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

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* I
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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.
* Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), French painter
* Vincenzo Cabianca (1827–1902), Italian painter
* W. Lindsay Cable (1900–1949), Scottish artist and illustrator
* Francis Cadell (1883–1937), Scottish painter
* James Cadenhead (1858–1927), Scottish painter
* Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American tempera artist
* Pogus Caesar (born 1953), St Kitts/English photographer, artist and television producer
* Cagnaccio di San Pietro (1897–1946), Italian painter
* Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894), French painter and patron
* Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993), American painter
* Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor
* Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), Scottish/American sculptor
* Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), American sculptor
* Mary Callery (1903–1977), American sculptor
* Jacques Callot (1592–1635), Lorraine print-maker and draftsman
* Abraham van Calraet (1642–1722), Dutch painter and engraver
* Luis Enrique Camejo (born 1971), Cuban painter
* David Young Cameron (1865–1945), Scottish painter and etcher
* Mary Cameron (1865–1921), Scottish painter
* Gianfredo Camesi (born 1940), Swiss painter
* Steven Campbell (1953–2007), Scottish painter
* Thomas Campbell (1790–1858), Scottish/English sculptor
* Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch artist and architect
* Robert Campin (1375–1444), Flemish/Netherlandish painter
* Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1623–1672), Dutch painter
* Canaletto (1697–1768), Italian painter of views
* Noe Canjura (1922–1970), Salvadoran/French painter
* Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Italian sculptor
* Cao Buxing (曹不興, 3rd c. AD), Chinese painter
* Cao Zhibai (曹知白, 1271–1355), Chinese painter and bibliophile
* Josef Čapek (1887–1945), Austro-Hungarian/Czechoslovak painter, writer and poet
* Jan van de Cappelle (1626–1679), Dutch painter
* Tom Carapic (born 1939), Yugoslav/Serbian found object artist
* Caravaggio (1573–1610), Italian painter
* Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952), American painter
* Nancy Carline (1909–2004), English painter and sculptor
* Richard Carline (1896–1980), English artist, writer and arts administrator
* Sydney Carline (1888–1929), English landscape painter and war artist
* Carlo Carlone (1686–1775), Italian/German painter and engraver
* Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), Danish/American painter
* John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945), American painter
* Rhea Carmi (born 1942), Israeli/American painter and mixed-media artist
* Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), American artist
* Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1838–1917), French painter and art instructor
* Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460 – 1525), Italian painter
* Jane Carpanini (born 1949), English artist and teacher
* Emily Carr (1871–1945), Canadian artist and writer
* Henry Carr (1894–1970), English painter and war artist
* Thomas Carr (1909–1999), English painter
* Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian painter and futurist
* Annibale Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and instructor
* Agostino Carracci (1560–1609), Italian painter, print-maker and art teacher
* Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619), Italian etcher, painter and print-maker
* Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), French painter
* Dora Carrington (1893–1932), English painter and decorative artist
* Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), English artist
* Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), English/Mexican painter and novelist
* Alexander Carse (c. 1770 – 1843), Scottish painter
* Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), American artist
* Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932), Spanish/Catalan artist and graphic designer
* Felice Casorati (1883–1963), Italian painter, sculptor and print-maker
* Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Australian painter
* Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), American painter and print-maker
* A. J. Casson (1898–1992), Canadian artist
* Humberto Castro (born 1957), Cuban painter
* Carlos Catasse (1944–2010), Chilean painter
* George Catlin (1796–1872), American painter, writer and traveler
* Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005), English painter and print-maker
* Louis de Caullery (c. 1555 – c. 1621), Flemish painter
* Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (1556–1627), Italian painter
* Bernardo Cavallino (1622–1654), Italian painter and draftsman
* Giorgio Cavallon (1904–1989), Italian/American painter
* Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795), Italian painter
* Mirabello Cavalori (c. 1520 – 1572), Italian painter
* Roger Cecil (1942–2015), Welsh painter and mixed media artist
* Vija Celmins (born 1938), Latvian/American visual artist and draftsman
* Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), Polish painter and draftsman
* Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985), Slovenian painter
* Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629), Italian painter
* Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), French painter
* Paul Émile Chabas (1869–1937) French painter and illustrator
* Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Russian/French painter, draftsman and illustrator
* George Paul Chalmers (1833–1878), Scottish painter
* Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860), Swiss/English painter
* Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), Welsh artist, poet and novelist
