List of Austrian artists and architects

This is a list of notable Austrian artists and architects.

A

 * Josef Abel (1768–1818) – painter
 * Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer
 * Raimund Abraham (1933–2010) – architect
 * Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), painter
 * Joseph Matthäus Aigner (1818–1886) – painter
 * Oz Almog (born 1956) – painter and writer
 * Franz Alt (1821–1914) – artist, watercolorist
 * Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905) – painter
 * Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887) – painter
 * Christian Attersee (born 1940) – pop-art artist

B

 * Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) – botanical illustrator
 * Herbert Bayer (1900–1985) – graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, architect
 * Franz von Bayros (1866–1924) – erotic artist
 * Maria Bach (1896–1978), painter
 * Antonietta Brandeis(1849–1910) – painter
 * Arik Brauer (1929–2021) – painter; born in Vienna
 * Günter Brus (born 1938) – performance artist
 * Tina Blau (1845–1916), landscape painter

C

 * Bernhard Cella (born 1969) – conceptual artist; born in Salzbug
 * Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906) – impressionist painter; born in Vienna
 * Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten (born 1969), visual artist

D

 * Günther Domenig (1934–2012) – architect
 * Gerti Deutsch (1908–1979), photographer
 * Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor

E

 * Joachim Eckl (born 1962)
 * Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926) – painter
 * Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985) – painter and illustrator
 * Fanny Elssler (1810–1884) – dancer
 * Ursula Endlicher, multi-media
 * Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723) – architect
 * Valie Export (born 1940) – media artist

F

 * Bernd Fasching (born 1955) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
 * Marina Faust (born 1950), photographer
 * Thomas Feuerstein (born 1968) – media artist, bio artist, sculptor
 * Josef Frank (1885–1967) – architect
 * Emil Fuchs (1866–1929) – sculptor, medallist, painter
 * Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
 * Joseph von Führich (1800–1876) – painter; born in Kratzau, Austria-Hungary
 * Hortensia Fussy (born 1954) – sculptor

G

 * Richard Gerstl (1883–1908) – painter
 * Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010) – sculptor; born in Villach
 * Gareis, Fritz (1872–1925) –  artist and cartoonist for the leftwing Vienna
 * Hilda Goldwag (1912–2008) –  painter
 * Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975) – founder of monochrom
 * Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
 * Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H

 * Ernst Haas (1921–1986) – photographer
 * Jasmin Hagendorfer – installation artist, sculpturer, performance artist
 * Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969), abstract painter
 * Karin Hannak (born 1940), multi-media
 * Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973), photographer and spy
 * Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (1833–1894) – architect
 * Johann Hattey (1859–1904) – architect
 * Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995) – painter and graphic artist
 * Xenia Hausner (born 1951) – painter
 * Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948) – artist; born in Vienna
 * Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960) – new media artist; born in Linz
 * Louis Christian Hess (1895–1944) – painter and sculptor
 * Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745) – architect
 * Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) – painter
 * Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) – architect
 * Hans Hollein (1934–2014) – architect
 * Wilhelm Holzbauer (1930–2019) – architect
 * Carl Holzmann (1849–1914) – architect
 * Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983) – architect
 * Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009) – sculptor and graphic artist; born in Vienna
 * Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) – artist; born in Vienna

I

 * Nicky Imber (1920–1996)

K

 * Arnold Karplus (1877–1968) – Viennese architect
 * Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
 * Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967) – designer and sculptor
 * Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter
 * Franz Klein (1779–1840) Viennese sculptor; creator of bust of Beethoven
 * Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) – artist; prominent figure of the Vienna Secession
 * Hubert Klumpner (born 1965) – architect; born in Salzburg
 * Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) – pop-art painter
 * Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) – painter; born in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria
 * Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter
 * Michaela Konrad (born 1972), contemporary artist
 * Edith Kramer (1916–2014), painter and art therapist
 * Siegfried L. Kratochwil (1916–2005) – Viennese painter
 * Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) – painter (graphics)
 * Max Kurzweil (1867–1916) – artist; co-founder of the Vienna Secession
 * Elke Krystufek (born 1970) – painter
 * Felicitas Kuhn (1926–2022), illustrator

