List of Irish artists

A

• Kevin Abosch – artist
• Henry Allan – painter
• William Ashford – British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland

  B

• Francis Bacon – Irish painter
• Robert Ballagh – artist
• Robert Barker – painter from Kells
• George Barret, Sr. – landscape artist, especially of portraits of the British countryside
• James Barry
• William Gerard Barry – painter
• Rose Maynard Barton
• Mary Battersby
• Richard Brydges Beechey – Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
• John Behan – sculptor
• Shane Berkery
• Pauline Bewick – artist
• Francis Bindon
• Basil Blackshaw – painter, especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape
• Brian Bourke – artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portraiture
• John Boyne
• Charles Brady – New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland
• James Brenan – artist
• Gordon Brewster – cartoonist
• Vincent Browne – sculptor
• Colleen Browning – realist painter
• Adam Buck
• Augustus Nicholas Burke – artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
• John Burke – sculptor
• Thomas Burke – engraver and painter
• Frederick William Burton – painter born in Corofin, County Clare
• Mildred Anne Butler – painter
• John Butts
• John Byrne – contemporary artist
• Gerard Byrne - figurative painter and en plein air landscape painter
• Gerard Byrne - installation artist

  C

• Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo – painter
• Robert Carver – painter of theatre scenery and framed works
• John Cassidy – sculptor and painter
• Alfred E. Child – stained glass artist
• Harry Clarke – stained glass artist and book illustrator
• Anne Cleary – installation and video artist
• Egerton Coghill – painter, especially of landscapes of County Cork
• James Coleman – installation and video artist
• Charles Collins – painter, especially of animals and still-life
• Patrick Collins – painter
• Fred Conlon – sculptor
• Denis Connolly – installation and video artist
• William Conor
• Amanda Coogan – performance artist
• Barrie Cooke – abstract expressionist painter
• Erin Corr – engraver
• James Humbert Craig
• Martin Cregan
• Dorothy Cross – artist working in a range of media from sculpture to video
• William Crozier – Irish-Scots still-life and landscape artist
• Amelia Curran – portrait painter

  D

• Francis Danby – painter, especially of large pictures in oil
• Colin Davidson – artist
• Gerald Davis
• William Davis – artist influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting
• Niall de Buitléar
• Mary Eily de Putron, Irish and Guernsey stained glass artist and archaeologist
• Edward Delaney – sculptor born in Claremorris
• Gerald Dillon – artist
• Anne Donnelly - artist
• Willie Doherty – artist mainly in photography and video
• Keith Drury - oil painter and 3D digital artist
• Susanna Drury – landscape painter
• Patrick Vincent Duffy – painter, primarily of landscapes

  E

• Ross Eccles - contemporary artist, English-born but based in Ireland since 1971
• Felim Egan – painter
• Frank Egginton – contemporary painter
• Alfred Elmore – Victorian history and genre painter
• Beatrice Elvery – stained-glass artist and painter

  F

• Robert Fagan – painter, diplomat and archaeologist
• Gary Farrelly – artist and a founder of the Defastenist art group
• Fergus Feehily – artist
• Genieve Figgis – contemporary painter
• Jonathan Fisher – painter, engraver, and printmaker of aquatints of Irish scenery
• Mary Fitzgerald - member of Aosdana, lives and works in Dublin and Co. Waterford
• Jim Fitzpatrick – artist, especially of Irish Celtic art
• John Henry Foley – sculptor
• Gerda Frömel – sculptor
• Stanhope Alexander Forbes – artist and member of the Newlyn school of painters
• Graham Forsythe – painter
• Brian Frances – landscape painter
• Hugh Frazer – painter
• William Percy French – songwriter, entertainer, watercolour painter

  G

• Norman Garstin – artist with the Newlyn School of painters
• Edmund Garvey – painter
• Wilhelmina Geddes
• William St. John Glenn
• Eileen Gray – furniture designer and architect
• Anita Groener – artist and Aosdána member
• Nathaniel Grogan – painter from Cork

  H

• Willem Van der Hagen – Dutch-born landscape painter who settled in Ireland
• Ronan Halpin – sculptor living on Achill Island, works in steel and bronze
• Eva Henrietta Hamilton
• Hugh Douglas Hamilton
• James Hanley
• Marie Hanlon – artist and Aosdána member
• Alice Hanratty – printmaker
• William Michael Harnett – Irish-American painter who used a trompe l'oeil style of painting
• Conor Harrington – Irish-born street artist based in London
• Gertrude Hartland – illustrator
• Henry Albert Hartland – illustrator and built theatrical scenery
• Joseph Patrick Haverty – painter
• Edwin Hayes – painter of naval and marine seascapes/landscapes
• Gabriel Hayes – artist and currency designer
• Gottfried Helnwein – Austrian painter, photographer, installation and performance artist
• Mercedes Helnwein - fine artist, writer, and video artist
• Jeremy Henderson - artist and painter
• Patrick Hennessy – realist painter
• William John Hennessy – wood carving and watercolor artist
• Paul Henry – landscape painter
• Mary Balfour Herbert – watercolour artist, especially scenes from the Lakes of Killarney
• Christopher Hewetson – sculptor
• Thomas Hickey – painter
• Derek Hill – English-born portrait and landscape painter in Ireland
• Nathaniel Hill – impressionist
• Sean Hillen – artist, especially of collages and the creative use of photographs
• Nuala Holloway – painter
• Katie Holten – artist of drawings, installations, sculptures, and public art projects
• Evie Hone – painter and stained glass artist
• Nathaniel Hone the Elder – portrait and miniature painter
• Nathaniel Hone the Younger – painter
• Thomas Hovenden – Irish-American artist, teacher, and painter, especially of realistic quiet family scenes and narrative subjects
• Robert Hunter
• Philip Hussey – portraitist and interiors painter

