List of Irish artists explained

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^{[1] [2]}
• 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^{[3] [4]}
• 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 ^[5]
• 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)

See also

• List of Irish botanical illustrators
• Irish art
• List of Northern Irish artists

Notes and References

1. News: Aine Ryan . Sculpture symbolises Westport’s ‘enduring spirit’ . The Irish Times . 17 October 2015 . 9 November 2015.
2. News: A Shaft of Light for Droghedas riverbank . Drogheda Independent . 24 May 2002 . 9 November 2015.
3. Web site: Cecil Maguire b. 1930 . . 9 November 2015.
4. Web site: Cecil Maguire RUA (1930–2020) . Visual-Arts-Cork.com . 9 November 2015.
5. Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK