# List of Irish artists

This list of Irish artists includes notable visual artists born or working mainly in Ireland along with a list of critics, collectors and curators who have had an influence on Irish visual arts.
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* 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
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## A

* Kevin Abosch (born 1969) – artist
* Henry Allan (1865–1912) – painter
* Margaret Allen (1830–1914) – portrait and genre painter
* Mabel Annesley (1881–1959) – Anglo-Irish watercolourist and wood engraver
* William Ashford (1746–1824) – British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland

## B

* Francis Bacon (1909–1992) – Irish painter
* Robert Ballagh (born 1943) – artist
* Robert Barker (1739–1806) – painter from Kells
* George Barret, Sr. (1728–1784) – landscape artist, especially of portraits of the British countryside
* James Barry (1741–1806)
* William Gerard Barry (1864–1941) – painter
* Rose Maynard Barton (1856–1929)
* Mary Battersby (fl. 1801–1841)
* Richard Brydges Beechey (1808–1895) – Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
* John Behan (born 1938) – sculptor
* Shane Berkery (born 1992)
* Pauline Bewick (born 1935) – artist
* Renée Bickerstaff (1904–1983) – founding member & treasurer of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, & honorary secretary of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
* Francis Bindon (1690–1765)
* Basil Blackshaw (1932–2016) – painter, especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape
* Brian Bourke (born 1936) – artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portraiture
* Alicia Boyle (1908–1997) – abstract landscapes
* John Boyne (1750–1810)
* Charles Brady (1926–1997) – New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland
* James Brenan (1837–1907) – artist
* Gordon Brewster (1889–1946) – cartoonist
* Deborah Brown (born 1927) – painting and sculpture
* Vincent Browne (born 1947) – sculptor
* Colleen Browning (1918–2003) – realist painter
* Adam Buck (1759–1833)
* Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838–1891) – artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
* John Burke (1946–2006) – sculptor
* Thomas Burke (1749–1815) – engraver and painter
* Frederick William Burton (1816–1900) – painter born in Corofin, County Clare
* Mildred Anne Butler (1885–1941) – painter
* John Butts (c. 1728 – 1764)
* John Byrne – contemporary artist
* Gerard Byrne (born 1958) – figurative painter and en plein air landscape painter
* Gerard Byrne (born 1969) – installation artist

## C

* Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo (1941–1989) – painter
* Robert Carver (c. 1730 – 1791) – painter of theatre scenery and framed works
* John Cassidy (1860–1939) – sculptor and painter
* Anna Cheyne (1926–2002) –sculptor and painter
* Alfred E. Child (1875–1939) – stained glass artist
* Harry Clarke (1889–1931) – stained glass artist and book illustrator
* Anne Cleary (born 1965) – installation and video artist
* Egerton Coghill (1853–1921) – painter, especially of landscapes of County Cork
* James Coleman (born 1941) – installation and video artist
* Simon Coleman (1916–1995) – portrait and landscape painter
* Charles Collins (c. 1680 – 1744) – painter, especially of animals and still-life
* Patrick Collins (1910–1994) – painter
* Fred Conlon (1943–2005) – sculptor
* Denis Connolly (born 1965) – installation and video artist
* William Conor (1881–1968)
* Amanda Coogan (born 1971) – performance artist
* Barrie Cooke (1931–2014) – abstract expressionist painter
* Erin Corr (1793–1862) – engraver
* James Humbert Craig (1878–1944)
* Martin Cregan (1788–1870)
* Frances Emilia Crofton (1822–1910) – landscape artist
* Dorothy Cross (born 1956) – artist working in a range of media from sculpture to video
* William Crozier (1930–2011) – Irish-Scots still-life and landscape artist
* Amelia Curran (1775–1847) – portrait painter

## D

* Francis Danby (1793–1861) – painter, especially of large pictures in oil
* Colin Davidson (born 1968) – artist
* Gerald Davis (1938–2005)
* William Davis (1812–1873) – artist influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting
* Niall de Buitléar (born 1983)
* Mary Eily de Putron (1914–1982) – Irish and Guernsey stained glass artist and archaeologist
* Edward Delaney (1930–2009) – sculptor born in Claremorris
* Vivienne Dick – experimental filmmaker
* Gerald Dillon (1916–1971) – painter
* Anne Donnelly (born 1932) – artist
* Willie Doherty (born 1959) – artist mainly in photography and video
* Keith Drury (artist) (born 1964) – oil painter and 3D digital artist
* Susanna Drury (1698–1770) – landscape painter
* Patrick Vincent Duffy (1836–1909) – painter, primarily of landscapes
* Rita Duffy (born 1959) – painter

