List of Irish artists

This is a list of 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 - C

*Henry Allan (1865–1912) - Irish painter
*William Ashford (1746–1824) - British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland
*Francis Bacon (1909–1992) - Irish-born British figurative painter especially using grotesque or nightmarish imagery
*Mark Baker (b. 1984)
*Robert Ballagh (b. 1943) - Irish artist
*Christopher Banahan (b. 1958) - Irish painter based in Galway
*Robert Barker (1739–1806) - Irish painter from Kells
*George Barret, Sr. (1728–1784) - Irish landscape artist especially of portraits of the British countryside
*Jeremiah Barrett (d. 1770)
*James Barry (1741–1806) - Irish painter
*William Gerard Barry (1864–1941) - Irish painter
*Rose Mary Barton (1856–1929)
*Richard Brydges Beechey (1808–1895) - Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
*John Behan (b. 1938) - Irish sculptor from Dublin
*Pauline Bewick (b. 1935) - Irish artist
*Francis Bindon (1690–1765)
*Basil Blackshaw (b. 1932) - Irish painter especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape
*Brian Bourke (b. 1936) - Irish artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portaiture
*John Boyne (1750–1810)
*Charles Brady (1926–1997) - New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland
*James Brenan (1837–1907) - Irish artist
*Vincent Browne (b. 1947) - Irish sculptor
*Colleen Browning (b. 1929) - Irish-born realist painter
*Adam Buck (1759–1833)
*Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838–1891) - Irish artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
*John Burke (b. 1946) - Irish sculptor
*Thomas Burke (1749–1815) - Irish engraver and painter
*Roy Burns (b. 1954)
*Frederick William Burton (1816–1900) - Irish painter born in Corofin, Co Clare
*Mildred Anne Butler (1885–1941) - Irish painter
*John Butts (c1728–1764)
*Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo (1941-1989) - Irish painter
*Robert Carver (c1730–1791) - Dublin born Irish painter especially of theatre scenery and framed works
*John Cassidy (1860–1939) - Irish sculptor and painter
*Anthony Chearnley (fl. 1740–1785)
*Harry Clarke (1889–1931) - Irish stained glass artist and book illustrator
*Sir Egerton Coghill (1853–1921) - Irish painter especially of landscapes of County Cork
*James Coleman (b. 1941) - Irish installation and video artist
*Charles Collins (c.1680–1744) - Irish painter especially of animals and still-life
*Patrick Collins (1910–1994)
*Fred Conlon (1943–2005) - Irish sculptor
*Amanda Coogan (b. 1971) - Irish performance artist
*Barrie Cooke (b. 1931) - Irish abstract expressionist painter
*Elizabeth Cope (b. 1955?)
*Erin Corr (1793 – 1862) - Irish engraver
*Martin Cregan (1788–1870)
*Ciaran Cronin (b. 1972)
*Dorothy Cross (b. 1956) - Irish artist working in a range of media from sculpture to video
*William Crozier (b. 1930) - Irish-Scots still-life and landscape artist
*Michael Cullen (b. 1946)

