List of painters by name beginning with "A"



Please add names of notable painters with a Wikipedia page, in precise English alphabetical order, using U.S. spelling conventions. Country and regional names refer to where painters worked for long periods, not to nationalities or family background.


 * Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer
 * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), German mannerist painter
 * Pacita Abad (1946–2004), Philippines multi-media artist and painter
 * Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894–1941), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
 * Riza Abbasi (1565–1635), Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher
 * Niccolò dell' Abbate (ca. 1510–1571), Italian painter
 * Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), Italian artist
 * Salomon van Abbé (1883–1955), English artist, etcher and illustrator
 * Louise Abbéma (1853–1927), French painter, sculptor and designer
 * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American artist, illustrator and painter
 * Mary Abbott (1921–2019), American abstract expressionist painter
 * Zeinab Abd al-Hamid (1919–2002), Egyptian oil painter
 * Basuki Abdullah (1915–1993), Southeast Asian realist painter
 * Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), American modernist landscape artist
 * Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian historical painter and etcher
 * Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), English artist
 * Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), American artist
 * John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929), Scottish painter
 * Johann Ludwig Aberli (1723–1786), Swiss painter and etcher
 * Anna Maria Barbara Abesch (1706–1773), Swiss reverse glass painter
 * Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1743–1809), Danish artist, antiquarian and draftsman
 * Béla Apáti Abkarovics (1888–1957) Hungarian painter and graphic artist
 * Béla Nagy Abodi (1918–2012), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
 * Ruth Abrahams (1931–2000), English artist
 * Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), American portraitist
 * Ruth Abrams (1912–1986), American painter
 * Philip Absolon (born 1960), English Stuckist artist
 * Otto Abt (1903–1982), Swiss surrealist painter
 * Ismail Acar (born 1971), Turkish painter
 * Bernard Accama (1697–1756), Dutch historical and portrait painter
 * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), German landscape painter
 * Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter
 * Patrick Adam (1852–1929), Scottish painter
 * Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), English painter and illustrator
 * J. Ottis Adams (1851–1927), American impressionist
 * John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist
 * Pat Adams (born 1928), American painter and print-maker
 * Robert Adamson (1821–1848), Scottish photographer and chemist
 * Sarah Gough Adamson (1883–1963), Scottish landscape painter
 * Mary Adshead (1906–1983), English painter and muralist
 * Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish/English painter and print-maker
 * Mór Adler (1826–1902), Hungarian painter
 * Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch still-life painter
 * Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch historical painter
 * Nadir Afonso (1920–2013), Portuguese painter
 * Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israeli sculptor and experimental artist
 * Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1848), Swiss animal and landscape painter
 * Knud Agger (1895–1973), Danish painter
 * Gyula Aggházy (1850–1919), Hungarian painter and teacher
 * Lubna Agha (1949–2012), South Asian artist
 * Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
 * Ai Xuan (艾軒, born 1945), Chinese painter
 * John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), Scottish painter
 * Ai-Mitsu (靉光, 1907–1946), Japanese surrealist
 * Edgar Ainsworth (1905–1975), English painter and illustrator
 * Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painter
 * Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), Polish portrait painter
 * Ras Akyem, Barbadian painter
 * Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter
 * Josef Albers (1888–1976), German/American artist, mathematician and educator
 * Mariotto Albertinelli (1474–1515), Italian painter
 * Giocondo Albertolli (1743–1839), Swiss/Italian architect, painter and sculptor
 * Ivan Albright (1897–1983), American artist
 * Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), Lithuanian/Polish painter
 * Tivadar Alconiere (1797–1865) Austro-Hungarian painter
 * L. Alcopley (1910–1992), American artist
 * Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), English painter and restorer
 * Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927), Belgian artist
 * George Aleef (1887–1970), Russian historical painter
 * Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824), Russian landscape painter
 * Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech painter
 * Cosmo Alexander (c. 1724 – 1772), Scottish/American painter
 * John Alexander (died 1733), Scottish painter and engraver
 * Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), American realist artist, teacher and author
 * Lena Alexander (1899–1983), Scottish painter
 * Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter
 * Brian Alfred (born 1974), New York urban painter
 * Jessie Algie (1859–1927), Scottish painter
 * Andrew Allan (1863–1942), Scottish lithographer
 * David Allan (1744–1796), Scottish historical painter
 * Griselda Allan (1905–1987), English flower painter
 * Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942), Scottish/English painter
 * Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), English artist
 * Daphne Allen (1899–1985), English painter
 * Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), English painter and muralist
 * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
 * Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter
 * Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter
 * Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), English painter (second wife of Lawrence Alma-Tadema)
 * Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter
 * Almeida Júnior (1859–1899), Brazilian realist
 * Charles Alston (1907–1977), American artist, muralist and teacher
 * Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish painter and singer
 * Rudolf von Alt (1812–1908), Austrian painter
 * Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), German painter, print-maker and architect
