (1787-1849)
• Dulah Marie Evans,(1875-1951), Amrican painter, illustrator, photographer
• Jan van Eyck, (1390-1441), Flemish painter

F

• Gentile da Fabriano, (c.1370-1427), Italian painter
• Carel Fabritius (1622-1654), Dutch painter
• Pietro Faccini (1562-1602)
• Julian Falat, Polish painter
• Aniello Falcone (1600-1665), Italian painter
• Alexandre Falguière (1831 - 1900), French painter and sculptor
• Henri Fantin-Latour, (1836-1904), French painter
• Jean Fautrier (1898-1964)
• Jerzy Fedkowicz, Polish painter
• Lyonel Feininger, (1871-1956), artist & cartoonist
• Stanislaw Fijalkowski, Polish painter
• Leonor Fini, (1908-1996), Argentinian/Italian artist
• Andrea da Firenze, Italian painter
• Alvan Fisher, (1792-1863), U.S. painter
• James Montgomery Flagg, (1877-1960), USA illustrator
• Dan Flavin (1933-1996)
• Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
• Clinton Ford
• Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
• Jean Fouquet (1425-1481)
• Jean-Honore Fragonard, (1732-1806), French painter
• Piero della Francesca, (c. 1416-1492), Italian painter
• François Louis Thomas Francia, (1772-1839), French painter
• Francis of Sieradz, Polish painter
• Sam Francis (1923-1994)
• Simon Francis (born 1952)
• Art Frahm, (1907-1981), pin-up artist
• Helen Frankenthaler (born 1928)
• Frank Frazetta (born 1928)
• Wilhelm Freddie (1909-1995), Danish painter
• Lucian Freud (born 1922)
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), German painter
• Nicolas Froment (c.1450 - c.1490)
• Brian Froud, (born 1947)
• Henry Fuseli, (1741-1825)

G

• Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-1788), English painter