L

 * Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (1772–1831) – lithographer
 * Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) – painter; born in Vienna
 * Roberta Lima (born 1974) – video and performance artist
 * Adolf Loos (1870–1933) – architect

M

 * Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator
 * Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
 * Hans Makart (1840–1884) – history painter, designer and decorator
 * Anton Erhard Martinelli (1684–1747) – architect
 * Domenico Martinelli (1650–1719) – architect
 * Franz Martinelli (1651–1708) – architect
 * Johann Baptist Martinelli (1701–1754) – architect
 * Georg Mayer-Marton (1897–1960) – artist
 * Gustav Mezey (1899–1981) –  painter of large scale posters
 * Edgar Meyer (1853–1925) – painter and political activist
 * Josef Mikl (1929–2008) – abstract painter
 * Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907–1986), painter and illustrator
 * Inge Morath (1923–2002) – photographer
 * Koloman Moser (1868–1918) – artist
 * Otto Muehl (1925–2013) – artist, action art
 * Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist

N

 * Moritz Nähr (1859–1945) – photographer
 * Christian Heinrich Nebbien (1778–1841) – landscaping architect
 * Richard Neutra (1892–1970) – architect; emigrated to the United States
 * Hans Niessenberger
 * Hermann Nitsch (born 1938) – painter and performance artist; born in Vienna

P

 * Gustav Peichl (1928–2019) – architect
 * Hubert Petschnigg (1913–1997) – architect
 * Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian
 * Boris Podrecca (born 1940)
 * Alf Poier (born 1967) – artist and stand-up comedian
 * Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726) – architect
 * Thomas Pucher (born 1969) – architect

R

 * Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) – painter
 * Elise Ransonnet-Villez (1843–1899), painter
 * Barbara Rapp (born 1972) – painter and mixed-media artist
 * Erwin Redl (born 1963) – LED installation artist and painter
 * Lily Renée (born 1921), illustrator and writer
 * Lili Réthi (1894–1969), artist and illustrator
 * Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter
 * Anton Pius Riegel (1789–18??) – architect
 * Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) – textile artist
 * Anton Romako (1832–1889), painter
 * Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730) – Baroque painter
 * Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988) – designer, architect and social critic

S

 * Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) – graphic designer and typographer
 * Karin Schäfer (born 1963) – performance artist
 * Martina Schettina (born 1961) – mixed media artist
 * Egon Schiele (1890–1918) – painter
 * Rudolf Schindler (1877–1953) – architect; emigrated to the United States in 1914
 * Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885–1971), painter
 * Barbara Schurz (born 1973), performance artist and writer
 * Paul Schuss (born 1948) – painter and mixed media artist; emigrated to France in 1949
 * Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) – architect and political activist
 * Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975) – architect
 * Hans Schwarz (1922–2003) – artist
 * Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918), painter
 * Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871) – painter
 * Florian Seidl (born 1979) – vehicle designer
 * Harry Seidler (1923–2006) – architect; emigrated to Australia in 1948
 * Günther Selichar (born 1960) –  media artist / photographer
 * Deborah Sengl (born 1974), painter and sculptor
 * Santino Solari (1576–1646) – architect
 * Martina Steckholzer (born 1974), artist
 * Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) – painter, pedagogue, poet and writer
 * Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), painter, writer and musician
 * Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
 * Jörg Streli (1940–2019), architect

T

 * Johann Joseph Thalherr (1730–1801) – architect
 * Ottilie Tolansky (1912–1977), painter
 * Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter, illustrator and poet
 * Esin Turan (born 1970), sculptor and painter

U

 * Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978) – painter, installations, experimental films, digital art

W

 * Aloys Wach (1892–1940) – painter
 * Otto Wagner (1841–1918) – Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
 * Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865) – painter
 * Peter Weibel (born 1944) – media artist
 * Max Weiler (1910–2001) – painter
 * Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), painter and sculptor
 * Franz West (1947–2012) – artist
 * Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926) – painter
 * Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) – sculptor; born in Vienna
 * Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981) –  painter
 * Erwin Wurm (born 1954) – sculptor

Z

 * Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990) – commercial designer and painter; born in Olmuetz
 * Liane Zimbler (1892–1987) – architect and interior designer
 * Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator