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List of Irish artists


A

  • Kevin Abosch (born 1969) – artist
  • Henry Allan (1865–1912) – painter
  • William Ashford (1746–1824) – British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland

B

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
  • 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
  • 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) – artist
  • 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

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
  • 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

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 (1734/1739–1808)
  • 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 (b. 1980) – Irish-born street artist based in London
  • William Harrington (Artist) (b. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

K

L

  • Deborah Lambkin (born 1970)
  • Grania Langrishe (born 1934)
  • James Latham (c.1696–1747)
  • John Lavery (1856–1941)
  • Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012)
  • William John Leech (1861–1968)
  • John Luke (1906–1975)
  • Sean Lynch (born 1978) – contemporary artist
  • Clíodhna Lyons Irish cartoonist

M

N

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
  • Henry O'Neill (1798–1880) – artist and archaeologist
  • William Orpen (1878–1931) – portrait painter
  • Walter Osborne (1859–1903) – impressionist painter
  • Seán O'Sullivan (1906–1964) – portrait painter
  • Rory O'Tunny (fl. 1540s) – sculptor

P

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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • James Sleator (1889–1950) – artist
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nora Twomey (born 1971) - animator and co-founder of Cartoon Saloon

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
  • 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

Critics, collectors and curators

See also

References

  1. ^ Aine Ryan (17 October 2015). "Sculpture symbolises Westport's 'enduring spirit'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ "A Shaft of Light for Droghedas riverbank". Drogheda Independent. 24 May 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Cecil Maguire b. 1930". Art UK. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Cecil Maguire RUA (1930-2020)". Visual-Arts-Cork.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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