## E

* Ross Eccles (born 1937) – contemporary artist, English-born but based in Ireland since 1971
* Felim Egan (born 1952) – painter
* Frank Egginton (1908–1990) – contemporary painter
* Alfred Elmore (1815–1881) – Victorian history and genre painter
* Beatrice Elvery (1881–1970) – stained-glass artist and painter

## F

* Robert Fagan (1761–1816) – painter, diplomat and archaeologist
* Gary Farrelly (born 1983) – artist and a founder of the Defastenist art group
* Fergus Feehily (born 1968) – artist
* Genieve Figgis (born 1972) – contemporary painter
* Jonathan Fisher (fl. 1763–1809) – painter, engraver, and printmaker of aquatints of Irish scenery
* Mary Fitzgerald (born 1956) – member of Aosdana, lives and works in Dublin and Co. Waterford
* Jim Fitzpatrick (born 1944) – artist, especially of Irish Celtic art
* T.P. Flanagan (1929–2011) – landscapes
* John Henry Foley (1818–1874) – sculptor
* Gerda Frömel (1931–1975) – sculptor
* Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947) – artist and member of the Newlyn school of painters
* Graham Forsythe (born 1952) – painter
* Brian Frances (1933–2005) – landscape painter
* Hugh Frazer (1795–1865) – painter
* William Percy French (1854–1920) – songwriter, entertainer, watercolour painter

## G

* Norman Garstin (1847–1926) – artist with the Newlyn School of painters
* Edmund Garvey (1740–1813) – painter
* Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955) – stained glass artist
* Millicent Girling (1900–1993) – designer and illustrator
* William St. John Glenn (1904–1974)
* William Robert Gordon (1872–1955) – landscapes, founding member of the Ulster Arts Club and the Ulster Literary Theatre
* Eileen Gray (1879–1976) – furniture designer and architect
* Anita Groener (born 1958) – artist and Aosdána member
* Nathaniel Grogan (1740–1807) – painter from Cork

## H

* Willem Van der Hagen (unknown–1745) – Dutch-born landscape painter who settled in Ireland
* Ronan Halpin (born 1958) – sculptor living on Achill Island, works in steel and bronze
* Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876–1960)
* Hugh Douglas Hamilton (c.1739–1808)
* Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969)
* James Hanley (born 1965)
* Marie Hanlon (born 1948) – artist and Aosdána member
* Alice Hanratty (born 1939) – printmaker
* William Michael Harnett (1848–1892) – Irish-American painter who used a trompe-l'œil style of painting
* Conor Harrington (born 1980) – Irish-born street artist based in London
* William Harrington (Artist) (born 1941) – Irish artist noted for his drawings of Cork city people and streetscapes
* Gertrude Hartland (1865–1954) – illustrator
* Henry Albert Hartland (1840–1893) – illustrator and built theatrical scenery
* Joseph Patrick Haverty (1794–1864) – painter
* Edwin Hayes (1819–1904) – painter of naval and marine seascapes/landscapes
* Gabriel Hayes (1909–1978) – artist and currency designer
* Michael Healy (1873–1941) – stained glass artist
* Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948) – Austrian painter, photographer, installation and performance artist
* Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979) – fine artist, writer, and video artist
* Jeremy Henderson (1952–2009) – artist and painter
* Patrick Hennessy (1915–1980) – realist painter
* William John Hennessy (1839–1917) – wood carving and watercolor artist
* Olive Henry (1902–1989) – painting, photography and stained glass artist
* Paul Henry (1876–1958) – landscape painter
* Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893) – watercolour artist, especially scenes from the Lakes of Killarney
* Christopher Hewetson (1739–1799) – sculptor
* Thomas Hickey (1741–1824) – painter
* Derek Hill (1916–2000) – English-born portrait and landscape painter in Ireland
* Nathaniel Hill (1861–1934) – impressionist
* Sean Hillen (born 1961) – artist, especially of collages and the creative use of photographs
* Nuala Holloway (born c. 1956) – painter
* Katie Holten (born 1975) – artist of drawings, installations, sculptures, and public art projects
* Evie Hone (1894–1955) – painter and stained glass artist
* Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718–1784) – portrait and miniature painter
* Nathaniel Hone the Younger (1831–1917) – painter
* Thomas Hovenden (1840–1895) – Irish-American artist, teacher, and painter, especially of realistic quiet family scenes and narrative subjects
* Mercy Hunter (1910–1989) – painter, calligrapher and teacher
* Robert Hunter (fl. 1752–1803)
* Philip Hussey (c. 1713 – 1783) – portraitist and interiors painter

## I

* Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796–1863) – portrait painter
* Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty (born 1928) – sculptor, conceptual artist, and installation artist
* Jaki Irvine (born 1966) – contemporary artist

## J

* Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) – abstract painter and founder of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art
* Charles Jervas (1675–1739) – portrait painter, translator, and art collector
* George W. Joy (1845–1925) – painter
* Rachel Joynt (born 1966) – sculptor

## K

* Paul Kane (1810–1871)
* Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856–1918)
* Seán Keating (1889–1977)
* Oisín Kelly (1915–1981)
* Harry Kernoff (1900–1974)
* John Kindness (born 1951)
* Cecil King (1921–1986)
* Kenneth King (1939–2019)
* Marion King (1897–1963)
* John Kingerlee (born 1936)
* Vera Klute (born 1981) - contemporary artist
* Graham Knuttel (born 1954)
* Georgina Moutray Kyle (1865–1950) – watercolour and pastels

## L

* Charles Lamb (1893–1964) – portraits and landscape painter
* Deborah Lambkin (born 1970)
* Grania Langrishe (born 1934)
* Diarmuid Larkin (1918–1989)
* Seán Larkin (born 1949) – art curator and educationist
* James Latham (c. 1696 – 1747)
* John Lavery (1856–1941)
* Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012)
* William John Leech (1861–1968)
* James Le Jeune (1910–1983) – portraits and landscapes
* John Luke (1906–1975)
* Sean Lynch (born 1978) – contemporary artist
* Clíodhna Lyons – Irish cartoonist

## M

* Gladys Maccabe (1918–2018)
* George Galway MacCann (1909–1967) – sculpture, painting
* Patrick MacDowell (1799–1870)
* Micheál MacLiammóir (1899–1978)
* Daniel Maclise (1806–1870)
* Henry MacManus (c. 1810 – 1878)
* Anne Madden (born 1932)
* Cecil Maguire (1930–2020) – painter
* Alice Maher (born 1956)
* Padraig Marrinan (1906–1975)
* Fergus Martin (born 1955)
* Violet McAdoo (1900–1961)
* James McArdell (fl. 1728–1765)
* Charles McAuley (1900–1999)
* Niamh McCann (born 1971)
* Sheila McClean (1932–2016)
* Samuel McCloy (1831–1904)
* Bryan McCormack (born 1972)
* Niall McCormack (born 1960)
* Siobhan McDonald
* Norah McGuinness (1903–1980)
* Yvonne McGuinness (born 1972)
* Edward McGuire (1932–1986)
* Frank McKelvey (1895–1974)
* Cherith McKinstry (1928–1904)
* Aloysius McVeigh (1923–2008)
* Colin Middleton (1910–1983)
* Nick Miller (born 1962) – London-born artist, painter, member of Aosdána
* John Minihan (born 1946)
* Crawford Mitchell (1908–1976) – wood-engraving, linocuts
* Flora Mitchell (1890–1973)
* Martin Mooney (born 1970)
* Garret Morphey (c. 1650 – 1716)
* George Morrison (1915–1993) – landscape painter and a founding member of the Ulster Watercolour Society
* Albert Morrow (1863–1927) – illustrator, poster designer and cartoonist
* Jack Morrow (1872–1926) – political cartoonist, illustrator and landscape painter
* Richard Mosse (born 1980) – conceptual documentary photographer and video artist
* Richard Moynan (1856–1906)
* Michael Mulcahy (born 1952)
* Janet Mullarney (1952–2020) – sculptor
* George Mullins (fl. 1763–65)
* William Mulready (1786–1863)
* Bernard Mulrenin (1803–1868)
* George Francis Mulvany (1809–1869)

## N

* Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831–1903)
* Paul Nietsche (1885–1950) – portraits and still-life

## O

* Dermod O'Brien (1865–1945) – landscape and portrait painter
* John O'Brien (1831–1891) – Irish-born Canadian marine artist
* James Arthur O'Connor (1792–1841) – painter
* John O'Connor (1830–1889) – painter
* Roderic O'Conor (1860–1940) – painter influenced by Impressionism
* Éamonn O'Doherty (1939–2011) – sculptor
* John O'Keeffe (c. 1797 – 1838) – portrait and figure painter
* Aloysius O'Kelly (1853 – c. 1941) – painter of coastlines, fishing ports and villages
* Tony O'Malley (1913–2003) – self-taught painter
* Frank O'Meara (1853–1888) – painter
* Daniel O'Neill (1920–1974) – Romantic painter born in Belfast
* George Bernard O'Neill (1828–1917) – paintings and etchings
* Henry O'Neill (1798–1880) – artist and archaeologist
* William Orpen (1878–1931) – portrait painter
* Dennis H Osborne (1919–2016) – painter
* Jean Osborne (1926–1965) – abstract paintings and graphic designer
* Walter Osborne (1859–1903) – impressionist painter
* Seán O'Sullivan (1906–1964) – portrait painter
* Rory O'Tunny (fl. 1540s) – sculptor

## P

* George Petrie (1790–1866) – painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist
* Stanley Pettigrew (born 1927) – painter
* Garrett Phelan (born 1965) – installation artist
* Raymond Piper (1923–2007) – portraiture and illustration
* Albert Power (1881–1945) – sculptor
* Mary Farl Powers (1948–1992) – graphic artist
* Rosamond Praeger (1867–1954) – sculptor, illustrator, poet and writer
* Graeme Purdy (born 1971) – photographer and author
* Sarah Purser (1848–1943) – artist often working in stained glass
* Stephen Pusey (born 1952) – mural painter
* Patrick Pye (1929–2018) – sculptor, painter and stained glass artist; resident in County Dublin

## R

* Basil Rakoczi (1908–1979) – artist and member of The White Stag group
* John Ramage (1748–1802) – Irish American artist, goldsmith, portrait painter, and miniaturist
* Eileen Reid (1894–1981) – painter
* Nano Reid (1900–1981) – painter
* Ethel Rhind (1877–1952) – stained glass artist
* Jim Ricks (born 1973) – contemporary artist
* Anne Rigney (born 1957) – abstract artist and sculptor
* Thomas Roberts (1749–1778) – landscape painter
* Maria D. Robinson (1840–1920) – painter
* Markey Robinson (1918–1999) – painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style
* Richard Rothwell (1800–1868) – portrait and genre painter
* John Ryan (1925–1992) – artist, writer, critic, publisher, patron, broadcaster and publican

## S

* William Sadler II (c. 1782 – 1839) – landscape painter
* Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) – Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation
* Caroline Scally (1886–1973) – Irish landscape artist
* Robert Richard Scanlan (1801–1876) – painter and portraitist
* Patrick Scott (1921–2014) – artist
* Sean Scully (born 1945) – Irish-born American painter and printmaker
* Paul Seawright (born 1965) – artist and professor of photography at the University of Ulster
* Dermot Seymour (Born 1956) – painter
* Kevin Sharkey (born 1960) – painter and celebrity
* Neil Shawcross (born 1940) – portrait painter
* Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850) – Dublin-born portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
* Oliver Sheppard (1865–1941) – sculptor and lecturer
* John Shinnors (born 1950) – abstract painter
* James Sleator (1889–1950) – artist
* Bob Sloan (born 1940) – sculptor
* Hamilton Sloan (born 1945) – portrait painter and traditional Irish artist
* Victor Sloan (born 1945) – photographer and artist
* Edward Smyth (1749–1812) – sculptor
* Holly Somerville – botanical artist
* Camille Souter (born 1929) – painter
* Stella Steyn (1907–1987)
* Imogen Stuart (born 1927) – Berlin-born sculptor
* Patrick Swift (1927–1983)

## T

* Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859–1929) – realist and portrait painter
* Romeo Toogood (1902–1966) – landscape painter
* Henry Tresham (1750–1814) – Irish-born painter of large-scale history paintings
* Patrick Tuohy (1894–1930) – portrait, narrative, and genre painter
* Charles Tyrrell (born 1950) – abstract painter and printmaker

## W

* J. Laurie Wallace (1864–1953) – artist
* Ciarán Walsh (born 1980) – artist
* Owen Walsh (1933–2002) – painter
* Samuel Walsh (born 1951) – contemporary abstract artist
* Wendy F. Walsh (1915–2014) – illustrator and botanical artist
* Michael Warren (born 1950) – sculptor
* Una Watters (1918–1965) – artist
* Josephine Webb (1853–1924) – portrait and landscape painter
* Robert West (died 1770) – painter
* Leo Whelan (1852–1956) – painter
* Maurice Canning Wilks (1911–1984)
* Alexander Williams (1845–1930) – landscape painter, maritime scenes
* William Gorman Wills (1828–1891) – dramatist and painter

## Y

* Anne Yeats (1919–2001) – painter and stage designer
* Jack Yeats (1871–1957) – artist
* John Butler Yeats (1839–1922) – artist

## Critics, collectors and curators

* Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968)
* Alfred Lane Beit (1903–1994)
* Thomas Bodkin (1887–1961)
* Anne Crookshank (1927–2016)
* William Dargan (1799–1867)
* Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, Knight of Glin (1937–2011)
* Cathal Gannon (1910–1999)
* Bryan Guinness (1905–1992)
* John Hewitt (1907–1987)
* Gordon Lambert (1919–2005)
* Hugh Lane (1875–1915)
* Denis Mahon (1910–2011)
* Lochlann Quinn (born 1940)
* Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)
* Tony Ryan (1936–2007)
* George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
* Theo Snoddy (1922–2008)
* Walter G. Strickland (1850–1928)
* Dorothy Walker (1929–2002)