List of Scottish artists
This is a list of notable artists born in Scotland and/or well known for their work in Scotland, arranged alphabetically by surname and by period.
Born before 1700
- John Alexander, painter and engraver
- Arnold Bronckhorst, Dutch painter, the first King's Painter of Scotland
- William Gouw Ferguson, still life painter, active in France and Italy
- Gawen Hamilton, painter largely working in London
- George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and jeweller
- George Jamesone, Scotland's first eminent portrait painter
- David Paton, active 1660–1700, painter of miniatures
- François Quesnel, Scotland-born French painter
- John Michael Wright, portrait painter in the Baroque style
Born 1700–1799
- Cosmo Alexander, noted North American portrait painter
- David Allan, painter of historical subjects
- Andrew Bell, engraver and printer, co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica
- John Zephaniah Bell, painter
- John Brown, artist
- Thomas Campbell, sculptor
- Alexander Carse, painter known for scenes of Scottish life
- Robert Edmonstone, painter
- Robert Freebairn, landscape painter
- Andrew Geddes, portrait painter and etcher
- John Watson Gordon, painter
- Gavin Hamilton, Scottish neoclassical history painter
- David Ramsay Hay, artist, interior decorator and colour theorist
- Andrew Henderson, portrait painter
- John Kay, caricaturist and engraver
- William Home Lizars, painter and engraver
- William Miller, engraver
- Jacob More, landscape painter
- William Mossman, 1793–1851, sculptor
- Alexander Nasmyth, landscape painter
- Patrick Nasmyth, landscape painter, son of Alexander
- Jane Nasmyth, landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
- Barbara Nasmyth, landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
- Anne Nasmyth, landscape painter, daughter of Alexander
- Henry Raeburn, portrait painter
- Allan Ramsay, painter
- David Roberts, painter and lithographer
- Alexander Robertson, painter, brother of Andrew and Archibald
- Andrew Robertson, miniaturist painter
- Archibald Robertson, painter
- Alexander Runciman, painter of historical and mythical subjects
- John Runciman, painter known for Biblical and literary scenes, brother of Alexander
- Patrick Syme, flower-painter and color theorist
- Archibald Skirving, portrait painter
- Reverend John Thomson, landscape painter and minister of Duddingston Kirk
- William John Thomson RSA, portrait and miniaturist painter
- George Watson, painter
- David Wilkie, painter
- Hugh William Williams, landscape painter
- William Yellowlees, portrait painter
Born 1800–1899
- John Brown Abercromby, painter ranging from traditional portraiture to avant-garde modernism
- Patrick Adam, painter
- Robert Adamson, photographer
- John Macdonald Aiken, water-colourist and oil painter
- Lena Alexander, painter
- Jessie Algie, flower painter
- Andrew Allan, lithographer
- Robert Weir Allan, water-colour and oil painter of landscape and marine subjects
- Marion Ancrum, water-colour painter
- Hazel Armour, sculptor and medallist
- James Arroll, painter
- George Bain, art teacher whose writing revived interest in Celtic and Insular art
- James Ballantine, artist and author
- Penelope Beaton, painter
- Jemima Blackburn, painter and illustrator
- John Blair, painter
- Muirhead Bone, etcher
- Phyllis Bone, sculptor
- William Bonnar, portraitist and history and genre painter
- William Brodie, sculptor
- Robert Brough, painter
- John Crawford Brown, landscape artist
- William Kellock Brown, sculptor
- Elizabeth York Brunton, painter
- Robert Bryden, artist, sculptor and engraver
- Thomas Stuart Burnett, sculptor
- Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, member of the Scottish Colourists school
- James Cadenhead, painter
- Alexander Milne Calder, sculptor known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall
- Sir David Young Cameron, painter and etcher
- Mary Cameron, portraitist
- George Paul Chalmers, painter
- Thomas J Clapperton, sculptor
- James Cowie, painter
- Hugh Adam Crawford, painter
- William Crozier, landscape painter
- Jessie Alexandra Dick, painter and teacher
- Sir William Fettes Douglas, painter
- Thomas Millie Dow, painter, member of the Glasgow Boys school
- Jack M. Ducker, painter specialising in Highland landscapes
- Ian Fairweather, Scottish/Australian painter
- Christian Jane Fergusson, Dumfries and Galloway landscape and still-life painter
- John Duncan Fergusson, member of the Scottish Colourists school
- Henry Snell Gamley, sculptor specialising in war memorials and tombs
- Robert Gavin, painter
- William Geissler, water-colourist of the natural world
- David Cooke Gibson, painter and poet
- James William Giles, Scottish landscape painter
- Sir William George Gillies, landscape and still-life painter
- Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming, travel writer and painter
- Mary Grant 1831–1908, sculptor
- Norah Neilson Gray, Glasgow School artist
- Herbert James Gunn, portraitist
- James Guthrie, painter
- Maggie Hamilton, painter
- Peter Alexander Hay
- John Henderson, painter and Director of Glasgow School of Art
- Joseph Henderson, Scottish landscape painter
- George Henry, painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School
- Joseph Morris Henderson, Scottish landscape painter
- Amelia Robertson Hill, sculptor and artist, wife of David Octavius
- David Octavius Hill, painter and photography pioneer as Hill & Adamson
- Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter of landscapes, flowers and foliage with children
- Anna Hotchkis, painter
- John Kelso Hunter, portrait painter and book author
- George Leslie Hunter, painter and Scottish Colourist
- Beatrice Huntington, artist, sculptor and musician
- John Hutchison,, sculptor
- Alexander Johnston, painter known for genre and history subjects
- Dorothy Johnstone, painter of landscapes and portraits, especially children
- Jeka Kemp, painter
- Annabel Kidston, painter
- Jessie M King, illustrator mainly of children's books, designer of jewellery and fabric
- Thomson Kirkwood, painter of landscapes and rural scenes
- Annie Rose Laing, painter
- Robert Scott Lauder, artist and portrait painter
- Andrew Law, artist and portrait painter
- William Mustart Lockhart, artist mainly of Glasgow-area landscapes in water-colours
- John Henry Lorimer, portraitist and genre painter, brother of the architect Robert Lorimer
- Robert Macaulay Stevenson, painter
- Robert Walker Macbeth, painter, water-colourist and print-maker
- Henry Macbeth-Raeburn, painter and print-maker
- Dugald MacColl
- Frances MacDonald, Glasgow School artist, sister of Margaret
- Margaret MacDonald, Glasgow School artist, wife of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- James MacGillivray, sculptor
- William York Macgregor, landscape artist
- Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, painter and engraver
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer, husband of Margaret MacDonald
- Chica Macnab, painter and wood engraver
- James Herbert MacNair, Glasgow School artist, designer and teacher
- Harrington Mann, portraitist and decorative painter, member of the Glasgow Boys movement
- George Manson, water-colourist
- James McBey, painter, etcher and war artist
- Horatio McCulloch, landscape painter
- R. R. McIan, painter
- William McTaggart, landscape painter
- Arthur Melville, painter remembered for Oriental subjects
- James Coutts Michie, landscape and portrait painter
- John Maclauchlan Milne, landscape painter
- Thomas Corsan Morton, artist known as one of the Glasgow Boys
- James MacLauchlan Nairn, Glasgow-born painter who influenced late-19th-century New Zealand painting
- Charlotte Nasmyth, landscape painter, daughter of Alexander Nasmyth
- Jessie Newbery, Glasgow School artist and embroiderer
- James Campbell Noble, landscape and marine painter
- Robert Noble,, painter of landscapes, first President of the Society of Scottish Artists
- Emily Murray Paterson, painter
- James Paterson, landscape and portrait painter associated with The Glasgow Boys movement
- Viola Paterson, painter, wood engraver
- Sir Joseph Noel Paton, painter of religious subjects
- Samuel John Peploe, member of the Scottish Colourist school of painting
- John Pettie, painter
- Sir George Pirie, artist associated with the Glasgow Boys in the 1880s
- John Quinton Pringle, painter influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage and associated with the Glasgow Boys
- Annie Pirie Quibell, artist and archaeologist
- Arabella Rankin painter and coloured woodcut artist
- Anne Redpath, artist best known for still life works
- Sir George Reid, landscape and portrait painter
- John Robertson Reid, painter
- John Stevenson Rhind, sculptor
- Robert Sivell, painter
- Sir John Robert Steell RSA, sculptor, including the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the Scott Monument
- David Watson Stevenson, sculptor of portraits and monuments in marble and bronze
- William Grant Stevenson, sculptor and painter
- David Macbeth Sutherland, painter of Scottish and Breton landscapes, and of portraits
- Adam Bruce Thomson, The Edinburgh School artist, landscape and portrait painter
- Ottilie Maclaren Wallace, sculptor
- Edward Arthur Walton, painter of landscapes and portraits
- Cecile Walton, painter, illustrator and sculptor
- George Fiddes Watt, portrait painter and engraver
- James Cromar Watt, artist, architect and jeweller
- Saul Yaffie, Jewish artist later known as Paul Jeffay
Born 1900–1949
- David Annand, sculptor
- Gordon Robert Archibald, painter
- Eric Auld, painter
- Robert Bain, sculptor and art professor in South Africa
- Edward Baird, painter
- Barbara Balmer, painter
- Mardi Barrie, painter
- John Bellany, painter
- Helen Biggar, sculptor, film-maker and theatre designer
- Douglas Robertson Bisset, sculptor
- Sam Black
- Robert Henderson Blyth
- Leonard Boden, portrait painter
- Margaret Boden, painter
- John Boyd, milliner
- Mary Syme Boyd, artist and sculptor
- Jimmy Boyle, sculptor, author and convicted murderer
- Mark Boyle
- Howard Butterworth, painter working in Aberdeenshire since the 1960s
- John Byrne
- W. Lindsay Cable, illustrator for Punch and Enid Blyton
- Robert Colquhoun, painter and print-maker
- Henry Robertson Craig landscape and flower painter
- Victoria Crowe
- Richard Demarco, artist and promoter of visual and performing arts
- David Abercrombie Donaldson, painter and limner to Her Majesty The Queen
- Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay, sculptor and modeller
- Ian Hamilton Finlay, sculptor and installation artist
- Hannah Frank, artist and sculptor
- Alison Cornwall Geissler MBE,, glass engraver
- Marianne Grant, artist
- Tom Gourdie, artist
- Alasdair Gray, artist and writer
- Thomas Symington Halliday, painter and sculptor
- Alison Kinnaird M.B.E, glass artist, musician, teacher and writer
- Hew Lorimer, sculptor and brother of the architect Robert Lorimer
- Edwin G Lucas, painter
- Robert MacBryde, painter and theatre-set designer
- Hamish MacDonald, artist
- Rory McEwen, artist and musician
- George McGavin, painter
- William MacTaggart, landscape painter
- John Maxwell, painter of landscapes and imaginative subjects
- David Michie, painter
- James Morrison, landscape painter
- John Lowrie Morrison, expressionist oil painter of Scottish landscapes
- Alberto Morrocco, artist
- Eduardo Paolozzi, sculptor
- James McIntosh Patrick, painter of landscapes and portraits
- Ronald Rae, granite sculptor and artist
- Pat Semple, landscape artist
- Pamela So, multimedia artist and photographer
- Ancell Stronach, artist
- Alan Sutherland, portrait painter
- Alasdair Taylor, sculptor
- Sylvia Wishart, Orcadian landscape artist
- George Wyllie MBE, sculptor known for public art
Born 1950–1999
- Crawfurd Adamson, figurative artist
- Charles Avery, artist
- David Batchelor
- Karla Black, sculptor nominated for 2011 Turner Prize
- Martin Boyce, sculptor
- Hugh Buchanan, water-colourist
- Roderick Buchanan, artist working in film and photography
- Paul Carter artist known for constructions
- Stephen Conroy
- Andrew Cranston, painter
- Ken Currie, English-born member of New Glasgow Boys
- Helen Denerley, sculptor often reusing scrap
- Alan Dimmick, photographer of the Glasgow art scene.
- Helen Douglas (book artist), book artist
- Kate Downie, painter and print-maker
- Erica Eyres, Canadian-born artist
- Lizzie Farey, willow sculptor and artist
- Michael Fullerton, portrait painter based in London
- Anya Gallaccio, creator of minimalist installations
- Douglas Gordon, winner of 1996 Turner Prize
- Andrew Grassie, painter in tempera
- Claire Harrigan, painter
- Peter Howson, painter and official war artist
- Richard Johnson, Scotland-born and educated war artist
- Anna King, painter
- Henry Kondracki, painter
- David Mach, sculptor and installation artist
- John McKenna, public artist, statue and monument creator
- Abigail McLellan, artist
- Susan Philipsz OBE, sound installation artist, winner of 2010 Turner Prize
- Andy Scott, figurative sculptor
- Lucy Skaer, sculptor and painter
- Carol Rhodes, painter
- Evlynn Smith, artist, designer and furniture maker
- Alexander Stoddart, neoclassical sculptor
- Thomson & Craighead, works with video and internet
- Jack Vettriano, painter
- Alison Watt, painter