List of Australian artists explained

This is a list of Australian artists.

A

Anita Aarons (1912–2000): sculptor
Harold Abbott (1906–1986): painter
Ian Abdulla (1947–2011): Ngarrindjeri naive artist
Abdul Abdullah (born 1986): multimedia artist
Jack Absalom (1927–2019): artist, author and adventurer
Louis Abrahams (1852–1903): painter, etcher
Tate Adams (1922–2017): artist
Joyce Allan (1896–1966): scientific illustrator
Micky Allan (born 1944): photographer
Beverly Allen (born 1945): botanical artist
Davida Allen (born 1951): painter, film maker and writer
Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962): painter, writer
Mary Morton Allport (1806–1895): lithographer, etcher and engraver, landscapes and miniatures
Ernie Althoff (born 1950): musician, composer, instrument builder, and visual artist
Tony Ameneiro (born 1959): artist, printmaker
Rick Amor (born 1948): artist and figurative painter
Roy Ananda (born 1980): sculptor
Brook Andrew (born 1970): contemporary artist
Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015): Aboriginal painter
Garry Andrews (born 1957): painter, printmaker and art teacher
Gordon Andrews (1914–2001): industrial and graphic designer; designed Australia's first decimal banknotes
George French Angas (1822–1886): painter
James Angus (born 1970): sculptor
Giulio Anivitti (1850–1881): artist, art teacher, portrait painter and gallery curator
Douglas Annand (1903–1976): graphic designer and artist
Len Annois (1906–1966): watercolors
Jean Appleton (1911–2003): prize-winning painter, printmaker, art teacher
Silvio Apponyi (born 1949): German-Australian sculptor
Howard Arkley (1951–1999): painter of houses, architecture, and suburbia
Hany Armanious (born 1962): artist
Elizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930): artist and art teacher
Ian Armstrong (1923–2005): painter and printmaker
Raymond Arnold (born 1950)
Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987): botanical artist
James Ashton (1859–1935): artist and arts educator
Julian Ashton (1851–1942): artist and teacher
Julian Howard Ashton (1877–1964): journalist, writer, artist and critic
Will Ashton (1881–1963): artist and gallery director
Olive Ashworth (1915–2000): textile designer
Estelle Asmodelle (born 1964): abstract artist, musician, and academic
Cristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960)
Mireille Astore (born 1961): artist, writer and film maker
Michael Atchison OAM (1933–2009): South Australian cartoonist
Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872): illustrator, botanist, writer
Yvonne Audette (born 1930): painter
J. Muir Auld (1879–1942): painter of landscapes and figure subjects
Daryl Austin (born 1964): painter and arts education
Narelle Autio (born 1969): photographer

B

Joseph Backler (1813–1895): English-born Australian painter
Herbert Badham (1899–1961): realist painter
Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
Jeannie Baker (born 1950): English-born children's picture book author and artist
Maringka Baker (born c. 1952): painter
Normand Baker (1908–1955): artist, winner of 1937 Archibald Prize
Arthur Baker-Clack (1877–1955): expatriate Impressionist painter of landscapes, resident of the Étaples art colony
Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss–Australian contemporary artist
George Baldessin (1912–1978): Italian–Australian artist
Alice Marian Ellen Bale (18751955): exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
Percival Ball (1845–1900): English sculptor active in Australia
Sydney Ball (1933–2017): abstract painter
Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958): fashion designer, illustrator
Rosalie (Ros) Edith Bandt (born 1951): composer, sound artist, academic and performer
William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans
Irene Barberis (born 1953): English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
Caroline Barker (1894–1988): painter
Elsie Barlow (1876–1948): painter, printmaker
Gustave Barnes (1877–1921): English violinist, painter and sculptor
Virginia Barratt (born 1959): researcher, artist, writer and performer
Jeremy Barrett (born 1936): artist
Ethel Barringer (1883–1925): etcher
Gwen Barringer (1882–1960): watercolourist
Herbert Page Barringer (1886–1946): watercolourist
Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes
Margaret Baskerville (1861–1930): Victorian sculptor and painter
Tom Bass (1916–2010): sculptor
Edward La Trobe Bateman (1861–1897): painter, book illuminator, draughtsman and garden designer
H. M. Bateman (1887–1970): humorous artist and cartoonist
Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman (aka Piers Bateman)(1947–2015): landscape painter
Terry Batt (born 1949): artist and sculptor
Rex Battarbee (1893–1973): painter
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator
Lionel Bawden (born 1974): artist
Clark Beaumont (formed 2010) (Sarah Clark and Nicole Beaumont), video, performance art
John Beard (born 1943): painter, winner of 2006 Wynne Prize and 2007 Archibald Prize
John Watt Beattie (1859–1930): photographer
Christopher Beaumont (born 1961): still life painter
Clarice Beckett (1887–1935): painter
Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect
Bianca Beetson: Aboriginal artist
Marcus Beilby (born 1951): artist, winner of 1987 Sulman Prize
George Bell (1878–1966): painter who studied in London and Paris
Richard Bell (born 1953): painter who courted controversy
Robert Stewart Bell AM (1946–2018): artist in ceramics and textiles and arts curator
Lisa Bellear (1961–2006): photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
Jean Bellette (1908–1991): painter
Allana Beltran: performance artist
Jason Benjamin (1971–2021): painter, winner of 2005 Archibald Prize
Anthony Bennett (born 1966): painter, Archibald Prize finalist 2008, 2009
Gordon Bennett (1955–2014): Aboriginal artist
Jane Bennett (born 1960): painter
Portia Mary Bennett (1898–1989): painter
Stephen Benwell (born 1953): ceramicist
Moira Bertram (1929–?): comic artist, illustrator
Kevin Best (1932–2012): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
Kate Beynon (born 1970): artist
Charles Billich (born 1934): artist
Asher Bilu (born 1936): painter and sculptor
Vivienne Binns (born 1940): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987): artist, illustrator and print maker
Dorrit Black (1891–1951): painter, printmaker
Charles Blackman (1928–2018): landscape artist
Freya Blackwood (born 1975): illustrator, special effects artist
Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959): painter
Robin Blau (born 1946): design artist, sculptor, jeweller
Peter Michael Blayney (1920–2014): artist
Godfrey Blow (born 1948): artist, founder of the Perth Stuckists
Elise Blumann (1897–1990): German-born artist who achieved recognition as an Expressionist painter
Yvonne Boag (born 1954)
Thomas Bock (1793–1855): portraitist
Wim Boissevain (born 1927): painter
Peter Bonner (born 1964): artist
Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003): painter
David Booker (born 1954): Australian contemporary sculptor
Jeremy Boot (born 1948): Australian wildlife painter
Peter Booth (born 1940): figurative and abstract painter
Marion Borgelt (born 1954): contemporary painter and mixed-media artist
Polly Borland (born 1959): photographer
Nancy Borlase (1914–2006): New Zealand-born landscape-based abstract painter and portraitist
Paul Boston (born 1952): artist
Stella Bowen (1893–1947): painter
William Leslie Bowles (1885–1954): sculptor and medallist
Walter Armiger Bowring (1874–1931): painter and illustrator
Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
Daniel Boyd (born 1982): painter, sculptor and installation artist
David Boyd (1924–2011): artist of symbolic and historical paintings, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
Doris Boyd (1888–1960): painter, ceramist
Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936): painter
Guy Boyd (1923–1988): sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
Merric Boyd (1888–1959): ceramicist, painter, and sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923): landscape painter, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
Robert Boynes (born 1943): contemporary painter
John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group
Godwin Bradbeer (born 1950): figurative drawing
Barbara Brash (1925–1998)
Pat Brassington (born 1942): photographer, digital artist
Dorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013): painter and printmaker
Kate Breakey (born 1957): photographer
Angela Brennan (born 1960): painter, ceramist
Florence Broadhurst (1899–1977): designer
Horace Brodzky (1885–1969): artist
Gracius Broinowski (1837–1913): artist and ornithologist
David Bromley (born 1960): artist
Donald Brook (1927–2018): artist
Anmanari Brown (born c. 1930): painter
Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011): Wangkatjungka Indigenous Australian painter
Paul Brown (born 1947): digital artist
Andrew Browne (born 1960): figurative painter
Richard Browne (1771–1824): artist and illustrator
Lina Bryans (1909–2000): painter
Charles David Jones Bryant (1883–1937): marine artist
Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1932
Elliott Ronald Bull (1942–1979): landscape painter and murallist
Knud Bull (1811–1889): Norwegian painter and counterfeiter transported to Australia
Norma Bull (1906–1980): painter, printmaker and etcher
Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature
Ian Burn (1939–1993): conceptual artist
Peter Burns (1924–2020): architect and artist
Mirranda Burton (born 1973)
Jane Burton (born 1966): photographer
Charles Bush (1919–1989): painter
William Bustard (1894–1973): stained glass artist
Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia

C

Nicholas Caire (1837–1916): photographer
Peter Callas (born 1952): video artist
H. H. Calvert (1870–1923): artist
Cressida Campbell (born 1960): printmaker
Joan Campbell (1925–1997): ceramist
Robert Campbell (1902–1972): painter and gallery director
Jane Cannan (1822–1861): painter, drawer
James Cant (1911–1982): surrealist painter and teacher
David Caon (born 1977): designer
Jack Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963
Ethel Carrick (1872–1952): painter
Tom Carrington (1843–1918): journalist, political cartoonist and illustrator
Milyika Carroll (born 1958)
James Howe Carse (c. 1819–1900): British–Australian painter who specialized in landscapes
Jeff Carter (1928–2010): photographer, filmmaker and author
Maie Casey (1892–1983): aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
Judy Cassab (1920–2015): painter, twice won the Archibald Prize
John Cato (1926–2011): photographer and influential lecturer in photography.
Angela Cavalieri
Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957): Australian-born bust sculptor now living in Canada
Neville Henry Cayley (1854–1903): bird artist, ornithologist
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950): bird artist, author, ornithologist
Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953): pictorialist photographer
Alex Cearns: photographer
Mutlu Çerkez (1964–2005): conceptual artist
Queenie Chan (born 1980): Hong Kong-born comic artist
Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902): Russian-born artist, illustrator in lithography and water-colour
Gunter Christmann (1936–2013): German-born Australian painter
Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)
Betty Churcher (1931–2015): arts administrator and painter
Peter Churcher (born 1964): painter of portraits and figures in a realistic style
Marc Clark (1923–2021): sculptor and print maker
Bree Kristel Clarke: photographer
Joseph Augustine Clarke (1844–1890): artist, painter, journal illustrator and arts-teacher
Richard Clements (1951–1999): painter
James Clifford (1936–1987): painter
Romola Clifton (born 1935), Perth painter
Densey Clyne (1922–2019): Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
George James Coates (1869–1930): portrait painter
John Coburn (1925–2006): painter, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker
R. Sidney Cocks (1866–1939): artist
Margaret Coen (1909–1993): artist
Ola Cohn (1892–1964): sculptor
Colin Colahan (1897–1987): painter and sculptor, died in Italy
Bindi Cole (born 1975): photographer, video artist, installation artist
Alfred Coleman (1890–1952): painter
George Collingridge (1847–1931): writer and illustrator
Albert Collins (1883–1951): painter, teacher and actor
Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974): painter
Charles Conder (1868–1909): English-born painter of the Heidelberg School who emigrated to Australia
Daniel Connell (born 1970): artist
Kevin Connor (born 1932): artist, two-time winner of the Archibald Prize
Sylvia Convey (born 1948): painter
Michael Cook (born 1968): photographic artist
William Delafield Cook (1936–2015): artist
Justine Cooper (born 1968): animator, video artist, photographer
- William T. Cooper (1934–2015): scientific painter of birds, recipient of a Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art from The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980): painter
Edith Corbet (1846–1920): landscape painter
Olive Cotton (1911–2003): photographer
Noel Counihan (1913–1986): social realist painter
Jack Courier (1915–2007)
Virginia Coventry (born 1942): photographer
Theodora Cowan (1868–1949): sculptor, painter
Steve Cox (born 1958): painter and watercolourist
Mimmo Cozzolino (born 1949): graphic designer and photo media artist
Sybil Mary Frances Craig (1901–1989): painter
Fred Cress (1938–2009): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988
Brenda Croft (born 1964): artist, photographer, curator
Peggie Crombie (1901–1984): painter
Ray Crooke (1922–2015): portrait artist, Archibald Prize winner in 1969
Grace Crowley (1890–1979): abstract artist
Francis R. Crozier (1883–1948): war records artist
Adam Cullen (1965–2012): artist, winner of the Archibald Prize in 2000
Frank Cullen (1926–2010) landscape artist
Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960): painter
Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934): multi-award-winning artist and teacher
James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839–1901): painter, illustrator, and photographic colourist

D

Ante Dabro (born 1938): Croatian-born artist/sculptor and art teacher
Johnnie Dady (born 1961): installation artist
Lindsay Daen (1923–2001): New Zealand-born sculptor and artist
John Dahlsen (born 1963): contemporary environmental artist
Richard Daintree (1832–1878): photographer
Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist artist
Anne Dangar (1885–1951): painter, potter
Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004): painter
Aleks Danko (born 1950): performance artist and sculptor
Alfred James Daplyn (1844–1926): painter
William Dargie (1912–2003): painter especially of portrait paintings who won the Archibald Prize eight times
Vicki Darken (1923–2014): landscape painter
Malpiya Davey
Bessie Davidson (1879–1965): painter
David Davies (1864–1939): painter
Edward Davies (1852–1927): architect and arts administrator
Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7): botanical illustrator
Paul Davies (born 1979): artist
John Davis (1936–1999): sculptor
John (Francis) Davis (born 1958): artist
Lawrence Daws (born 1927): painter and printmaker of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes
Janet Dawson (born 1935): painter
Phil Day (born 1973)
Charles Hubert de Castella (1825–1907): Swiss-Australian writer, artist and winemaker
Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938): painter of abstract art
Roy De Maistre (1894–1968): artist who explored the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony
Destiny Deacon (1957–2024): photographer
Andrew Dearman: photographer
Wolfgang Degenhardt (1924–1993): German-born artist often of religious art
Dennis Del Favero (born 1953): artist and academic
Paul Delprat (born 1942): painter and illustrator, Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School
Linda Dement (born 1960): photographer, digital artist
Aileen Dent (1890–1978): painter
Stuart Devlin (1931–2018): artist and metalworker
William Dexter (1818–1860): English-Australian painter
Maggie Diaz (1925–2016): photographer
Robert Dickerson (1924–2015): figurative painter
Desmond Digby (1933–2015): New Zealand-born stage designer, painter and illustrator of children's books
Silvester Diggles (1817–1880): artist and musician
William Dobell (1899–1970): sculptor and painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
James Dodd (born 1977): painter, sculptor and street artist
Ken Done (born 1940): artist, especially of design work
Annie Dorrington (1866–1926): painter, flag designer
Matt Doust (1984–2013): artist, finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize
John Dowie (1915–2008): painter, sculptor and teacher
Julie Dowling (born 1969): Badimaya Australian artist
Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886): colonial artist
Margaret Dredge (1928–2001)
Ada Driver (1868–1954): Australian portrait photographer who ran a studio in Brisbane in the early twentieth century
Russell Drysdale (1912–1981): painter of abstract and surrealist art
William Duke (1814–1853): Irish-born Australian artist
Karl Duldig (1902–1986): Austrian-Australian sculptor
Slawa Duldig (1901–1975): Austrian-Australian inventor, artist, interior designer and teacher
Brian Dunlop (1938–2009): still life and figurative painter
Jan Dunn (ceramicist) (1940–2002): ceramicist
Frank Dunne (1898–1937): cartoonist
Max Dupain (1911–1992): photographer
Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer
Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer
Benjamin Duterrau (1768–1851): English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania
Ludwik Dutkiewicz (1921–2008): Ukrainian-born naturalized Australian artist^[1]
Władysław Dutkiewicz (1918–1999): Polish-born naturalized Australian artist
Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): painter
Geoffrey Dyer (born 1947): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003
Moya Dyring (1909–1967): painter
Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913): illustrator and political cartoonist
Will Dyson (1880–1938): illustrator

E

Augustus Earle (1793–1832): London-born travel artist who spent time painting in Australia
Stephen Eastaugh (born 1960): artist
Lindsay Edward (1919–2007): abstract artist, mosaicist and teacher
Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928): Aboriginal handicraft maker known for feather flowers.
Margery Edwards (1933–1989): mixed media artist, painter
Sandy Edwards (born 1948): photographer
Bonita Ely (born 1946): performance artist
Neil Emmerson (born 1956)
Esther Erlich: figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Choice Award
Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
Joyce Evans (1929–2019): photographer
Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and film maker
Miles Evergood (1871–1939): artist
Raymond Boultwood "Ray" Ewers (1917–1998): sculptor
Gladstone Eyre (1862–1933): portrait artist and landscape painter
John Eyre (1771–?): painter and engraver

F

Facter, aka Fletcher Andersen: street artist/painter
David Fairbairn (born 1949): painter and printmaker
Ian Fairweather (1891–1974): painter who combined western and Asian influences in his work
Grant Featherston (1922–1995): furniture designer
Adrian Feint (1894–1971): artist, noted for his bookplate designs
Susan Fereday (born 1959): artist, photographer
Anne Ferran (born 1949): photographer
Simon Fieldhouse (born 1956): painter of architecture with whimsical characters
George Edmond Finey (1895–1987): New Zealand born artist
Gerald Fitzgerald (1873–1935): artist
Paul Desmond Fitzgerald (1922–2017): portrait painter
Maude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965): painter
Emily Floyd (born 1972)
Herbert 'Bert' Flugelman (1923–2013): sculptor
Paul Foelsche (1931–1914): photographer
Ellis D Fogg aka Roger Foley (born 1942): Lumino Kinetic, Light Artist
Fiona Foley (born 1964): indigenous artist from Badtjala
George Frederick Folingsby (1828–1891): Irish born Australian painter and art educator
Nicholas Folland (born 1967): sculptor and arts educator
Sue Ford (1943–2009): photographer
Haughton Forrest (1826–1925): artist
E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915): Naturalist painter
Ivor Pengelly Francis (1906–1993): artist, art critic and teacher
Dale Frank (born 1959): contemporary artist
Graham Fransella (born 1950): figurative and abstract painter
William Frater (1890–1974), Scottish-born stained-glass designer and modernist painter
Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005): New Zealand-born stage and costume designer
Harold Freedman (1915–1999): artist, renowned for his work in public murals
Leonard French (1928–2017): painter and stained glass artist
Zoe Freney: painter, arts writer and arts educator
Thomas Friedensen (1879–1931): English-born artist in watercolour and oils, active in Australia
Donald Friend (1915–1989): artist, writer and diarist
Frederick Frith (1819–1871): English-born painter and photographer
Douglas Fry (1872–1911): artist, especially of animal paintings
Ella Fry (1916–1997): painter
Merrick Fry (born 1950): artist
Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004): artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1974
Florence Fuller (1867–1946): painter
Albert Henry Fullwood (1863–1930): artist who worked in black and white, oils, and watercolour

G

Kiley Gaffney (born 1970): performance artist, musician
Ian Gardiner (1943–2008): artist
Silvana Gardner: visual artist, writer
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): sculptor, primarily of found materials
Marea Gazzard (1928–2013): sculptor, ceramist
Esmond George (1888–1959): SA watercolor artist, World War II war artist and art critic
Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994
Geoff Gibbons (born 1947): printmaker and arts educator
May Gibbs (1877–1969): English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist
Charles Web Gilbert (1867–1925): sculptor
Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)
Jeff Gilberthorpe (born 1939): English-born artist and art teacher
Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles (1944–2010): Manyjilyjarra painter
Harry Pelling Gill (1855–1916): English-born artist and art teacher
S. T. Gill (1818–1880): English-born draughtsman, watercolour painter, and photographer
Hector Gilliland (1911–2002): watercolor landscapes
George Gittoes (born 1949): war artist using painting, drawing, photographs and video
Shaun Gladwell (born 1972): video, performance, painting and sculpture
Michaela Gleave (born 1980); conceptual installations
James Gleeson (1915–2008): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator
Allan C. Glover (1900–1984) : etcher and printmaker
Harry Glover (artist) (c. 1810–1858): English artist in South Australia
Henry H. Glover (c. 1827–1904): Australian artist, son of above
John Glover (artist) (1767–1849): English artist in Tasmania, not related
Lloyd Godman (born 1952): photographer and environmental artist
Duncan Goldfinch (1888–1960): painter
John Charles Goodchild (1898–1980): painter and art educator
Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939): portrait painter
Richard Goodwin (born 1953): artist, architect and professor of fine arts and design
Julie Gough (born 1965): artist, writer and curator
William Buelow Gould (1801–1853): English painter transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826
Peter Gouldthorpe (born 1954): artist, children's picture book author and illustrator
James William Govett (1910–11 July 1998): impressionist painter
Peter Benjamin Graham (1925–1987): visual artist, printer, and art theorist
Peter Sebastian Graham (born 1970): artist, painter, printmaker and sculptor
Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017): artist^[2]
Siv Grava (born 1967): artist, winner of Doug Moran National Portrait Prize^[3]
Virginia Grayson (born 1967): visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
Sasha Grbich: installation artist
Denise Green (born 1946): painter
Jillian Green (born 1975); artist
Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): artist
Rona Green (born 1972): artist
Tom Green (1913–1981): painter, printmaker and art teacher
Victor Greenhalgh (1900–1983): sculptor and teacher
Francis Greenway (1777–1837): English-born architect
Garry Greenwood (1943–2005)
Guy Grey-Smith (1916–1981): painter, printmaker and ceramicist
Robert Grieve (1924–2006)
Murray Griffin (1903–1992): print maker and painter
Mabel "May" Grigg (1885–1969): painter
Henry Gritten (c. 1818–1873): English painter
Ann Grocott (born 1938): writer and painter
Elioth Gruner (1882–1939): New Zealand-born painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times
Julia Gutman (born 1993) : textile Artist and winner of 2023 Archibald Prize
Rob Gutteridge (born 1954): English-born painter and arts educator
Marjorie Gwynne (1886–1958): painter
Harold Frederick Neville Gye (1888–1967): cartoonist

H

Emma Hack (born 1972): photographer
Basil Hadley (1940–2006): born London, UK, arrived to Australia in 1965, printmaker and painter
Robert Hague (born 1967): New Zealand-born artist
Fiona Hall (born 1953): contemporary visual artist
Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859–1935): English-born Australian artist and art gallery director
Deborah Halpern (born 1957): sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
Stanislav "Stacha" Halpern (1919–1969): Polish Australian painter and sculptor
Michelle Hamer (born 1975): tapestry artist
Lyn Hancock: photographer, writer
Henry Hanke (1901–1989): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1934
Marjorie Hann (1916–2011): South Australian cartoonist, painter and art teacher
Robert Hannaford (born 1944): realist artist
Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991): artist, printmaker and writer
Albert J. Hanson (1866–1914): landscape painter in both oil and water-colour
Nicholas Harding (born 1956): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001
Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930): painter
Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement
Cecil Hartt (1884–1930): cartoonist
Edmund Arthur Harvey (1907–1994): British-born Australian artist
Ponch Hawkes (born 1946): photographer
Elaine Haxton (1909–1999): painter, printmaker, designer and commercial artist
Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter
Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the Australian War Memorial, five times Archibald Prize winner
Catherine Jenna Hendry (CJ Hendry) (born 1988): hyper-realistic, large-scale renderings using a scribbling technique
Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born painter and printmaker
Lucien Henry (1850–1896): French painter in Sydney
Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist
Harold Herbert (1891–1945)
Petr Herel (born 1943): Czechoslovakia-born printmaker, painter
Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born war artist
Bernard Hesling (1905–1987): British-born muralist and painter
Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter
Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush
Nora Heysen (1911–2003): 1938 Archibald Prize winner and first women official war artist
Jacqueline Hick (1919–2004): painter
Dale Hickey (born 1937): painter and teacher
J. J. Hilder (1881–1916): watercolourist from the Heidelberg School
Charles Hill (1824–1915): engraver, painter and arts educator
Robin Hill (born 1932): artist and writer
Merris Hillard (born 1949)
Frank Hinder (1906–1992): painter, sculptor and art teacher
Margel Hinder (1906–1995): Australian-American modernist sculptor
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (1893–1965): German/Australian artist
Robert Hitchcock (born 1944): sculptor
Noela Hjorth (1940–2016): artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures
Robert Hoddle (1794–1881): surveyor and artist
Christopher Hodges: artist and art gallery director
Frank Hodgkinson (1919–2001): war artist
Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia
Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, video artist, writer, novelist; winner of 1990 Sulman Prize
Cherry Hood (born 1959): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize
Gordon Hookey (born 1961): painter, sculptor
Laurence Hope (born 1927): artist
Livingston York Yourtee "Hop" Hopkins (1846–1927): American-born cartoonist
Chris Horder (born 1976): won the Young Emerging Artist Award in the 2011 Mosman Art Prize
Marie Horseman (1911–1974): cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
Henry Leonardus van den Houten (1801–1879): Dutch-Australian painter, lithographer and art teacher
Valma Howell (1896–1979): painter, actress
Laurence Hotham Howie (1876–1963): South Australian sculptor, painter, and art teacher
John Howley (born 1931): painter
Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
Polly Hurry (1883–1963): painter
Margot Hutcheson (born 1952): British-born painter

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Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926): English-born sculptor
Robert Ingpen (born 1936): graphic designer, illustrator, and author
Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867): painter
Pamela Irving (born 1960): ceramicist, mosaicist and writer
Jean Isherwood (1911–2006): painter
Linde Ivimey (born 1965): sculptor

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Kenneth Jack (1924–2006): watercolour painter, and printmaker, member of RWS
Robert Jacks (1943–2014): painter, sculptor and printmaker
James R. Jackson (1882–1975): artist, primarily of Sydney harbor
Roy Jackson (1944–2013): artist
Lionel Jago (1882–1953): artist
Ann James (born 1952): children's book illustrator, graphic designer
Louis Robert James: (born 1920) abstract painter in oils
Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James (1937–2011): ceramicist, painter and textile artist, Aboriginal artist
Gil Jamieson (1934–1992): painter of figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits
Bob Jenyns (born 1944): humorous and figurative sculpture, painting, drawing and prints
Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966): installation artist
Reginald Jerrold-Nathan: portraits, esp. of political women
Carol Jerrems (1949–1980): photographer
Clytie Jessop (1929–2017): artist, actress, screenwriter and director
Guo Jian (born 1962): painter, sculptor, photographer
Natasha Johns-Messenger: installation artist, photographer
George Johnson (1926–2021): painter of modernist art, especially geometric abstraction
Roger Kirk Hayes Johnson (1922–1991): architect, planner, potter, painter, sculptor, writer and educator
Anne Jolliffe (1933–2021): animator
Eric Jolliffe (1907–2001): cartoonist and illustrator on outback themes
Henry Jones (1826–1911): photographer
Joe Jonsson (1890–1963): Swedish-born cartoonist
Allan Jordan (1898–1982)
Justus Jorgensen (1893–1975): artist and architect
Ellen Jose (1951–2017): photographer, printmaker
Loui Jover (born 1967): painter, artist
Anne Judell (born 1942): artist, winner of the 2011 Dobell Prize
Robert Juniper (1929–2012): illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker

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Louis Kahan (1905–2002): artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962
Kitty Kantilla (1928–2003): painter, printmaker, sculptor
Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970): Iranian-born painter
Barry Kay (1932–1985): stage and costume designer
Hanna Kay: Israeli-born painter
Ash Keating (born 1980): artist
Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961): painter, drawer
Anwen Keeling (born 1976): portrait painter
David Keeling (born 1951): artist
John Kelly (born 1965): artist
Rik Kemp (born 1939)
Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction
Franz Kempf (born 1926)
Tjungkara Ken (born 1969): painter
Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967): musician, painter, sculptor
Rachel Khedoori (born 1964): painter, sculptor
Toba Khedoori (born 1964): mixed media painter
Patrick Kilvington (1922–1990): artist of musters, round-ups and horses in motion
Grahame King (1915–2008): master printmaker
Inge King (1915–2016): German-born sculptor
Leah King-Smith (born 1956): photographer
Barbie Kjar (born 1957): printmaker, drawer, painter
Anita Klein (born 1960): painter, printmaker
Robert Klippel (1920–2001): sculptor
Anastasia Klose (born 1978): performance artist, installation artist
Michael Kmit (1910–1981): Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five years in Australia and died in Sydney
Sue Kneebone: artist and arts educator
Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996): Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community
William Dunn Knox (1820–1945): painter, member of the Victorian Artists Society
Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969): painter
Theo Koning (born 1950): Dutch-born Western Australian painter, sculptor, printmaker and art teacher
Susan Kozma-Orlay (1913–2008): mid-century modernist designer
Derek Kreckler (born 1952): multi-media visual artist

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Vida Lahey (1882–1968): painter
Rosemary Laing (born 1959): photographer
George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist
Pat Larter (1936–1996): mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
Richard Larter (1929–2014): painter, often identified as one of Australia's few highly recognisable pop artists
David Larwill (1956–2011): artist
Janet Laurence (born 1947): mixed media artist, installation artist
Peter Laverty (1926–2013): painter, print maker, art educator and gallery director
George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style
Donald Laycock (born 1931): painter
Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter, winner of 2010 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize
Alun Leach-Jones (1937–2017): painter, sculptor, printmaker
Bill Leak (1956–2017): cartoonist and painter
Percy Leason (1889–1959): cartoonist, painter
Lindy Lee (born 1954): sculptor, painter
Derwent Lees (1884–1931): landscape painter
Laurence Le Guay (1916–1990): photographer
Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist
Kerrie Lester (1953–2016): artist
Michael Leunig (born 1945): cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator
Margo Lewers (1908–1978): interdisciplinary abstract artist
John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history, active in Australia
Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet (1799–1878): hotelier, water-colour artist and historian
Colonel William Light (1786–1839): British naval and army officer and a painter, the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia
Peter Lik (born 1959): fine art photographer
Kevin Lincoln (born 1941): artist
Daryl Lindsay (1889–1976): sketcher, illustrator, and art critic
Joan Lindsay (1896–1984): author
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961): artist specializing in etching and engraving
Norman Lindsay (1879–1969): sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler
Percy Lindsay (1870–1952): landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist
Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919): illustrator, painter
Anthony Lister (born 1980): artist specializing in street art, expressionism, and pop art
W. Lister Lister (1859–1943): painter, won the Wynne Prize seven times
Norman Lloyd (1895–1983): landscape painter
Tony Lloyd (born 1970): figurative painter
Leonard Long (1911–2013): painter
Sydney Long (1871–1955): painter, etcher, and teacher
John Longstaff (1861–1941): painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize
Will Longstaff (1879–1953): painter and war artist
Keith Looby (born 1940): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984
Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018): painter, Aboriginal elder
Steve Lopes (born 1971): figurative painter
Josh Lord (born 1972): artist specializing in acrylic house paint
Gretta Louw (born 1981): interdisciplinary artist working across digital media, installation, drawing, and textiles
Fred Lowen ((1919–2005)): designer
Fiona Lowry (born 1974): painter
Joseph Lycett (c. 1774–1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia
Elwyn (Jack) Lynn (1917–1997): artist, author, art critic and curator

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Andrew MacCormac (1826–1918): portrait painter
Stewart Angus MacFarlane (born 1953): figurative painter
Norman Macgeorge (1872–1952): artist and art critic
William Priestly MacIntosh (1857–1930): sculptor
Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931): sculptor and medallist
Chips Mackinolty (born 1954): artist printmaking and journalist
Euan MacLeod (born 1956): New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999
William Macleod (1850–1929): artist and a partner in The Bulletin
Matthew James MacNally (1873–1943): watercolourist
Mary Macqueen (1912–1994): printmaker, mixed media artist
Bea Maddock (1934–2016): artist combining printing with encaustic painting and installation art
Guy Maestri (born 1974): painter, winner of 2009 Archibald Prize
Ma Mahood (1901–1989): painter, ceramist, printmaker
Jeffrey Makin (born 1943): artist, art critic, and Director of Port Jackson Press Australia
David Malangi (1927–1999): bark painter, printmaker, carver, designer
Henri Mallard (1884–1967): photographer
Gillian Mann (1939–2007): printmaker
Diane Mantzaris (born 1962): digital artist, printmaker
Wakuthi Marawili (1921-2005): painter, bark painter
Paul Margocsy (born 1945): watercolourist
Banduk Marika (1954–2021): indigenous Australian artist and printmaker
Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist
Stella Marks (1887–1985): best known as a portrait miniaturist
Claude Marquet (1869–1920): political cartoonist
Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia
Monte Masi (born 1983): performance-based video artist
John Mather (1848–1916): Scottish-Australian plein-air painter and etcher
John Baxter Mather (1853–1940): Scottish-Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, landscape painter and art critic
John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk
William James Maxwell (ca.1843–1903): Scottish-born sculptor
Ursula Mayer (born 1970): multimedia artist based in London
Daphne Mayo (1895–1982): sculptor
Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001): botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
Herbert McClintock (1906–1985): social realist artist
Francis McComas (1875–1938): Australian-born artist who spent most of his adult life in California
Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890): painter, diarist
Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917): painter of the Heidelberg School
Louis McCubbin (1890–1952): war artist, landscape painter and gallery director
Alan McLeod McCulloch (1907–1992): art historian and gallery director, cartoonist, and painter
Francine McDougall: filmmaker, photographer
Malcolm McGookin (born 1956): cartoonist, writer, painter, musician
Raymond McGrath (1903–1977): architect, illustrator, printmaker and interior designer
William Beckwith McInnes (1889–1939): portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times
Arthur McIntyre (1945–2003): artist and art critic
Alexander McKenzie (born 1971): painter, a six times finalist of the Archibald Prize
Queenie McKenzie (1930–1998): painter
Tommy McRae (1835–1901): artist
Clement Meadmore (1929–2005): Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel sculptures
Penny Meagher (1935–1995): painter
Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955): illustrator, painter
Charles Meere (1890–1961): English-Australian artist
Dora Meeson (1869–1955): painter
Annemieke Mein (born 1944): Dutch-born textile artist
Max Meldrum (1875–1955): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940
Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855–1938): Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963): painter
Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895): Anglo/Australian writer and illustrator, also known as Louisa Anne Twamley
Bertha Merfield (1869–1921): painter and muralist
Vladas Meskenas (1916–2020): Sydney painter, born in Lithuania
Bill Meyer (born 1942): artist who uses photography, film and music in his work
mez (Mary-Anne Breeze): Australian-based Internet artist
Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985): Polish-born photographer
Rodney Armour "Rod" Milgate (1934–2014): painter and playwright
David Miller (born c.1950): painter
Lewis Miller (born 1959): painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works, winner of 1998 Archibald Prize
Peter Milne (born 1960): photographer and visual artist, known for documenting the Melbourne punk and comedy scenes in the 1970s and 80s
Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863–1937): watercolourist
Harold "Hal" Missingham (1906–1994): Australian artist, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1945 to 1971, and president of the Australian Watercolour Institute from 1952 to 1955
Jan Mitchell (1940–2008): painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
Robert Boyed Mitchell (1919–2002): abstract expressionist artist
Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971): painter
Tracey Moffat (born 1960): artist using primarily photography and video
Ernest Edward Moffitt (1871–1899): artist
George Molnar (1910–1998): Hungarian-Australian cartoonist
Jon Molvig (1923–1970): expressionist artist
Reg Mombassa (born 1951): New Zealand-born artist and musician
Milton Moon (1926–2019): potter, teacher and author
Alan Moore (1914–2015): war artist
David Moore (1927–2003): photographer and photojournalist.
May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957): photographers
Mirka Mora (1928–2018): French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
Harriet Morgan (1830–1907): natural history illustrator
Sally Morgan (born 1951): Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
George Pitt Morison (1861–1946): painter and engraver
Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1985): illustrator
Joan Morrison (1911–1969), cartoonist and book illustrator
Christine Morrow (born 1971): British-born visual artist
Gareth Morse (1932–2023): Welsh-born landscape painter, art critic and educator
Grant Mudford (born 1944): photographer
Sally M. Nangala Mulda (born 1957): artist
Patricia Mullins (born 1952): children's book illustrator
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c.1936–2002): contemporary artist
Evonne Munuyngu, (born 1960): weaver
Arthur Murch (1902–1989): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1949
Les Murdoch (born 1957), pioneer of Aboriginal Op art Surrealism^[4]
Wendy Murray (artist) (born 1974): print maker, painter, arts educator
Vali Myers (1930–2003): artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings
Patricia Moran (1944–2017): painter
Bruce Munro (born 1959): dual nationality (Australian/Great Britain), primary medium light
Tanya Myshkin (born 1961): printmaker

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Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek (1926–2009): painter
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926–1998): painter
Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): Indigenous Australian artist
Rosella Namok (born 1979): Indigenous Australian artist
Eubena Nampitjin (1921–2013): painter, teacher
Narputta Nangala (1933–2010)
Frank Arthur Nankivell (1869–1959): artist and political cartoonist
Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008): painter
Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011): painter
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (born c. 1948): painter
Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009): painter
Wintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934–2014): painter
Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930–2011): indigenous Australian artist
Dorothy Napangardi (early 1950s–2013): painter
Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948): painter
Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970): painter
Yuhana Nashmi: Iraqi-Australian ceramicist, sculptor, painter
Simeon Nelson (born 1964): sculptor and transdisciplinary artist
Girolamo Nerli (1860–1926)
Norie Neumark: American-born sound artist
Albert Ernest Newbury (1891–1941): landscape and portrait painter
Ann Newmarch (born 1945): painter, printmaker, sculptor
Marc Newson (born 1963): designer
Helmut Newton (1920–2004): German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women
June Newton (1923–2021): photographer, actress
Paul Newton (born 1961): portrait artist who has twice won the Archibald Prize
Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019)
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): painter
Peter Nicholson (born 1946): political cartoonist, caricaturist and sculptor
Deborah Niland (born 1950)
Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009)
Sandro Nocentini (born 1966): painter
Sidney Nolan (1917–1992): painter and printmaker
Elizabeth May Norriss, later Bess Norriss Tait (1878–1939): artist
James Northfield (1887–1973): graphic artist
Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979): painter, occultist
Naata Nungurrayi (born 1932): artist
Charles Nuttall (1872–1934): artist noted for his illustrations
Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936): painter, installation artist

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Carla O'Brien: installation artist
Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991): comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968): New Zealand-born painter
Gabby O'Connor: New Zealand-based installation artist (born 1974)
Peter O'Doherty (born 1958): musician and artist specializing in still life and suburbia
Edward Officer (1871–1921): painter, Australian Art Association inaugural president
John Armstrong Ogburn (1925–2010): painter.
Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991): Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
Dorothea "Dora" Adela Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948): pianist, painter, sculptor, spy and particularly a medallist
Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006): sculptor
Margaret Olley (1923–2011): painter specializing in still life
Bernard Ollis (born 1951): contemporary painter
John Olsen (1928–2023): landscape painter who won the Archibald Prize in 2005
Lin Onus (1948–1996): Scottish–Koori Aboriginal artist
Rosemary Opala (1923–2008): illustrator, writer, nurse
Desiderius Orban (1884–1986): Hungarian-Australian painter, printmaker and teacher
Christopher Orchard (born 1950): artist and arts educator
Mandy Ord (born 1974): comic artist
Raquel Ormella (born 1969): multimedia artist
George Cross Thomas Orr (1882–1933): watercolourist
Jill Orr (born 1952): performance artist, photographer, installation artist
Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski (1922–1994): Polish-Australian artist best known for his ground-breaking work in chromasonics, laser kinetics and 'sound and image' productions
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960): children's book illustrator
Robert Owen (born 1937): artist and curator

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Josonia Palaitis: artist
Wendy Paramor (1938–1975): artist
Trent Parke (born 1971): photographer
Roy Parkinson (1901–1945): watercolour artist
Lenton Parr (1924–2003): sculptor and teacher
Mike Parr (born 1945): performance artist and printmaker
Peter Parsons (ceramic artist) (1951–1993): ceramic artist
John Passmore (1904–1984): abstract expressionist painter
Klytie Pate (1912–2010): studio potter
John Ford Paterson (1851–1912): Scottish-born Australian artist
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877–1966): painter and printmaker
Frances Wildt Pavlu (died 2016): art jeweller
John Peart (1945–2013)
Tom Peerless (1858–1896): artist
John Perceval (1923–2000): artist of drawings, paintings, and ceramics
Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter
Bruce Petty (1929–2023): political satirist and cartoonist
Gloria Petyarre (born 1946): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950): painter
Kathleen Petyarre (1940–2018): painter
Nancy Petyarre (1938–2009): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
Debra Phillips (born 1958): photographer, sculptor
Patricia Piccinini (born 1965): mixed-media artist
Shane Pickett (1957–2010): Nyoongar artist
William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981): painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
Julianne Pierce: new media artist, curator, art critic
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
W. C. Piguenit (1836–1914): landscape painter
Anne Pincus (born 1961): painter, sculptor
Carl Plate (1909–1977): painter, collage artist, sculptor, printmaker
Evert Ploeg (born 1963): portrait painter
Terrance Plowright (born 1949): contemporary and figurative sculptor
Leif Podhajsky (born ?): graphic designer
Axel Poignant (1906–1986): photographer
Leon Pole (1871–1951): artist associated with the Heidelberg School
Rodney Pople (born 1952): artist
Pietro Porcelli (1872–1943): Italian-born sculptor
Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s): plant and animal watercolour artist(s) (identity unknown)
Arthur Ted Powell (born 1947): landscape painter and printmaker
Harold Septimus Power (1877–1951): artist
Dr John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943): Modernist artist
Cedar Prest (born 1940): stained glass artist
Margaret Preston (1875–1963): modernist painter and printmaker
Reg Preston (1917–2000): potter
Thea Proctor (1879–1966): portrait painter and printmaker
Geoffrey Proud (born 1946): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990
John Skinner Prout (1805–1876): English-born painter of lithographs, watercolours and oils
Oswald Pryor (1881–1971): cartoonist
Clifton Pugh (1924–1990): painter of landscapes and portraiture
Shirley Purdie (born 1948): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949): painter
Minnie Pwerle (1910–2006): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

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Ben Quilty (born 1973): portrait painter and war artist, winner of 2011 Archibald Prize
James Peter Quinn (1869–1951): portrait painter

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Melinda Rackham (born 1959): sculptor and Internet artist
John Radecki (1865–1955): stained glass artist working in Australia
Isobel "Iso" Rae (1860–1940): impressionist painter
John Rae (1813–1900): administrator, painter and author
Hugh Ramsay (1877–1906): artist
Richard John Randall (1869–1906): artist
David Rankin (born 1946): New York-based painter
Stanislav Rapotec AM (1913–1997): artist
Henry Rayner (1902–1957): Australian artist known for his drypoint etchings
Norma Redpath OBE (1928–2013): painter and sculptor
Richard Read Sr. (ca. 1765 – ca. 1829): British-born artist who was sent to Australia as a convict.
David Jay Reed (born 1950): artist, photographer, graphic designer
Lloyd Rees (1895–1998): landscape painter
Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1974): painter
Virgil Reilly (1892–1974): cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator
Gladys Reynell (1881–1956): one of South Australia's earliest potters
Jon Rhodes (born 1947): photographer
Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964): artist, printmaker and sculptor
Charles Douglas Richardson (1853–1932): Victorian sculptor and painter
William Ricketts (1898–1993): potter and sculptor of the arts and crafts movement
John Rigby (1922–2012): painter of tropical and bush landscapes, genre works and portraits
Paul Crispin Rigby AM (1924–2006): cartoonist
Michael Riley (1960–2004): photographer, documentary filmmaker
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1936–2002): painter
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): conservative post-impressionist painter
Douglas Roberts (1919–1976): painter and art critic
Ian Roberts (born 1952): bird and native vegetation painter
Tom Roberts (1856–1931): artist and a member of the Heidelberg School
Lynne Roberts-Goodwin (born 1954): photographer, video and installation artist
Freda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997): artist
Ronald Charles Robertson-Swann OAM (born 1941): sculptor
Julia Robinson (born 1981): sculptor
William Robinson (born 1936): painter and lithographer
Charles Rodius (1802–1860): German-born artist, printmaker and architect
Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971): artist best known for her portraits
Lisa Roet (born 1967): artist
Andrew Rogers (born 1947): sculptor and land artist
Robert Rooney (1937–2017): artist and art critic
Herbert Rose (1890–1937): painter and etcher
Daisy Mary Rossi (1879–1974): artist, interior designer and writer
Dick Roughsey (1920–1985): painter
Ellis Rowan (1847–1922): naturalist and illustrator
Julie Rrap (born 1950): contemporary artist
Dattilo Rubbo (1870–1955): Italian-born artist and art teacher
Craig Ruddy (born 1968): painter of portraits, nudes and self studies, winner of 2004 Archibald Prize
James Newton Russell AM MBE (1909–2001): cartoonist
John Peter Russell (1858–1930): impressionist painter
Robert Russell (1808–1900): architect and surveyor

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Jenny Sages (born 1933): Chinese-born painter, freelance writer, and illustrator
Loudon Sainthill (1918–1969): artist and stage and costume designer
William Arthur Salmon (1928–2018): painter
Tom Samek (1950–2021): Czech-born muralist
Gareth Sansom (born 1939): artist, painter, printmaker and collagist
Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999): landscape artist and stockman
Jan Hendrik Scheltema (1861–1941): Dutch-born landscape and livestock painter.
Jörg Schmeisser (1942–2012): painter, printmaker and art teacher
Joyce Scott (born 1942): drawing, oil painting and ceramics
Montague Scott (1835–1909): artist
Ken Searle (born 1951): artist
Brian Seidel (1928–2019): painter and teacher
- Udo Sellbach (1927–2006): artist, printmaker and art teacher Gert Sellheim (1901–1970): German-Australian artist who won the Sulman Prize in 1939
Jan Senbergs (born as Jānis Šēnbergs in Latvia, 1939): artist and printmaker
Dora Serle (1875–1968): painter
Peter Serwan (born 1962): artist and teacher
Rebecca Shanahan: artist
Martin Sharp (1942–2013): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker
Peter Sharp (born 1964): specialises in drawing
Raelene Sharp (born 1957): portrait painter Archibald Prize Packing Room Winner 2012
Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): portraitist and war artist
Gary Shead (born 1942): artist and filmmaker who won the Archibald Prize in 1992–1993
Ben Shearer (born 1941): artist who specialises in watercolour painting of the Outback
Shen Jiawei (born 1948): Chinese Australian painter and winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize
Kathleen Shillam AM (1916–2002): English-born sculptor
Leonard George Shillam AM (1915–2005): sculptor
Heather Shimmen (born 1957): artist, printmaker
John Shirlow (1869–1936): artist
Athol Shmith (1914–1990): studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator
Ivy Shore (1915–1999): painter, winner of Portia Geach Memorial Award
Andrew Sibley (1933–2015): English-born artist
Allan F. Sierp (1905–1982): artist and author
Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography
Achille Simonetti (1838–1900): Italian-born sculptor
Norah Simpson (1895–1974): modernist painter
Darren Siwes (born 1968): photographer, painter
Rein Slagmolen (1916–1999): Dutch-Australian artist and sculptor
Matthew Sleeth (born 1972:) visual artist and filmmaker
Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013): painter, known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes
Sally Smart (born 1960): known for her large-scale assemblage installations that address gender and identity politics
Tony Smibert (born 1949): painter who specialises in watercolour painting
Bernard Smith (1916–2011): art historian, art critic and academic
Eric Smith (1919–2017): portraitist
Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting
Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944
Mervyn Ashmore Smith OAM (1904–1994): artist
Douglas Snelling (1916–1985): architect and furniture designer
Lance Solomon (1913–1989): painter, noted for his landscapes
David Henry Souter (1862–1935): artist and journalist
Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter
Percy Spence (1868–1933): artist
John Spooner (born 1946): journalist and illustrator
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art
William Stanford (1839–1880): sculptor
Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist
Ronald Steuart (1898–1988): watercolourist
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart (1935–2013): indigenous artist from Mungapunju
Constance Stokes (1906–1991): figurative painter
Loribelle Spirovski (born 1990): Filipino-born visual artist
Kunmanara Stewart (c.1935-2012): indigenous Pitjantjatjara artist
Margaret Stones AM MBE (1920–2018): botanical illustrator
Tim Storrier (born 1949): Australian landscape painter, winner of 2012 Archibald Prize
David Edgar Strachan (1919–1970): painter, printmaker and teacher
George Strafford (c.1820–1896): artist and engraver
Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter
Mark Strizic (1928–2012): Croatian-Australian photographer and artist
William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings
Douglas Stubbs (1927–2008): artist
Reginald Sturgess (1892–1932): artist
Charles Summers (1825–1878): English-born sculptor, creator of the memorial to the explorers Burke and Wills
Jane Sutherland (1853–1928): landscape painter
Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948): Australian painter and art critic
Chern’ee Sutton (born 1996): Australian painter, known for her colourful 3D painting style.
Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world
Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor
Estelle Mary (Jo) Sweatman (1872–1956): painter
Eveline Syme (1888–1961): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art

