List of Irish artists

A

• Kevin Abosch – artist
• Henry Allan – painter
• Margaret Allen – portrait and genre painter
• Mabel Annesley – Anglo-Irish watercolourist and wood engraver
• William Ashford – British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland

  B

• Francis Bacon – Irish painter
• Robert Ballagh – artist
• Robert Barker – painter from Kells
• George Barret, Sr. – landscape artist, especially of portraits of the British countryside
• James Barry
• William Gerard Barry – painter
• Rose Maynard Barton
• Mary Battersby
• Richard Brydges Beechey – Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
• John Behan – sculptor
• Shane Berkery
• Pauline Bewick – artist
• Renée Bickerstaff – founding member & treasurer of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, & honorary secretary of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
• Francis Bindon
• Basil Blackshaw – painter, especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape
• Brian Bourke – artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portraiture
• Alicia Boyle – abstract landscapes
• John Boyne
• Charles Brady – New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland
• James Brenan – artist
• Gordon Brewster – cartoonist
• Deborah Brown – painting and sculpture
• Vincent Browne – sculptor
• Colleen Browning – realist painter
• Adam Buck
• Augustus Nicholas Burke – artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
• John Burke – sculptor
• Thomas Burke – engraver and painter
• Frederick William Burton – painter born in Corofin, County Clare
• Mildred Anne Butler – painter
• John Butts
• John Byrne – contemporary artist
• Gerard Byrne – figurative painter and en plein air landscape painter
• Gerard Byrne – installation artist

  C

• Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo – painter
• Robert Carver – painter of theatre scenery and framed works
• John Cassidy – sculptor and painter
• Anna Cheyne –sculptor and painter
• Alfred E. Child – stained glass artist
• Harry Clarke – stained glass artist and book illustrator
• Anne Cleary – installation and video artist
• Egerton Coghill – painter, especially of landscapes of County Cork
• James Coleman – installation and video artist
• Simon Coleman – portrait and landscape painter
• Charles Collins – painter, especially of animals and still-life
• Patrick Collins – painter
• Fred Conlon – sculptor
• Denis Connolly – installation and video artist
• William Conor
• Amanda Coogan – performance artist
• Barrie Cooke – abstract expressionist painter
• Erin Corr – engraver
• Gary Coyle
• James Humbert Craig
• Martin Cregan
• Frances Emilia Crofton – landscape artist
• Dorothy Cross – artist working in a range of media from sculpture to video
• William Crozier – Irish-Scots still-life and landscape artist
• Amelia Curran – portrait painter

  D

• Francis Danby – painter, especially of large pictures in oil
• Colin Davidson – artist
• Gerald Davis
• William Davis – artist influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting
• Niall de Buitléar
• Mary Eily de Putron – Irish and Guernsey stained glass artist and archaeologist
• Edward Delaney – sculptor born in Claremorris
• Vivienne Dick – experimental filmmaker
• Gerald Dillon – painter
• Anne Donnelly – artist
• Willie Doherty – artist mainly in photography and video
• Keith Drury – oil painter and 3D digital artist
• Susanna Drury – landscape painter
• Patrick Vincent Duffy – painter, primarily of landscapes
• Rita Duffy – painter

  E

• Ross Eccles – contemporary artist, English-born but based in Ireland since 1971
• Felim Egan – painter
• Frank Egginton – contemporary painter
• Alfred Elmore – Victorian history and genre painter
• Beatrice Elvery – stained-glass artist and painter

  F

• Robert Fagan – painter, diplomat and archaeologist
• Gary Farrelly – artist and a founder of the Defastenist art group
• Fergus Feehily – artist
• Genieve Figgis – contemporary painter
• Jonathan Fisher – painter, engraver, and printmaker of aquatints of Irish scenery
• Mary Fitzgerald – member of Aosdana, lives and works in Dublin and Co. Waterford
• Jim Fitzpatrick – artist, especially of Irish Celtic art
• T.P. Flanagan – landscapes
• John Henry Foley – sculptor
• Gerda Frömel – sculptor
• Stanhope Alexander Forbes – artist and member of the Newlyn school of painters
• Graham Forsythe – painter
• Brian Frances – landscape painter
• Hugh Frazer – painter
• William Percy French – songwriter, entertainer, watercolour painter

  G

• Norman Garstin – artist with the Newlyn School of painters
• Edmund Garvey – painter
• Wilhelmina Geddes – stained glass artist
• Millicent Girling – designer and illustrator
• William St. John Glenn
• William Robert Gordon – landscapes, founding member of the Ulster Arts Club and the Ulster Literary Theatre
• Eileen Gray – furniture designer and architect
• Anita Groener – artist and Aosdána member
• Nathaniel Grogan – painter from Cork

  H

• Willem Van der Hagen – Dutch-born landscape painter who settled in Ireland
• Ronan Halpin – sculptor living on Achill Island, works in steel and bronze
• Eva Henrietta Hamilton
• Hugh Douglas Hamilton
• Alice Berger Hammerschlag
• James Hanley
• Marie Hanlon – artist and Aosdána member
• Alice Hanratty – printmaker
• William Michael Harnett – Irish-American painter who used a trompe-l'œil style of painting
• Conor Harrington – Irish-born street artist based in London
• William Harrington – Irish artist noted for his drawings of Cork city people and streetscapes
• Gertrude Hartland – illustrator
• Henry Albert Hartland – illustrator and built theatrical scenery
• Joseph Patrick Haverty – painter
• Edwin Hayes – painter of naval and marine seascapes/landscapes
• Gabriel Hayes – artist and currency designer
• Michael Healy – stained glass artist
• Gottfried Helnwein – Austrian painter, photographer, installation and performance artist
• Mercedes Helnwein – fine artist, writer, and video artist
• Jeremy Henderson – artist and painter
• Patrick Hennessy – realist painter
• William John Hennessy – wood carving and watercolor artist
• Olive Henry – painting, photography and stained glass artist
• Paul Henry – landscape painter
• Mary Balfour Herbert – watercolour artist, especially scenes from the Lakes of Killarney
• Christopher Hewetson – sculptor
• Thomas Hickey – painter
• Derek Hill – English-born portrait and landscape painter in Ireland
• Nathaniel Hill – impressionist
• Sean Hillen – artist, especially of collages and the creative use of photographs
• Nuala Holloway – painter
• Katie Holten – artist of drawings, installations, sculptures, and public art projects
• Evie Hone – painter and stained glass artist
• Nathaniel Hone the Elder – portrait and miniature painter
• Nathaniel Hone the Younger – painter
• Thomas Hovenden – Irish-American artist, teacher, and painter, especially of realistic quiet family scenes and narrative subjects
• Mercy Hunter – painter, calligrapher and teacher
• Robert Hunter
• Philip Hussey – portraitist and interiors painter

  I

• Charles Cromwell Ingham – portrait painter
• Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty – sculptor, conceptual artist, and installation artist
• Jaki Irvine – contemporary artist

  J

• Mainie Jellett – abstract painter and founder of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art
• Charles Jervas – portrait painter, translator, and art collector
• George W. Joy – painter
• Rachel Joynt – sculptor

  K

• Paul Kane
• Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
• Seán Keating
• Oisín Kelly
• Harry Kernoff
• John Kindness
• Cecil King
• Kenneth King
• Marion King
• John Kingerlee
• Vera Klute - contemporary artist
• Graham Knuttel
• Georgina Moutray Kyle – watercolour and pastels

  L

• Charles Lamb – portraits and landscape painter
• Deborah Lambkin
• Grania Langrishe
• Diarmuid Larkin
• Seán Larkin – art curator and educationist
• James Latham
• John Lavery
• Louis le Brocquy
• William John Leech
• James Le Jeune – portraits and landscapes
• Ciaran Lennon, aka Lennon
• John Luke
• Sean Lynch – contemporary artist
• Clíodhna Lyons – Irish cartoonist

  M

• Gladys Maccabe
• George Galway MacCann – sculpture, painting
• Patrick MacDowell
• Micheál MacLiammóir
• Daniel Maclise
• Henry MacManus
• Anne Madden
• Cecil Maguire – painter
• Alice Maher
• Padraig Marrinan
• Fergus Martin
• Violet McAdoo
• James McArdell
• Charles McAuley
• Niamh McCann
• Sheila McClean
• Samuel McCloy
• Bryan McCormack
• Niall McCormack
• Siobhan McDonald
• Norah McGuinness
• Yvonne McGuinness
• Edward McGuire
• Frank McKelvey
• Cherith McKinstry
• Aloysius McVeigh
• Colin Middleton
• Nick Miller – London-born artist, painter, member of Aosdána
• John Minihan
• Crawford Mitchell – wood-engraving, linocuts
• Flora Mitchell
• Martin Mooney
• Garret Morphey
• George Morrison – landscape painter and a founding member of the Ulster Watercolour Society
• Albert Morrow – illustrator, poster designer and cartoonist
• Jack Morrow – political cartoonist, illustrator and landscape painter
• Richard Mosse – conceptual documentary photographer and video artist
• Richard Moynan
• Michael Mulcahy
• Janet Mullarney – sculptor
• George Mullins
• William Mulready
• Bernard Mulrenin
• George Francis Mulvany

  N

• Charles Wynne Nicholls
• Paul Nietsche – portraits and still-life