# List of painters by name beginning with "A"

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 nationalities or family background.

## List of painters by name beginning with

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Herbert Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer
* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), German mannerist painter
* Pacita Abad (1946–2004), Philippines multi-media artist and painter
* Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894–1941), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* Riza Abbasi (1565–1635), Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher
* Niccolò dell' Abbate (ca. 1510–1571), Italian painter
* Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), Italian artist
* Salomon van Abbé (1883–1955), English artist, etcher and illustrator
* Louise Abbéma (1853–1927), French painter, sculptor and designer
* Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American artist, illustrator and painter
* Mary Abbott (1921–2019), American abstract expressionist painter
* Zeinab Abd al-Hamid (1919–2002), Egyptian oil painter
* Basuki Abdullah (1915–1993), Southeast Asian realist painter
* Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), American modernist landscape artist
* Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian historical painter and etcher
* Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), English artist
* Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), American artist
* John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929), Scottish painter
* Johann Ludwig Aberli (1723–1786), Swiss painter and etcher
* Anna Maria Barbara Abesch (1706–1773), Swiss reverse glass painter
* Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1743–1809), Danish artist, antiquarian and draftsman
* Béla Apáti Abkarovics (1888–1957) Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* Béla Nagy Abodi (1918–2012), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* Ruth Abrahams (1931–2000), English artist
* Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), American portraitist
* Ruth Abrams (1912–1986), American painter
* Philip Absolon (born 1960), English Stuckist artist
* Otto Abt (1903–1982), Swiss surrealist painter
* Ismail Acar (born 1971), Turkish painter
* Bernard Accama (1697–1756), Dutch historical and portrait painter
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), German landscape painter
* Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter
* Patrick Adam (1852–1929), Scottish painter
* Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), English painter and illustrator
* J. Ottis Adams (1851–1927), American impressionist
* John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist
* Pat Adams (born 1928), American painter and print-maker
* Robert Adamson (1821–1848), Scottish photographer and chemist
* Sarah Gough Adamson (1883–1963), Scottish landscape painter
* Mary Adshead (1906–1983), English painter and muralist
* Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish/English painter and print-maker
* Mór Adler (1826–1902), Hungarian painter
* Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch still-life painter
* Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch historical painter
* Nadir Afonso (1920–2013), Portuguese painter
* Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israeli sculptor and experimental artist
* Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1848), Swiss animal and landscape painter
* Knud Agger (1895–1973), Danish painter
* Gyula Aggházy (1850–1919), Hungarian painter and teacher
* Lubna Agha (1949–2012), South Asian artist
* Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
* Ai Xuan (艾軒, born 1945), Chinese painter
* John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), Scottish painter
* Ai-Mitsu (靉光, 1907–1946), Japanese surrealist
* Edgar Ainsworth (1905–1975), English painter and illustrator
* Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painter
* Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), Polish portrait painter
* Ras Akyem, Barbadian painter
* Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter
* Josef Albers (1888–1976), German/American artist, mathematician and educator
* Mariotto Albertinelli (1474–1515), Italian painter
* Giocondo Albertolli (1743–1839), Swiss/Italian architect, painter and sculptor
* Ivan Albright (1897–1983), American artist
* Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), Lithuanian/Polish painter
* Tivadar Alconiere (1797–1865) Austro-Hungarian painter
* L. Alcopley (1910–1992), American artist
* Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), English painter and restorer
* Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927), Belgian artist
* George Aleef (1887–1970), Russian historical painter
* Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824), Russian landscape painter
* Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech painter
* Cosmo Alexander (c. 1724 – 1772), Scottish/American painter
* John Alexander (died 1733), Scottish painter and engraver
* Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), American realist artist, teacher and author
* Lena Alexander (1899–1983), Scottish painter
* Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter
* Brian Alfred (born 1974), New York urban painter
* Jessie Algie (1859–1927), Scottish painter
* Andrew Allan (1863–1942), Scottish lithographer
* David Allan (1744–1796), Scottish historical painter
* Griselda Allan (1905–1987), English flower painter
* Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942), Scottish/English painter
* Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), English artist
* Daphne Allen (1899–1985), English painter
* Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), English painter and muralist
* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter
* Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter
* Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), English painter (second wife of Lawrence Alma-Tadema)
* Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter
* Almeida Júnior (1859–1899), Brazilian realist
* Charles Alston (1907–1977), American artist, muralist and teacher
* Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish painter and singer
* Rudolf von Alt (1812–1908), Austrian painter
* Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), German painter, print-maker and architect