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Laurens Tan (born 1950): multidisciplinary artist
Ronald Peter Tandberg (1943–2018): illustrator and political cartoonist
Les Tanner (1927–2001): cartoonist and journalist
Howard Taylor AM (1918–2001): painter, potter, graphic artist and teacher of art
Violet Teague (1872–1951): artist, noted for her painting and printmaking
Henri Tebbitt (1854–1927): English-Australian painter
Kathy Temin (born 1968): artist who uses synthetic fur to create sculptural objects and installations
Arlene Textaqueen (born 1975): works on paper with felt-tip marker pens
Eric Thake (1904–1982): surrealist artist
Harold Thomas (born 1947): artist and activist
Margaret Thomas (1842–1929): English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist
Rover Thomas (c.1926–1998): one of two Aboriginal Australians to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 1990, alongside Trevor Nickolls
Stu Thomas (born 1967): Visual artist, musician.
Christian Thompson (born 1978): artist
Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society
Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009); printmaker
Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter
Imants Tillers (born 1950): visual art artist, curator and writer
Freddie Timms (1946–2017): painter
Richard Kelly Tipping (born 1949): poet and artist working between image and language
Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa (1925–1989): painter
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist
Whiskey Tjukangku (born c. 1939): artist
Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1938/1942–2001)
Aida Tomescu (born 1955): contemporary artist
Mary Tonkin (born 1973): artist, winner of the 2002 Dobell Prize
Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (1881–1967): print maker
Vernon Treweeke (1939–2015): psychedelic artist
Percy Trezise AM (1923–2005): pilot, painter, explorer and writer
J. W. Tristram (1870–1938): artist
Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952): printmaker and sculptor, especially cast glass
Percy Trompf (1902–1964): graphic artist
Marie Tuck (1866–1947): artist and art educator
Ruth Tuck OAM (1914–2008): modernist painter
Albert Tucker (1914–1999): Expressionist painter
Tudor St George Tucker (1862–1906): painter
Tony Tuckson (1921–1973): war-time pilot turned abstract expressionist painter
Peter Tully (1947–1992): jeweller, designer and artistic director
James Alfred Turner (1850–1908): painter
Isabel May Tweddle (1875–1945): painter

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Tony Underhill (1923–1977)

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Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949: Iranian-born contemporary artist
May Vale (1862–1945): painter
Henri Benedictus van Raalte (1881–1929): known as H. van Raalte, English-born artist and printmaker
Danila Vassilieff (1897–1958): Russian-born painter and sculptor
John Vickery (1906–1983): artist
Julie Elizabeth Agnes Vieusseux (1820–1878): painter and educator
Alfred James Vincent (1874–1915): cartoonist
Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901): Austrian-born painter of landscapes active in Australia
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971): Laotian-born Australian painter

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Robert Wade (1930–2024): watercolour artist
David Wadelton (born 1955): artist
Thomas Wainewright (1794–1847): English author, serial killer, forger and painter transported to Van Dieman's Land
Roland Wakelin (1887–1971): New Zealand-born painter and teacher
Megan Walch (born 1967): painter
Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913) watercolorist, botanical illustrator
John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art
Rose A. Walker (1879–1942): painter and miniaturist
Stephen Walker (1927–2014): sculptor
Robin Wallace-Crabbe (born 1938): curator, literary reviewer, cartoonist, illustrator, book designer, publisher and a commenter on art
Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (1893–1972): muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media
Wes Walters (1928–2014): realist portrait painter and abstract artist
Ania Walwicz (1951–2020): poet, prose writer, and visual artist
Billy Wara (1920–2008): sculptor, woodworker
Frederick Charles Ward (1900–1990): designer
Guy Warren (1921–2024): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985
Sera Waters (born 1979): textile artist, arts writer and arts educator
Thomas Watling (1762–1814): painter and illustrator
Jennifer Watson (born 1951): artist known for her paintings that combine text and images
Judy Watson (born 1959): artist
Judy Napangardi Watson (1921–2004): painter
Tommy Watson (c.1935–2017): painter
James Laurence Watts (1849–1925): sculptor
Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992): scientific illustrator
Peter Wegner (born 1953): New Zealand born figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman
Barbara Weir (born 1945): painter
William Westall (1781–1850): English-born landscape and botanical artist
Bradd Westmoreland (born 1975): painter
Bryan Westwood (1930–2000): portrait artist who won the Archibald Prize twice
Charles Wheeler (1881–1977): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1933
George Whinnen (1891–1950): painter
Kaylene Whiskey: artist
Anthony White (born 1976): painter
Cecil John White (1900–1986): New Zealand born cartoonist, known under the pen name Unk White
James White (1861–1918): sculptor, winner of the Wynne Prize in 1902
Susan Dorothea White (born 1941): painter, sculptor, printmaker, author
Brett Whiteley (1939–1992): prolific, multi-award-winning painter
James V Wigley (1918–1999): painter of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes
Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society
Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker
Jan Williamson: award-winning portraitist
Marcus Wills (born 1972): painter, winner of 2006 Archibald Prize
Dora Wilson (1883–1946): British-born artist, best known for etchings and street scenes
Eric Wilson (1911–1946): painter
Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, film maker, academic, teacher, and curator
William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955): architect, artist and author
Henry Winkles (1800–1860)
Walter Withers (1854–1914): landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists
Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter
Rex Wood (1906–1970): artist who lived for many years in Portugal
Robert Raymond (Bob) Woodward AM (1923–2010): architect and fountain designer
John Christie Wright (1889–1917): sculptor

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Ah Xian (born 1960): Chinese born artist

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Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c.1912–2004): painter
Yirawala (c.1897–1976): painter
John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist
Blamire Young (1862–1935): artist
William Young (1875–1944): artist
Gulumbu Yunupingu (c.1943–2012): Australian Aboriginal artist and women's leader from the Yolngu people

Z

Anne Zahalka (born 1957): photographer
Michael Zavros (born 1974): artist
Victor Zelman (1877–1960): painter and etcher
Hongbin Zhao (born 1952): Shanghai born artist
Teisutis 'Joe' Zikaras (1922–1991): Lithuanian-born sculptor
Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946): Italian-born painter of literary, historical and religious sources
Reinis Zusters (1919–1999) artist and architect

External links

Design & Art Australia Online

Notes and References

Web site: Ludwik Dutkiewicz b. 2 February 1921 . daao.org.au . Design & Art Australia Online . 22 April 2022.
Book: A Cultural Cacophony: Museum Perspectives and Projects . "To the city for dancing": The Women Artists collection and the birth of commercial art practice at Yuendumu . 86–102 . Scott Mitchell . 2016 . 9781741384499 . Museums Galleries Australia (NSW) . 31 March 2022.
Web site: Tweed Art Gallery: Items – Painting, Self Portrait . aumuseums.com . 12 November 2016 . Australian Museums and Galleries . 31 March 2022.
Web site: Les Murdoch . Arts Mid North Coast . 21 July 2014.

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