# List of painters by name beginning with "W"
## List of painters by name beginning with

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Please add names of notable painters with a Wikipedia page, in precise English alphabetical order, using U.S. spelling conventions. Country and regional names refer to where painters worked for long periods, not to personal allegiances.
* Marion Wachtel (1875–1954), American painter
* Yoshihiko Wada (和田義彦, born 1940), Japanese painter
* Alfons Walde (1891–1958), Austrian painter and architect
* Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1860), English painter and sculptor
* Karl Walser (1877–1943), Swiss painter, designer and illustrator
* Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949), English painter, engraver and camouflage designer
* Lionel Walden (1861–1933), American painter
* Ada Hill Walker (1879–1955), Scottish painter and scientific illustrator
* Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), Polish painter
* Ottilie Maclaren Wallace (1875–1947), Scottish sculptor
* Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), English artist and fisherman
* Henry Wallis (1830–1916), English painter, writer and collector
* Kathleen Walne (1915–2011), English watercolor painter
* Cecile Walton (1891–1956), Scottish painter, illustrator and sculptor
* Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922), Scottish painter
* Wang Duo (王铎, 1592–1652), Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet
* Wang E (王谔, 1465–1545), Chinese imperial painter
* Wang Fu (王紱, 1362–1416), Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet
* Wang Guxiang (王谷祥, 1501–1568), Chinese painter
* Wang Hui (王翬, 1632–1717), Chinese painter
* Wang Jian (王鑒, 1598–1677), Chinese painter
* Wang Lü (王履, born 1332), Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet
* Wang Meng (王蒙, 1308–1385), Chinese painter
* Wang Mian (王冕, 1287–1359), Chinese painter and poet
* Wang Shimin (王時敏, 1592–1680), Chinese painter
* Wang Shishen (1686–1759), Chinese painter and calligrapher
* Victor Wang (born 1956), Chinese/American painter and professor
* Wang Wei (王維, 699–759), Chinese painter, poet and musician
* Wang Wu (王武, 1632–1690), Chinese painter and poet
* Wang Ximeng (王希孟, 1096–1119), Chinese court painter
* Wang Yi (王繹, born 1333), Chinese painter
* Wang Yuan (王淵, late 13th or 14th c.), Chinese painter
* Wang Yuanqi (王原祁, 1642–1715), Chinese painter
* Wang Zhenpeng (王振鵬, fl. 1280–1329), Chinese imperial painter
* Wang Zhongyu (王仲玉, fl. 14th c.), Chinese painter
* Walenty Wańkowicz (1799–1842), Polish painter
* Joan Warburton (1920–1996), English artist
* Everett Warner (1877–1963), American painter, print-maker and camouflage artist
* Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), American artist and educator
* Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American artist and film director
* Watanabe Kazan (渡辺崋山, 1793–1841), Japanese painter, scholar and statesman
* Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄, 1913–1996), Japanese print-maker
* Watanabe Shōtei (渡辺省亭, 1851–1918), Japanese nihonga painter
* Shōzaburō Watanabe (渡辺庄三郎, 1885–1962), Japanese print-maker
* John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), English painter
* Billie Waters (1896–1979), English artist
* Alison Watt (born 1965), Scottish painter
* George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960), Scottish painter and engraver
* James Cromar Watt (1862–1940), Scottish artist, architect and jeweler
* Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), French painter
* George Frederic Watts (1817–1904), English painter and sculptor
* Henrik Weber (1818–1866), Hungarian painter
* Stokely Webster (1912–2001), American painter
* Jan Baptist Weenix (1621 – c. 1660), Dutch painter
* Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish illustrator and painter
* Carel Weight (1908–1997), English painter
* Susan Weil (born 1930), American artist
* J. Alden Weir (1852–1919), American painter
* John Ellsworth Weis (1892–1962), American painter
* Samuel Washington Weis (1870–1956), American painter, sketcher and cotton broker
* Jerry Weiss (born 1959), American painter and writer
* Wojciech Weiss (1875–1950), Polish painter and draftsman
* Neil Welliver (1929–2005), American painter
* Margaret Bruce Wells (1909–1998), Scottish/English woodcut and lino-cut artist
* Albert Welti (1862–1912), Swiss painter and etcher
* Albert J. Welti (1894–1965), Swiss painter and writer
* Wen Boren (文伯仁, 1502–1575), Chinese painter
* Wen Jia (文嘉, 1501–1583), Chinese painter
* Wen Tong (文同, 1019–1079), Chinese painter
* Wen Zhengming (文徵明, 1470–1559), Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet
* Wen Zhenheng (文震亨, 1585–1645), Chinese painter, scholar and garden designer
* Kurt Wenner (living), American pavement artist
* Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938), Russian/German painter
* Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722), Dutch painter
* Pieter van der Werff (1665–1722), Dutch painter
* Joseph Werner (1637–1710), Swiss painter and miniaturist
* Adolf Ulric Wertmüller (1751–1811), Swedish/American painter
* Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), American painter, collagist and sculptor
* Benjamin West (1738–1820), American/English painter
* William Edward West (1788–1859), American painter
* Konstantin Westchilov (1877–1945), Russian/American painter
* Katerina Wilczynski (1894–1978), Polish/English artist
* Jacob Willemszoon de Wet (c. 1610 – 1675/1691), Dutch painter
* Rogier van der Weyden (1399–1464), Netherlandish painter
* Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970), English painter
* John Laviers Wheatley (1892–1955), Welsh painter
* Bessie Wheeler (born 1876), American painter
* James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), American/English artist
* Dee Whitcomb (born 1967), American artist
* Brett Whiteley (1939–1992), Australian artist
* Félix Bódog Widder (1874–1939), Hungarian painter and graphic designer
* Charmion von Wiegand (1896–1983), American painter, writer and critic
* Hans Beat Wieland (1867–1945), Swiss painter
* Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (1576–1633), Dutch painter
* Antoine Wiertz (1806–1865), Belgian painter and sculptor
* Bjørn Wiinblad (1918–2006), Danish painter, designer and ceramicist
* Thomas Wijck (1616–1677), Dutch painter
* Jan Wijnants (1632–1684), Dutch painter
* Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), American artist
* David Wilkie (1785–1841), Scottish/English painter
* Abraham Willaerts (1603–1669), Dutch painter
* Adam Willaerts (1577–1664), Dutch painter
* Adolphe Willette (1857–1926), French painter, caricaturist and lithographer
* Bedwyr Williams (born 1974), Welsh artist and comedian
* Charles Williams (born 1965), English painter and teacher
* Christopher Williams (1873–1934), Welsh artist
* David Dougal Williams (1888–1944), English/Scottish artist and teacher
* Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Scottish painter
* Ivor Williams (1908–1982), Welsh artist
* Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), Welsh painter
* Neil Williams (1934–1988), American painter
* Penry Williams (1802–1885), Welsh/Italian painter
* Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978), English painter
* Carel Willink (1900–1983), Dutch painter
* Thornton Willis (born 1936), American painter and teacher
* Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863–1958), Danish painter, sculptor and architect
* Donald Roller Wilson (born 1938), American painter
* Richard Wilson (1713–1782), Welsh painter
* Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), German painter and lithographer
* Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008), Scottish painter
* Stanisław Witkiewicz (1855–1915), Polish painter, theorist and architect
* Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939) Polish painter, writer and photographer
* Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692), Dutch painter
* Caspar van Wittel (1653–1736), Dutch/Italian painter and draftsman
* Uwe Wittwer (born 1954), Swiss artist
* Emanuel Witz (1717–1797), Swiss painter
* Konrad Witz (1410–1446), Swiss painter
* Henry Otto Wix (1866–1922), German/American painter
* David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), Polish painter, illustrator and print-maker
* Kazimierz Wojniakowski (1772–1812), Polish painter, illustrator and Freemason
* Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879–1909), Polish painter, illustrator and print-maker
* Caspar Wolf (1735–1783), Swiss painter
* Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Swiss artist
* John Wollaston (fl. 1742–1775), English/American painter
* John Wonnacott (born 1940), English painter
* Toss Woollaston (1910–1998), New Zealand painter
* Christopher Wood (1901–1930), English painter
* Grant Wood (1891–1942), American painter
* Leona Wood (1921–2008), American painter, dancer and writer
* Ursula Wood (1868–1925), English artist and illustrator
* Charles H. Woodbury (1864–1940), American painter
* William Woodward (1859–1939), American artist and educator
* Henry Woods (1846–1921), English painter and illustrator
* Thomas Frederick Worrall (1872–1957), English painter and politician
* Troels Wörsel (born 1950), Danish painter
* Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668), Dutch painter
* Cindy Wright (born 1972), Belgian painter
* John Michael Wright (1617–1694), Scottish/English painter
* Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), English painter
* Andrzej Wróblewski (1927–1957), Polish painter
* Peter Wtewael (1596–1660), Dutch painter
* JoWOnder (living), English painter, animator and writer
* Wu Bin (吳彬, fl. late 16th, early 17th century), Chinese painter and Buddhist monk
* Wu Changshuo (吳昌碩, 1844–1927), Chinese painter, calligrapher and seal artist
* Wu Daozi (吳道子, 680 – c. 760), Chinese painter
* Wu Guanzhong (吳冠中, 1919–2010), Chinese painter
* Wu Hong (吳宏, fl. between 17th and 19th centuries), Chinese painter and ink-bamboo artist
* Wu Li (吳歷, 1632–1718), Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet
* Wu Shixian (吳石仙, died c. 1916), Chinese painter
* Wu Wei (吳偉, 1459–1508), Chinese painter
* Wu Zhen (吳鎮, 1280–1354), Chinese painter
* Wu Zuoren (吴作人, 1908–1997), Chinese painter
* Paul Wunderlich (1927–2010), German painter, sculptor and graphic artist
* Wuzhun Shifan (無準師範, 1178–1249), Chinese painter, calligrapher and Zen Buddhist monk
* Nathan Wyburn (born 1989), Welsh artist and media personality
* Jan Wyck (1652–1700), Dutch painter
* Leon Wyczółkowski (1852–1936), Polish painter and academy professor
* Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), American visual artist
* Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), American painter
* Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), American painter
* N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945), American artist and illustrator
* George Wyllie (1921–2012), Scottish artist and sculptor
* Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), Polish painter, interior designer and poet
* Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925), Belgian painter
* Rodolphe Wytsman (1860–1927), Belgian painter