 * Altichiero (1330–1395), Italian painter
 * John Altoon (1925–1969), American painter and draftsman
 * Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist
 * Edmond Aman-Jean (1860–1936), French symbolist painter
 * Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Brazilian artist
 * Christoph Amberger (ca. 1505–1561), German painter
 * Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), Austro-Hungarian court portrait painter
 * Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), Swiss modernist artist
 * Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), Italian painter
 * Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941), Brazilian painter and interior designer
 * Rick Amor (born 1948), Australian war artist and figurative painter
 * An Gyeon (안견, 15th c.), Korean painter
 * An Zhengwen (安正文, fl. between 14th and 17th cc.), Chinese painter
 * Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish pictorial artist
 * Michael Ancher (1849–1927), Danish painter
 * Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), Scottish water-colorist
 * Werner Andermatt (1916–2013), Swiss painter
 * Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-born English genre painter
 * Emma Andijewska (born 1931), Ukrainian surrealist painter, poet and writer
 * Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), Romanian impressionist
 * Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), Brazilian/Greek painter and sculptor
 * Michael Andrews (1928–1995) English painter
 * Anthony Angarola (1893–1929), American painter and print-maker
 * Marie Angel (1923–2010), English artist
 * Fra Angelico (1387–1445), Early Italian Renaissance
 * Heinz Anger (born 1941), Austrian painter
 * Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1872–1952), Spanish/Catalan painter
 * Gaston Anglade (1854–1919), French impressionist painter
 * Charles Angrand (1854–1926), French neo-Impressionist painter and anarchist
 * Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), Italian painter
 * Peggy Angus (1904–1993), English/Scottish painter and tile and textile designer
 * Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand painter
 * Albert Anker (1831–1910), Swiss painter and illustrator
 * Margit Anna (1913–1991), Hungarian painter
 * David Annand (born 1948), Scottish sculptor
 * Louis Anquetin (1861–1932), French painter and author
 * Pieter van Anraedt (1635–1678), Dutch painter
 * Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), Dutch painter
 * Mary Anne Ansley (fl.1810–1840), English painter
 * Horst Antes (born 1936), German painter and sculptor
 * Cornelis Anthonisz (ca. 1505–1553), Dutch painter, engraver and cartographer
 * Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), American artist
 * Shigeru Aoki (青木繁, 1882–1911), Japanese painter
 * Chiho Aoshima (青島千穂, born 1974), Japanese pop artist
 * Apelles (4th century BC), Greek painter
 * Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009), Italian/Slovenian painter and scenographer
 * Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter, sculptor and poet
 * Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000), English painter and print-maker
 * Joseph Ignaz Appiani (1706–1785), German painter
 * Félix Aráuz (1935–2024), Latin American painter from Ecuador
 * Janet Archer (fl.1873–1916), English painter
 * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), Italian painter
 * Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch landscape painter
 * Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), Israeli and French painter, print-maker and art historian
 * Abram Arkhipov (1862–1930), Russian realist painter
 * István Árkossy (born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
 * Edward Armitage (1817–1896), English historical painter
 * John Armleder (born 1948), Swiss painter and sculptor
 * Hazel Armour (1894–1985), Scottish sculptor and medalist
 * John Armstrong (1893–1973), English surrealist artist
 * Georg Arnold-Graboné (1896–1982), German impressionist
 * Jean Arp (1886–1966), German/French sculptor, painter and poet
 * Eugenio de Arriba (1934–1977), Spanish painter
 * Art & Language (founded 1968), British conceptual artists, writers and painters
 * Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), American painter, illustrator and sculptor
 * Asai Chū (浅井忠, 1856–1907), Japanese yōga painter
 * Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603–1678), Dutch painter
 * Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), English painter and sculptor
 * Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876–1958), Icelandic painter
 * Dennis Ashbaugh (born 1946), American painter
 * Gigadō Ashiyuki (戯画堂芦幸, early-19th century), Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print-maker
 * Hans Asper (1499–1571), Swiss painter
 * Jan Asselijn (1610–1652), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Balthasar van der Ast (1593–1657), Dutch Golden Age painter
 * Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), Norwegian neo-romantic painter and print-maker
 * Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist
 * René Auberjonois (1872–1957), Swiss artist
 * Étienne Aubry (1746–1781), French painter
 * Louis-François Aubry (1770–1850), French portrait painter
 * Mary Audsley (1919–2008), English painter and sculptor
 * John James Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, naturalist and painter
 * Frank Auerbach (born 1931), German/English painter
 * Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French impressionist painter
 * Eric Auld (1931–2013), Scottish painter
 * George Ault (1891–1948), American painter
 * Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English water-colorist
 * Giuseppe Avanzi (1645–1718), Italian Baroque painter
 * Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), American abstract painter
 * Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch Baroque landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age
 * Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern artist
 * Edward Ben Avram (born 1941), Indian/Israeli painter
 * Nikola Avramov (1897–1945), Bulgarian still-life painter
 * Awataguchi Takamitsu (粟田口隆光, fl. between 14th and 16th cc.), Japanese religious painter
 * Joan Ayling (1907–1993), English painter
 * Ay-O (靉嘔, born 1931), Japanese Fluxus artist
 * Aya Goda (合田彩, born 1967), Japanese author and artist
 * Anton Ažbe (1870–1949), Slovenian painter and teacher
 * Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni (c. 1572 – c. 1645), Italian painter and sculptor