* Chang Dai-chien (張大千, 1899–1983), Chinese painter
* Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), French painter, print-maker and etcher
* Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947), American painter
* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779), French painter
* Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958), Belgian painter and philosopher
* Michael Ray Charles (born 1967), American painter
* Sam Charles (1887–1949), American artist, pianist and professor
* Elizabeth Charleston (1910–1987), American painter
* Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845), French painter and print-maker
* Evan Charlton (1904–1984), English/Welsh painter
* Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), English/Welsh painter
* Chafik Charobim (1894–1975), Egyptian painter
* Louisa Chase (1951–2016), American painter and print-maker
* William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), American painter
* Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), Dominican/French painter
* Russell Chatham (1939–2019), American landscape artist and author
* Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898), French painter of murals
* Jules Chéret (1836–1932), French painter and lithographer
* Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), English painter
* Chen Chi (程及, 1912–2005), Chinese/American painter
* Patrick Ching (born 1962), American wildlife artist and conservationist
* Derek Chittock (1922–1986), English painter, cartoonist and art critic
* Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), Nigerian/English visual artist
* Chen Chun (陳淳, 1483–1544), Chinese artist
* Chen Hong (陳閎, fl. within 7th–10th cc.) Chinese imperial court painter
* Chen Hongshou (陳洪綬, 1598–1652), Chinese painter
* Chen Jiru (陳繼儒, 1558–1639), Chinese painter, calligrapher and essayist
* Chen Lin (陳琳, c. 1260–1320), Chinese landscape painter
* Chen Lu (陳錄, fl. 14th or 15th c.), Chinese painter
* Chen Rong (陳容, c. 1200–1266), Chinese painter and politician
* Chen Yifei (陳逸飛, 1946–2005), Chinese painter, art director and film director
* Cheng Jiasui (程嘉燧, 1565–1643), Chinese landscape painter and poet
* Cheng Shifa (程十髮, 1921–2007), Chinese calligrapher, painter and cartoonist
* Cheng Zhengkui (程正揆, 1604–1670), Chinese landscape painter and poet
* Billy Childish (born 1959), English painter, writer and musician
* Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), Italian artist and writer
* Antonín Chittussi (1847–1891), Austro-Hungarian/Czech painter
* Adam Chmielowski (1888–1878), Polish painter and founder of charitable religious orders
* Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), German painter and print-maker
* Choi Buk (최북, fl. 1755–1785), Korean painter
* Dan Christensen (1942–2007), American painter
* Henry B. Christian (1883–1953), American painter
* Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918), Australian painter
* Christo (1935–2020), Bulgarian/American conceptual artist
* Petrus Christus (1410–1476), Netherlandish painter
* Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899–1975), Indian/Pakistani painter
* Frederick Edwin Church (1826–1900), American landscape painter
* Betty Churcher (1931–2015), Australian painter and arts administrator
* Peter Churcher (born 1964), Australian artist
* Winston Churchill (1874–1965), English painter, writer and prime minister
* Leon Chwistek (1884–1937) Austro-Hungarian/Polish painter, critic and philosopher
* Cimabue (1240–1302), Italian painter and designer of mosaics
* Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), Italian painter and engraver
* Antonio Ciseri (1821–1891), Swiss/Italian religious painter
* Joze Ciuha (1924–2015), Yugoslav/Slovenian painter
* Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1924), Lithuanian painter, composer and writer
* Franz Cižek (1865–1946), Austrian painter and art education reformer
* George Claessen (1909–1999), Sri Lankan artist
* Pieter Claesz (1597–1660), Dutch still-life painter
* Alson S. Clark (1876–1949), American painter, photographer and art educator
* Edward Clark (1926–2019), American painter and shaped canvas innovator
* Jean Clark (1902–1999), English mural painter
* Walter Leighton Clark (1859–1935), American artist, businessman and inventor
* Joaquín Clausell (1866–1935), Mexican painter, lawyer and politician
* John Clayton (1728–1800), English painter
* Francesco Clemente (born 1952), Italian/American painter, draftsman and sculptor
* Grace Clements (1905–1969), American painter, mosaicist and art critic
* Chuck Close (1940–2021), American photo-realist painter and photographer
* François Clouet (1510–1572), French miniaturist and painter
* Giorgio Giulio Clovio (1498–1578), Croatian/Italian miniaturist and painter
* Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883–1974), American artist and architect
* Juan Fernando Cobo (born 1959), Colombian painter, illustrator and sculptor
* Pieter Codde (1599–1678), Dutch painter
* Charles Codman (1800–1842), American painter
* Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), English watercolor artist
* Jon Coffelt (born 1963), American painter, sculptor and sewer
* Nevin Çokay (1930–2012), Turkish painter and art history teacher
* Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), English war artist and watercolor painter
* Ruth Collet (1909–2001), English painter, illustrator and print-maker
* William Coldstream (1908–1987), English realist painter and art teacher
* Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), English painter, engraver and art teacher
* Thomas Cole (1801–1948), American landscape and history painter
* Robert Colescott (1925–2009), American painter and satirist
* Evert Collier (1640–1708), Dutch painter
* John Collier (1850–1934), English artist and writer
* Raphaël Collin (1850–1916), French painter and teacher
* Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), English painter and sculptor
* Jacob Collins (born 1964), American realist painter
* Samuel Colman (1832–1920), American painter, interior designer and writer
* Jean Colombe (1430–1493), French miniature painter and illuminator
* Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo (1717–1793), Swiss painter and stage-set designer
* Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962), Scottish painter, print-maker and set designer
* Jaime Colson (1901–1975), Dominican modernist painter
* Robert Combas (born 1957), French painter and sculptor
* Mario Comensoli (1922–1993), Swiss painter
* Charles Conder (1868–1909), Australian painter and lithographer
* William Congdon (1912–1998), American/European painter
* Charles Fremont Conner (1857–1905), American painter
* Kevin Connor (born 1932), Australian painter
* William Conor (1881–1968), Irish/English artist
* John Constable (1776–1837), English landscape painter
* Constant (1920–2005), Dutch painter, sculptor and musician
* Theo Constanté (1934–2014), Ecuadorian abstract painter
* John Kingsley Cook (1911–1994), English artist and wood engraver
* May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), English painter
* Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934), American painter
* A.D.M. Cooper (1856–1924), American painter
* Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937), American painter
* Emma Lampert Cooper (1855–1920), American painter
* Adriaen Coorte (1665–1707), Dutch still-life painter
* Constance Copeman (1864–1953), English painter, print-maker and engraver
* John Singleton Copley (1737–1815), American painter
* Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), English painter
* Fern Coppedge (1883–1951), American impressionist painter
* Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225–1276), Italian painter
* Edward Corbett (1919–1971), American abstract painter
* Lovis Corinth (1858–1925), German painter, print-maker and writer
* Mary Corkling (1850–1937), English painter
* Corneille (1922–2010), Dutch artist
* Thomas Cornell (1937–2012), American painter and draftsman
* Paul Cornoyer (1864–1923), American painter
* Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875), French painter and print-maker
* Correggio (1489–1534), Italian painter
* Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669), Italian painter and architect
* Piero di Cosimo (1462–1521), Italian painter
* Francesco del Cossa (c. 1435 – c. 1477), Italian painter
* Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883), French classicist painter
* Colijn de Coter (1440–1532), Netherlandish altarpiece painter
* Jean-Yves Couliou (1916–1995), French painter
* Noel Counihan (1913–1986), Australian painter, print-maker and illustrator
* Glenys Cour (born 1924), Welsh artist
* Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), French realist painter
* Marie Courtois (c. 1605 – 1703), French miniature painter
* Thomas Couture (1815–1879), French history painter and teacher
* John Covert (1882–1960), American painter
* Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986), English painter and illustrator
* James Cowie (1886–1956), Scottish portrait painter
* Jan Cox (1919–1980), Dutch/Belgian painter
* Raymond Coxon (1896–1997), English painter and war artist
* Francesco Cozza (1605–1682), Italian painter
* Dirk Crabeth (1501–1574), Dutch glass painter, tapestry designer and cartographer
* Wouter Pietersz Crabeth (1510–1590), Dutch glass painter
* Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951), English painter and art teacher
* James Humbert Craig (1877–1944), Irish painter
* Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), German painter, print-maker and engraver
* Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586), German painter
* Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893), English/Australian painter
* Hugh Adam Crawford (1898–1982), Scottish portrait painter
* Fred Cress (1938–2009), English/Australian painter
* Susan Crile (born 1942), American painter and print-maker
* Carlo Crivelli (1435–1495), Italian painter
* Ivan Lacković Croata (1932–2004), Yugoslav/Croatian painter
* Charles Crodel (1894–1974), German painter and stained-glass artist
* Ray Crooke (1922–2015), Australian landscape artist
* Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), American landscape artist
* William Crosbie (1915–1999), Scottish painter
* Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910), French painter and print-maker
* Jean Crotti (1878–1958), French painter
* Gonzalo Endara Crow (1936–1996), Ecuadorian painter and writer
* William Crozier (1893–1930), Scottish painter
* Robert Crozier (1815–1891), English portrait artist
* István Csók (1865–1961), Hungarian painter
* Enzo Cucchi (born 1949), Italian painter
* Cui Bai (崔白, fl. 1050–1080), Chinese painter
* Cui Zizhong (崔子忠, died 1644), Chinese painter
* Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), Scottish painter and travel writer
* Charles Cundall (1890–1971), English topographical painter
* Nora Cundell (1889–1948), English painter
* Rinaldo Cuneo (1877–1939), American painter
* John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), American painter and illustrator
* Frances Currey (1925–2012), American painter
* Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), Dutch landscape painter
* Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652), Dutch landscape painter
* Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594–1652), Dutch portrait and landscape painter
* Boleslaw Cybis (1895–1957), Polish painter, sculptor and muralist
* Władysław Czachórski (1850–1911), Polish painter
* Józef Czapski (1896–1993), Polish artist, author and army officer
* Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), Polish painter
* Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969), Austro-Hungarian/Czech painter and writer
* Béla Czóbel (1883–1976), Hungarian painter
* Tibor Czorba (1906–1985), Hungarian painter
* Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945), Polish painter, art theorist and poet