D - G

*Francis Danby (1793–1861) - Irish painter especially of large pictures in oil
*William Davis (1812–1873) - Irish artist influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting
*Edward Delaney (b. 1930) - Irish sculptor born in Claremorris
*Gerald Dillon (1916–1971) - Irish artist
*James Dixon (1887–1970)
*William Dixon (c1784–1834)
*Willie Doherty (b. 1959) - Irish artist mainly in photography and video
* [http://www.kmdphotography.co.uk/ Kieran Donnelly (b. 1983) Irish artist mainly in photography]
* [http://www.mariadowling.net/ Maria Dowling (b. 1959) [Ireland] [Irish] [artist]
*Susanna Drury (1698–1770) - Irish landscape painter
*Michael Duffy (b. 1960)
*Patrick Vincent Duffy (1836–1909) - Irish painter primarily of landscapes
*Felim Egan (b. 1952) - Irish painter
*Frank Egginton (1908–1990) - Irish contemporary painter
*Alfred Elmore (1815–1881) - Irish Victorian history and genre painter
*Beatrice Elvery (1881–1970) - Irish stained-glass artist and painter
*Chung Eun-Mo (b. 1946)
*Robert Fagan (1761–1816) - Irish painter, diplomat and archaeologist
*Michael Farrell (b. 1940)
*Gary Farrelly (b. 1983) - Irish artist and a founder of the Defastenist art group
*John Faulkner (1835–1894)
*Fergus Feehily (b. 1968) - Irish artist
*Jonathan Fisher (fl. 1763–1809) - Irish painter, engraver, and printmaker of aquatints of Irish scenery
*Jim Fitzpatrick ( - ) - Irish artist especially of Irish Celtic Art
*John Henry Foley (1818–1874) - Irish sculptor
*Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947) - Irish artist and member of the Newlyn school of painters
*James Forrester (1730–1776)
*William Banks Fortescue (1855–1924)
*David Franklin (b. 1978) - Irish artist living and working in Dublin
*William Percy French (1854–1920) - Irish songwriter, entertainer watercolour painter
*Norman Garstin (1847–1926) - Irish artist with the Newlyn School of painters
*Edmund Garvey (1740–1813) - Irish painter
*Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955)
*Eileen Gray (1879–1976) - Irish furniture designer and architect
*Charles McIver Grierson (1864–1939)
*Nathaniel Grogan (1740–1807) - Irish painter from Cork

H - J

*Willem Van der Hagen ("unknown"-1745) - Dutch-born landscape painter who settled in Ireland
*Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876–1960)
*Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1734/1739–1808) - Irish artist
*James Hamilton (1819–1878)
*Jack Hanlon (1913–1968)
*Alice Hanratty (b. 1939) - Irish artist who specialises in printmaking
*William Michael Harnett (1848–1892) - Irish-American painter who used a trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") style of realistic painting
*Gertrude Hartland (1865–1954) - Irish illustrator
*Henry Albert Hartland (1840–1893) - Irish illustrator and built theatrical scenery
*Joseph Patrick Haverty (1794–1864) - Irish painter
*Edwin Hayes (1819–1904) - Irish born watercolourist of naval and marine seascapes/landscapes
*Gabriel Hayes (1909–1978) - Irish artist and currency designer
*Michael Joseph Healy (1873–1941)
*Gottfried Helnwein (b. 1948) - Austrian-Irish fine artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist
*Patrick Hennessy (1915–1980)
*William John Hennessy (1839–1917) - Irish artist in [wood carving] and watercolors
*Grace Henry (1868–1953)
*Paul Henry (1876–1958) - Irish landscape painter
*Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893) - Irish watercolour artist especially scenes from the Lakes of Killarney
*Christopher Hewetson (1739–1799) - Irish sculptor
*Thomas Hickey (1741–1824) - Irish painter
*Derek Hill (1916-2000) - English-born portrait and landscape painter in Ireland
*Nathaniel Hill (1861–1934) - Irish impressionist
*Sean Hillen (b. 1961) - Irish artist especially of collages and the creative use of photographs
*Nuala Holloway ( - ) - Irish artist, academic, former model
*Katie Holten (1975- ) - Irish artist of drawings, installations, sculptures, and public art projects
*Evie Hone (1894–1955) - Irish painter and stained glass artist
*Horace Hone (1756–1825)
*Nathaniel Hone (1718–1784) - Irish-born portrait and miniature painter
*Nathaniel Hone the Younger (1831–1917) - Irish painter
*Thomas Hovenden (1840–1895) - Irish-American artist, teacher, and painter especially of realistic quiet family scenes and narrative subjects
*Robert Hunter (fl.1752–1803)
*Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796–1863) - Irish portrait painter
*Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty (b. 1935) - Irish sculptor, conceptual artist, and installation artist
*Hans Iten (1874–1930)
*Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) - Irish abstract painter
*Charles Jervas (1675–1739) - Irish portrait painter, translator, and art collector
*Roy Johnston (b. 1936)
*George W. Joy (1845–1925) - Irish painter
*Rachel Joynt (b. 1966) - Irish sculptor

