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.

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)
 * James McKenna (1933–2000)
 * 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)