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.

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
 * 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
 * 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