K - N

*Michael Kane (b.1935)
*Paul Kane (1810–1871)
*Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856–1918)
*Seán Keating (1889–1977)
*Oisín Kelly (1915–1981)
*Harry Kernoff (1900–1974)
*John Kindness (b. 1951)
*Brian King (painter) (b. 1942)
*Cecil King (1921–1986)
*John Kingerlee (b. 1936)
*Jack Kirwan (b. 1956)
*Graham Knuttel (b. 1954)
*Jonathan Knuttel (b. 1972)
*Peter Knuttel
*Charles Lamb (1893–1964)
*Gene Lambert (b. 1952)
*John Lavery (1856–1941)
*Louis le Brocquy (b. 1916)
*Reymond Leahy (b. 1950)
*William John Leech (1861–1968)
*Patrick MacDowell (1799–1870)
*Maurice MacGonigal (1900–1979)
*Micheál MacLiammóir (1899–1978)
*Daniel Maclise (1806–1870)
*Henry MacManus (c1810–1878)
*Anne Madden (b. 1932)
*Brian Maguire (b. 1951)
*Cecil Maguire (b. 1930)
*William Henry Maguire (1806–1853)
*Alice Maher (b. 1956)
*Kathleen Marescaux (1868–1944)
*Gerald Marjoram(b. 1936)
*Padraig Marrinan (1906–1975)
*Fergus Martin (b. 1955)
*James McArdell (fl.1728–1765)
*Sheila McClean
*Samuel McCloy (1831–1904)
*Norah McGuinness (1903–1980)
*Frank McKelvey (1895–1974)
*Justin McKeown (b. 1979)
*Catherine McWilliams (b. 1940)
*Joseph McWilliams (b. 1938)
*Simon McWilliams (b. 1970)
*Colin Middleton (1910–1983)
*John Minihan (b. 1946)
*Martin Mooney (b. 1960)
*Garret Morphey (c1650–1716)
*Richard Moynan (1856–1906)
*Jeremiah Hodges Mulcahy (d. 1899)
*Michael Mulcahy (b. 1952)
*George Mullins (fl.1763–65)
*William Mulready (1786–1863)
*Bernard Mulrenin (1803–1868)
*George Francis Mulvany (1809–1869)
*Thomas James Mulvany (1779–1845)
*Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831–1903)

O - S

*Dermod O'Brien (1865–1945) - Irish painter chiefly of landscapes and portraits
*John O'Brien (1831-1891) - Irish-born Canadian marine artist
*James Arthur O'Connor (1792–1841) - Irish painter
*John O'Connor (1830–1889) - Irish painter
*Roderic O'Conor (1860–1940) - Irish painter influenced by Impressionism
*Eamonn O'Doherty
*Francis Joseph O'Donohoe (1878–1911)
*John O'Keeffe (c.1797–1838) - Irish portrait and figure painter
*Aloysius O'Kelly (1853–c1941) - Irish painter of coastlines, fishing ports and villages
*Deirdre O'Mahony (b. 1956)
*James O'Malley (c.1816–1888)
*Tony O'Malley (1913–2003) - Self-taught Irish painter
*Liam Ó Maonlaí (b. 1964) - Irish musician
*Frank O'Meara (1853–1888) - Irish painter
*Daniel O'Neill (1920–1974) - Romantic painter born in Belfast
*Henry O'Neill (1798–1880) - Irish artist and archaeologist
*Seán O'Sullivan (1906–1964) - Irish portrait painter
*Rory O'Tunny (fl. 1540s) - Irish sculptor
*William Orpen (1878–1931) - Irish portrait painter
*Walter Osborne (1859–1903) - Irish impressionist painter typically featuring women, children, the elderly, and rural scenes
*William Osborne (1823–1901)
*George Petrie (1790–1866) - Irish painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist of the Victorian era
*Stanley Pettigrew (b. 1927) - Irish painter
*Sarah Purser (1848–1943) - Irish artist often working in stained glass
*Stephen Pusey (b. 1952) - Irish painter of murals
*Patrick Pye (b. 1929) - Sculptor, painter and stained glass artist and resident in County Dublin
*John Quigley (b. 1964)
*Maurice Quillinan (b. 1961)
*Basil Rakoczi (1908–1979) - Irish artist and member of the Irish art group the White Stag
*John Ramage (1748–1802) - Irish American artist, goldsmith, potraitist, and miniaturist
*Nano Reid (1900–1981) - Irish painter
*Anne Rigney (b. 1957) - Irish abstract artist and sculptor mainly using oils and mixed media
*Thomas Roberts (1749–1778) - Irish landscape painter
*Markey Robinson (1918–1999) - Irish painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style
*Vivienne Roche (b. 1953)
*Nigel Rolfe (b. 1950)
*Richard Rothwell (1800–1868) - Irish portrait and genre painter
*Thomas Ryan (b. 1929)
*William Sadler II (c1782–1839) - Irish landscape painter
*Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) - Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation
*Robert Richard Scanlan (1801–1876) - Irish painter and portraitist
*Patrick Scott (b. 1921) - Irish artist
*Harry Scully (1860–1935)
*Sean Scully (b. 1945) - Irish-born American painter and printmaker
*Paul Seawright (b. 1965) - Irish artist and professor Photography at the University of Ulster in Belfast
*Kevin Sharkey (b. 1960) - Irish painter and celebrity
*Neil Shawcross (b. 1940) - Irish portrait painter
*Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850) - Dublin-born portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
*John Shinnors (b. 1950)
*James Sleator (1889–1950) - Irish artist
*Victor Sloan (b. 1945) - Irish photographer and artist
*Packy Smith
*Edward Smyth (1749–1812) Irish sculptor
*George Henry Smyth (b. 1968) - Irish artist and album cover designer
*Camille Souter (b. 1929) - Irish painter
*Amelia Stein (b. 1958)
*Stella Steyn (1907–1987)
*Imogen Stuart (b. 1927) - Berlin-born Irish sculptor
*Cuthbert Edmund Swan (1870–1931)

T - Z

*Donald Teskey (b. 1956)
*Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859-1929) - Realist and portrait painter born and trained in County Cork, Ireland
*Henry Tresham (1750–1814) - Irish-born painter of large-scale history paintings
*Helen Mabel Trevor (1831–1900)
*Patrick Tuohy (1894–1930) - Irish portrait, narrative, and genre painter
*J. Laurie Wallace (1864–1953) - Irish artist
*Owen Walsh (1933–2002) - Irish painter
*Samuel Walsh (b. 1951) - Irish contemporary abstract artist
*Michael Warren (b. 1950) - Irish sculptor
*Leo Whelan (1852–1956) - Irish painter
*William Gorman Wills (1828–1891) - Dublin-born dramatist and painter
*Anne Yeats (1919–2001) - Irish painter and stage designer.
*Jack Yeats (1871–1957) - Irish artist
*John Butler Yeats (1839–1922) - Irish artist

List of Irish botanical illustrators

*Lady Mabel Annesley (1881–1959) Born in New Zealand
*William Ashford (c1746–1824) Born in England
*Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808–1872)
*Eileen Barnes (c1910–1950)
*Myra Barry (1886–1960)
*Rose Barton (1856–1929)
*Mary Battersby (c1804–1841)
*Frances Beaufort (Mrs Lovell Edgeworth) (1769–1864)
*Lady Edith Blake (née Bernal Osborne) (1845–1926)
*Samuel Brocas (c1792–1847)
*Sarah Brooks (1850–1928) Born in Australia
*Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941)
*Gerard Byrne (b. 1958)
*Mrs. James Cooksson (née Murray)
*Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams) (1867–1967) Born in England, see Irish plant Collectors
*Mary Delaney (1700–1788) Born in England
*Samuel Dixon (c1748–69)
*Andrew Hastings Doyle (c1774–1841)
*George Victor Du Noyer (1817–1869)
*Diana Conyngham Ellis (née Monsell) (1813–1851)
*John Ellis (c1705–1776) Born in England
*Marianne Fannin (Mrs Roberts) (1848–1938) Born in South Africa
*Robert David FitzGerald (1830–1892)Australia) see Irish plant Collectors
*Kathleen Fox (1880–1963)
*Barbara Gage (1817–1859)
*Catherine Gage (1815–1892)
*Robert Gibbings (1889–1958) see also Robert Day
*Elizabeth Grey (née Sharpe) (d. 1903)
*James Gwim (c1720–1769)
*Fr. Jack Hanlon (1913–1968)
*Gertrude Hartland (1865–1954)
*William Henry Harvey (1811–1866) Born in Torquay
*Grace Henry (1868–1953) Born in Scotland
*Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) Born in England
*William Howis (1804–1882)
*Phillip Hussey (1713–1783)
*Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815), see Ardnagashel House Historic Cork Gardens
*Hans Iten (1874–1930) Born in Switzerland
*Alive Jacob (1862–1921)
*Andrea Jameson (b. 1953) Born in Norway
*Patricia Jorgensen (b. 1936)
*William Kilburn (1745–1818)
*Martha King (c1830–1997) Born in New Zealand
*Deborah Lambkin (b. 1970)
*Sir John Langham (1894–1972)
*Grainne Langrishe
*Susan Lecky (1837–1896)
*James Mannin (d. 1779)
*Kathleen (née Dennis) Marescaux (1868–1944)
*Samuel McCloy (1831–1904)
*Edward Murphy (c.1796–1841)
*Rev D.P. Murray (1887–1967) Born in England
*Andrew Nicholl (1804–1886) Born in London
*Geraldine O'Brien later Hely-Hutchinson
*Helen Sophia O'Hara (1846–1920)
*Raymond Piper (b. 1923) Born in England
*Katherine Plunket (1820–1932)
*Caroline Pounds (née Elam)
*Sophia Rosamond Praeger (1867–1954)
*Frances Proskitt Born in England
*Sarah Purser (1848–1943)
*Susan Sex
*Lydia Shackleton (1828–1914)
*James Stuart (c1802–1842)
*John Templeton (1766–1825)
*William Edward Trevithick (1899–1958)
*Wendy Walsh (b. 1915)
*Mary Ward (née King) (1827–1869)
*John White (c1577–1590) Born in England
*Isaac Whitehead (c1819–1881)
*Frances (Fanny) Wilmot Curry (1848–1917)
*David Wilson (1873–1935)
*Elizabeth (Lolly) Yeats (1868–1940) see William Butler Yeats, Jack B. Yeats

Reference:Patricia Butler,'Irish Botanical Illustrators', Antique Collectors Club, London 2000 ISBN 1-85149-357-3

Critics, collectors and curators

*Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968)
*Alfred Lane Beit (1903–1994)
*William Dargan (1799–1867)
*Cathal Gannon
*Bryan Guinness (1905–1992)
*Knight of Glin
*Gordon Lambert (1919–2005)
*Hugh Lane (1875–1915)
*Denis Mahon (b. 1910)
*Lochlainn Quinn
*Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)
*Tony Ryan
*George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
*Dorothy Walker (1929–2002)
*James White

ee also

*Irish art
*List of Northern Irish artists