# List of Belgian painters

This is a list of Belgian painters. Where available, it includes the painter's place and year of birth; the place and year of death; and painting style.
For painters from this region before 1830, see List of Flemish painters.
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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
* Z
* See also

## A

* Pierre Abattucci (1871–1942)
* Edouard Agneessens (1842–1885)
* Pierre Alechinsky (born in Brussels, 1927) – Contemporary
* Harold Ancart
* Carla Arocha (born in Caracas, Venezuela)
* Alphonse Asselbergs (born in Brussels) (1839–1916)

## B

* Albert Baertsoen (1866–1922) – Impressionism
* Émile Baes (12 November 1879, Brussels – 3 January 1953, Paris) Post-Impressionism
* Firmin Baes (born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1874 – died in Uccle, 1943) – Impressionism
* Rachel Baes (born in Ixelles, 1912 – died in Bruges, 1983) – Surrealism
* Piet Bekaert (1939–2000) – Impressionism
* Anna Boch (1848–1936) – Neo-Impressionism
* Eugène Boch (1855–1941) – Impressionism
* Gaston Bogaert (1918–2008) – Surrealism
* Michaël Borremans (born in Geraardsbergen, 1963)
* Hippolyte Boulenger (1837–1874) – Realism
* Virginie Bovie (1821–1888) – eclectic painter with Flemish Baroque, Romantic, and Realist influences
* Ignace Brice (born in Brussels, 1795 – died in Brussels, 1866), Neoclassicism
* Jean Brusselmans (born in Brussels, 1884 – died in Dilbeek, 1953) Fauvism
* Louis Buisseret (born in Binche, 1888 – died in Brussels, 1956)
* André Buzin (born 1946) – paints animals and flowers

## C

* Nestor Cambier (born in Couillet, 1879 – died in Brussels, 1957) – portraiture, landscapes, city views, still lifes, murals, drawings
* Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born in Brussels, 1814 – died in Brussels, 1891) – stained-glass painter
* Jacques Carabain (born in Amsterdam, 1834 – died in Schaerbeek, 1933) – Cityscape painter
* Marcel Caron (born in Enghien, 1890 – died in Liège, 1961) – Expressionism
* Évariste Carpentier (born in Kuurne, 1845 – died in Liège, 1922) – Naturalism, Impressionism
* Anto Carte (born in Mons, 1886 – died in Ixelles, 1954) – Symbolism, Expressionism
* François Cautaerts (born in Brussels, 1810 – died in Brussels, 1881) – historical and religious themed paintings
* Cécile Cauterman (born in Ghent, 1882 – died in Ghent, 1957) – drawings
* Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born in Brussels, 1958) – Hyperrealism
* Emile Claus (born in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, 1849 – died in Astene, 1924) – Impressionism
* Paul Jean Clays (born in Bruges, 1819 – died in Brussels, 1900) – Marine painting
* Jan Cockx (born in Antwerp, 1891 – died in Antwerp, 1976) – painter and ceramicist
* Jean Baptiste Leopold Colin (1881–1961) – portraits, nudes, and still lifes
* Omer Coppens (born in Dunkirk, 1864 – died in Ixelles, 1926) – Impressionist painter, ceramic artist
* Léon Corthals (born in Temse, 1877 – died in Ixelles, 1935) – portraiture
* Franz Courtens (born in Dendermonde 1854 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 1943), Pleinairisme, landscape and marine painting
* Jan Cox (born in The Hague, 1919 – died in Antwerp, 1980) – Avant-garde, Abstract art, Figurative
* Luc-peter Crombé (born in Opwijk, 1920 – died 2005)

## D

* Paul Daxhelet (born in Liège, 1905 – died in Liège, 1993) – Orientalism
* Hugo Debaere (born in Ghent, 1958 – died in Ghent, 1994) – Avant-garde
* Fritz de Brouckère (born in Brussels, 1879 – died in Brussels, 1928) – Impressionism, Symbolism
* Jan De Cock (born in Brussels, 1976) – Contemporary
* Jos De Cock (born in Kortrijk, 1934 – died in Paris, 2010)
* Henry de Groux (born in Brussels, 1866 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1930) – Symbolism
* Carole Dekeijser – Contemporary
* Raoul De Keyser (born in Deinze, 1930–2012) – Abstract
* Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827–1869) – painter and illustrator
* Basile De Loose (born in Zele, 1809 – died in Brussels, 1885) – portrait and genre painter
* Paul Delvaux (born in Antheit (Wanze) 1897 – died in Veurne, 1994) – Surrealism
* Jean Delville (1867–1953) – Symbolism
* André de Meulemeester (1894–1973) – Flemish-Belgian painter 1917
* Jos de Mey (1928–2007) – Flemish-Belgian painter, primarily of impossible objects in a photo-realistic style
* Albert Demuyser born in Laeken (1920–2003)
* William Degouve de Nuncques (born in Monthermé, 1867 – died 1935) – Symbolism
* Gustave De Smet (born in Ghent, 1877 – died in Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem), 1943) – Expressionism
* Albrecht De Vriendt (Ghent, 8 December 1843 – Antwerp, 14 October 1900) – Belgian painter known for his genre scenes, history paintings, interiors and figure paintings
* The de Vriendt brothers (Juliaen Joseph (1842–1935) and Albrecht François Lieven (1843–1900))
* Louis Dewis (born in Mons, 1872 – died in Biarritz 1946) – Post-Impressionism
* August De Wilde (born in Lokeren, 1819 – died in Sint-Niklaas 1886) – portrait and genre painter
* Sam Dillemans (born in Leuven 1965) – Contemporary
* Christian Dotremont (born in Tervuren, 1922 – died in Buizingen, 1979) – Avant-garde
* Arpaïs Du Bois (born in Ghent 1973) – Contemporary

## E

* James Ensor (born in Ostend, 1860 – died in Ostend, 1949) – painter and printmaker
* Henri Evenepoel (born in Nice, 1872 – died in Paris, 1899) – fauvism

## F

* Émile Fabry (born in Verviers, 1865 – died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 1966) – Symbolism
* Jean-Michel Folon (born in Uccle 1934 – died in Monaco 2005)
* Théodore Fourmois (1814–1871) – landscape painter and printmaker
* Pol Fraiture (1946–1981) – oil paintings and monotypes
* Lucien Frank [fr] (born in Brussels 1857 – died in Ohain 1920) – landscape painter, Impressionism
* Alice Frey (born in Antwerp, 1895 – died in Ostend, 1981) – Expressionism

## G

* Louis Gallait (born in Tournai, 1810 – died in Schaerbeek, 1887)
* Jane Graverol (born in Ixelles, 1905 – died in Fontainebleau, 1984) – Surrealism

## H

* Philip Henderickx (born 1976) – Contemporary
* Hugo Heyrman (born in Antwerp, 1942) – Contemporary

## J

* Floris Jespers (1889–1965) – Avant-garde

## K

* Fernand Khnopff (born in Grembergen, 1858 – died in Brussels, 1921) – Symbolism

## L

* Paul Lauters (1806–1875) – Abstraction, Tachisme, École de Paris
* Georges Emile Lebacq (born in Jemappes, 1876 – died in Bruges, 1950) – Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
* Mercédès Legrand (1893–1945), Spanish-born Belgian painter, sculptor, poet
* Charles Leickert (born in Brussels, 1816 – died in Mainz, 1907) – Winter scenes
* Georges Lemmen (1865–1916) – Neo-Impressionism
* Auguste Levêque (born in Nivelles, 1866 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1921) – painter influenced both by Realism and Symbolism
* Jan August Hendrik Leys (born in Antwerp, 1815 – died in Antwerp, 1869) – Romance

## M

* Jean Baptiste Madou (born in Brussels, 1796 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1877) – painter and lithographer
* René Magritte (born in Lessines, 1898 – died in Brussels, 1967) – Surrealism
* Auguste Mambour (born in Liège, 1896 – died in Liège, 1968) – Expressionism, Cubism, African art
* Frans Masereel (born in Blankenberge, 1889 – died in Avignon, France, 1972) – painter and woodcutter
* Armand Massonet (1892–1979)
* Constantin Meunier (born Etterbeek, 1831 – died in Brussels, 1905) – painter and sculptor
* Henri Michaux (1899–1984) – painter, poet and writer
* Constant Montald (born in Ghent, 1862 – died in Brussels, 1944)

## N

* François-Joseph Navez (born in Charleroi, 1787 – died in Brussels, 1869) – Neo-classicism
* Xavier Noiret-Thomé (born in 1971) – Contemporary
* Cristina Funes-Noppen – Contemporary

## O

* Jacques Ochs (born in Nice, 1883 – died in Liège, 1971) – Illustrator, Caricaturist
* Christian Otte (born in Theux, 1943 – died in Liège, 2005)

## P

* Pierre Paulus (born in Châtelet, 1881 – died in Brussels, 1959) – Expressionism
* Constant Permeke (born in Antwerp, 1886 – died in Ostend, 1952) – Expressionism
* Erik Pevernagie (born 1939) – Contemporary
* Louis Pevernagie (1904–1970) – Expressionism
* Jean-François Portaels (born in Vilvoorde, 1818 – died in Schaerbeek, 1895)

## R

* Armand Rassenfosse (born in Liège, 1862 – died in Liège, 1934) – Symbolism, Art nouveau
* Reniere&Depla (born in Poperinge, 1956 and born in Ostend, 1954)
* Roger Raveel (Machelen-aan-de-Leie, 1921–2013) – painter especially of pop art
* Gaston Relens (1909 – 2011)
* Félicien Rops (born in Namur, 1833 – died in Essonne, France, 1898) – artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint

## S

* Anthoni Schoonjans (1655–1726)
* Pierre Schwarz (born in Brussels, 1950) – Neo-expressionism
* Albert Servaes (1883–1966) – Expressionism
* Victor Servranckx (born in Diegem, 1897 – Elewijt, 1965) – Cubism
* Leon Spilliaert (born in Ostend, 1881 – died in Ostend, 1946) – Symbolism, Expressionism
* Alfred Stevens (born in Brussels, 1828 – died in Paris, France, 1906)
* Alexander Struys (born in Berchem, 1852 – died in Uccle, 1941)

## T

* Jan Theuninck (born in Zonnebeke, 1954) – Contemporary painter and poet
* Albert Thys (born in Kontich, 1894 – died in 1976) – portraiture, landscapes
* Luc Tuymans (born in Mortsel, 1958) – Contemporary
* Edgard Tytgat (born in Brussels, 1879 – died in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1957) – Fauvism

## U

* Raoul Ubac (born in Malmedy or Cologne, 1910 – died in Dieudonné, Oise, 1985)

## V

* Hilaire Vanbiervliet (born in Courtray, 1890 – died 1981) – Expressionism
* Jef Van Campen (born in Antwerp, 1934) – Expressionism
* Frans Van Damme (born in Hamme, 1858 – died in Brussels, 1925) – Impressionism, Realism
* Hans Vandekerckhove (born in Kortrijk, 1957) – Contemporary
* Philippe Vandenberg (born in Ghent, 1952 – died in Brussels, 2009)
* Frits Van den Berghe (born in Ghent, 1883 – died in Ghent, 1939) – Expressionism
* Louis Van den Eynde (born in Anderlecht, 1881 – died in 1966) – portrait and genre painter
* Jef Van der Veken (born in Antwerp, 1872 – died in Ixelles, 1964) – copyist and art restorer
* Henry van de Velde (born in Antwerp, 1863 – died in Zürich, Switzerland, 1957) – Art Nouveau
* Gustave Van de Woestijne (born in Ghent, 1891 – died in Brussels, 1947)
* Albert Van Dyck (born in Turnhout, 1902 – died in Antwerp, 1951) – portrait and genre painter
* Peter Van Gheluwe (born in Ghent, 1957) – Contemporary
* Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born in Antwerp, 1951) – Contemporary
* Cornelius Van Leemputten (1841–1902) – painter especially of landscapes with sheep
* Louis Van Lint (born in Brussels, 1909 – died in Brussels, 1986) – Abstract Expressionism
* Koen Vanmechelen (born in Sint-Truiden, 1965) – Contemporary
* Eugeen Van Mieghem (born in Antwerp, 1875 – died in Antwerp, 1930) – Impressionism
* Jan Vanriet (born in Antwerp, 1958) – Contemporary
* Théo van Rysselberghe (born in Ghent, 1862 – died in Saint-Clair, Var, France, 1926) – Pointillism
* Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1790–1881) – animal painter
* Jan Verdoodt – Magic realism; follower of Magritte
* Fernand Verhaegen (born in Marchienne-au-Pont (Charleroi), 1883 – died in Montigny-le-Tilleul, 1975) – painter and etcher
* Frans Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1827 – died in Schaerbeek, 1897) – portrait and genre painter
* Jan Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1834 – died in Schaerbeek, 1896) – portrait and genre painter
* Charles Verlat (born in Antwerp, 1824 – died in Antwerp, 1890) – painter and etcher

## W

* Baron Gustaf Wappers (born in Antwerp, 1803 – died in Paris, France, 1874) – Romanticism
* Camille Wauters (born in Temse, 1856 – died in Lokeren, 1919) – Landscape painting
* Charles Augustin Wauters (born in Boom, 1808 – died in Mechelen, 1869) – Religious subjects and genre scenes
* Emile Wauters (1846–1933) – history painter and portraitist
* Ernest Welvaert (born in Lokeren, 1880 – died in Uccle, 1946)
* Antoine Joseph Wiertz (born in Dinant, 1806 – died in Brussels, 1865) – Romanticism
* Florent Joseph Marie Willems (1823–1905) – genre painter
* Roger Wittevrongel (born in Blankenberge, 1933) – Contemporary
* Rik Wouters (1882–1916) – Fauvism
* Cindy Wright (born 1972)
* Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925)
* Rodolphe Wytsman (1860–1927)
* Peter Weidenbaum (born in Antwerp, 1968) – Contemporary