* Altichiero (1330–1395), Italian painter
* John Altoon (1925–1969), American painter and draftsman
* Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist
* Edmond Aman-Jean (1860–1936), French symbolist painter
* Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Brazilian artist
* Christoph Amberger (ca. 1505–1561), German painter
* Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), Austro-Hungarian court portrait painter
* Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), Swiss modernist artist
* Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), Italian painter
* Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941), Brazilian painter and interior designer
* Rick Amor (born 1948), Australian war artist and figurative painter
* An Gyeon (안견, 15th c.), Korean painter
* An Zhengwen (安正文, fl. between 14th and 17th cc.), Chinese painter
* Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish pictorial artist
* Michael Ancher (1849–1927), Danish painter
* Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), Scottish water-colorist
* Werner Andermatt (1916–2013), Swiss painter
* Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-born English genre painter
* Emma Andijewska (born 1931), Ukrainian surrealist painter, poet and writer
* Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), Romanian impressionist
* Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), Brazilian/Greek painter and sculptor
* Michael Andrews (1928–1995) English painter
* Anthony Angarola (1893–1929), American painter and print-maker
* Marie Angel (1923–2010), English artist
* Fra Angelico (1387–1445), Early Italian Renaissance
* Heinz Anger (born 1941), Austrian painter
* Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1872–1952), Spanish/Catalan painter
* Gaston Anglade (1854–1919), French impressionist painter
* Charles Angrand (1854–1926), French neo-Impressionist painter and anarchist
* Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), Italian painter
* Peggy Angus (1904–1993), English/Scottish painter and tile and textile designer
* Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand painter
* Albert Anker (1831–1910), Swiss painter and illustrator
* Margit Anna (1913–1991), Hungarian painter
* David Annand (born 1948), Scottish sculptor
* Louis Anquetin (1861–1932), French painter and author
* Pieter van Anraedt (1635–1678), Dutch painter
* Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), Dutch painter
* Mary Anne Ansley (fl.1810–1840), English painter
* Horst Antes (born 1936), German painter and sculptor
* Cornelis Anthonisz (ca. 1505–1553), Dutch painter, engraver and cartographer
* Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), American artist
* Shigeru Aoki (青木繁, 1882–1911), Japanese painter
* Chiho Aoshima (青島千穂, born 1974), Japanese pop artist
* Apelles (4th century BC), Greek painter
* Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009), Italian/Slovenian painter and scenographer
* Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter, sculptor and poet
* Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000), English painter and print-maker
* Joseph Ignaz Appiani (1706–1785), German painter
* Félix Aráuz (1935–2024), Latin American painter from Ecuador
* Janet Archer (fl.1873–1916), English painter
* Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), Italian painter
* Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch landscape painter
* Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), Israeli and French painter, print-maker and art historian
* Abram Arkhipov (1862–1930), Russian realist painter
* István Árkossy (born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* Edward Armitage (1817–1896), English historical painter
* John Armleder (born 1948), Swiss painter and sculptor
* Hazel Armour (1894–1985), Scottish sculptor and medalist
* John Armstrong (1893–1973), English surrealist artist
* Georg Arnold-Graboné (1896–1982), German impressionist
* Jean Arp (1886–1966), German/French sculptor, painter and poet
* Eugenio de Arriba (1934–1977), Spanish painter
* Art & Language (founded 1968), British conceptual artists, writers and painters
* Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), American painter, illustrator and sculptor
* Asai Chū (浅井忠, 1856–1907), Japanese yōga painter
* Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603–1678), Dutch painter
* Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), English painter and sculptor
* Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876–1958), Icelandic painter
* Dennis Ashbaugh (born 1946), American painter
* Gigadō Ashiyuki (戯画堂芦幸, early-19th century), Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print-maker
* Hans Asper (1499–1571), Swiss painter
* Jan Asselijn (1610–1652), Dutch Golden Age painter
* Balthasar van der Ast (1593–1657), Dutch Golden Age painter
* Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), Norwegian neo-romantic painter and print-maker
* Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist
* René Auberjonois (1872–1957), Swiss artist
* Étienne Aubry (1746–1781), French painter
* Louis-François Aubry (1770–1850), French portrait painter
* Mary Audsley (1919–2008), English painter and sculptor
* John James Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, naturalist and painter
* Frank Auerbach (born 1931), German/English painter
* Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French impressionist painter
* Eric Auld (1931–2013), Scottish painter
* George Ault (1891–1948), American painter
* Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English water-colorist
* Giuseppe Avanzi (1645–1718), Italian Baroque painter
* Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), American abstract painter
* Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch Baroque landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age
* Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern artist
* Edward Ben Avram (born 1941), Indian/Israeli painter
* Nikola Avramov (1897–1945), Bulgarian still-life painter
* Awataguchi Takamitsu (粟田口隆光, fl. between 14th and 16th cc.), Japanese religious painter
* Joan Ayling (1907–1993), English painter
* Ay-O (靉嘔, born 1931), Japanese Fluxus artist
* Aya Goda (合田彩, born 1967), Japanese author and artist
* Anton Ažbe (1870–1949), Slovenian painter and teacher
* Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni (c. 1572 – c. 1645), Italian painter and sculptor