  I

• Charles Cromwell Ingham – portrait painter
• Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty – sculptor, conceptual artist, and installation artist
• Jaki Irvine – contemporary artist

  J

• Mainie Jellett – abstract painter
• Charles Jervas – portrait painter, translator, and art collector
• George W. Joy – painter
• Rachel Joynt – sculptor

  K

• Paul Kane
• Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
• Seán Keating
• Oisín Kelly
• Harry Kernoff
• John Kindness
• Cecil King
• Kenneth King
• John Kingerlee
• Graham Knuttel

  L

• Deborah Lambkin
• Grania Langrishe
• James Latham
• John Lavery
• Louis le Brocquy
• William John Leech
• John Luke
• Sean Lynch – contemporary artist
• Clíodhna Lyons Irish cartoonist

  M

• Gladys Maccabe
• Patrick MacDowell
• Micheál MacLiammóir
• Daniel Maclise
• Henry MacManus
• Anne Madden
• Cecil Maguire - painter
• Alice Maher
• Padraig Marrinan
• Fergus Martin
• James McArdell
• Charles McAuley
• Sheila McClean
• Samuel McCloy
• Bryan McCormack
• Niall McCormack
• Siobhan McDonald
• Norah McGuinness
• Edward McGuire
• Frank McKelvey
• James McKenna
• Aloysius McVeigh
• Colin Middleton
• Nick Miller - London-born artist, painter, member of Aosdána
• John Minihan
• Flora Mitchell
• Martin Mooney
• Garret Morphey
• Richard Mosse - conceptual documentary photographer and video artist
• Richard Moynan
• Michael Mulcahy
• Janet Mullarney – sculptor
• George Mullins
• William Mulready
• Bernard Mulrenin
• George Francis Mulvany

  N

• Charles Wynne Nicholls

  O

• Dermod O'Brien – landscape and portrait painter
• John O'Brien – Irish-born Canadian marine artist
• James Arthur O'Connor – painter
• John O'Connor – painter
• Roderic O'Conor – painter influenced by Impressionism
• Éamonn O'Doherty – sculptor
• John O'Keeffe – portrait and figure painter
• Aloysius O'Kelly – painter of coastlines, fishing ports and villages
• Tony O'Malley – self-taught painter
• Frank O'Meara – painter
• Daniel O'Neill – Romantic painter born in Belfast
• Henry O'Neill – artist and archaeologist
• William Orpen – portrait painter
• Walter Osborne – impressionist painter
• Seán O'Sullivan – portrait painter
• Rory O'Tunny – sculptor

  P

• George Petrie – painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist
• Stanley Pettigrew – painter
• Garrett Phelan – installation artist
• Albert Power - sculptor
• Sarah Purser – artist often working in stained glass
• Stephen Pusey – mural painter
• Patrick Pye – sculptor, painter and stained glass artist ; resident in County Dublin

  R

• Basil Rakoczi – artist and member of The White Stag group
• John Ramage – Irish American artist, goldsmith, portrait painter, and miniaturist
• Eileen Reid – painter
• Nano Reid – painter
• Jim Ricks – contemporary artist
• Anne Rigney – abstract artist and sculptor
• Thomas Roberts – landscape painter
• Maria D. Robinson – painter
• Markey Robinson – painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style
• Richard Rothwell – portrait and genre painter
• John Ryan - artist, writer, critic, publisher, patron, broadcaster and publican

  S

• William Sadler II – landscape painter
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens – Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation
• Caroline Scally, Irish landscape artist
• Robert Richard Scanlan – painter and portraitist
• Patrick Scott – artist
• Sean Scully – Irish-born American painter and printmaker
• Paul Seawright – artist and professor of photography at the University of Ulster
• Kevin Sharkey – painter and celebrity
• Neil Shawcross – portrait painter
• Sir Martin Archer Shee – Dublin-born portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
• Oliver Sheppard - sculptor and lecturer
• James Sleator – artist
• Hamilton Sloan – portrait painter and traditional Irish artist
• Victor Sloan – photographer and artist
• Edward Smyth - sculptor
• Holly Somerville, botanical artist
• Camille Souter – painter
• Stella Steyn
• Imogen Stuart – Berlin-born sculptor
• Patrick Swift

  T

• Henry Jones Thaddeus – realist and portrait painter
• Henry Tresham – Irish-born painter of large-scale history paintings
• Patrick Tuohy – portrait, narrative, and genre painter
• Charles Tyrrell – abstract painter and printmaker
• Nora Twomey 1971 - animator and co-founder of Cartoon Saloon

  W

• J. Laurie Wallace – artist
• Ciarán Walsh – artist
• Owen Walsh – painter
• Samuel Walsh – contemporary abstract artist
• Wendy F. Walsh – Illustrator and botanical artist
• Michael Warren – sculptor
• Una Watters – artist
• Robert West – painter
• Leo Whelan – painter
• Maurice Canning Wilks
• Alexander Williams - landscape painter, maritime scenes
• William Gorman Wills – dramatist and painter

  Y

• Anne Yeats – painter and stage designer
• Jack Yeats – artist
• John Butler Yeats – artist

  Critics, collectors and curators

• Alfred Chester Beatty
• Alfred Lane Beit
• William Dargan
• Cathal Gannon
• Bryan Guinness
• Gordon Lambert
• Hugh Lane
• Denis Mahon
• Lochlann Quinn
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• Tony Ryan
• George Bernard Shaw
• Dorothy Walker