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

• Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992)
• Robert Ballagh (Born 1943)
• George Barret Sr. (1728 – 1784)
• James Barry (1741 – 1806)
• William Gerard Barry (1864 – 1941)
• John Behan (Born 1938)
• Pauline Bewick (Born 1935)
• Basil Blackshaw (Born 1932)
• John Boyne (1750 – 1810)
• Charles Brady (1926–1997)
• Vincent Browne (Born 1947)
• Colleen Browning (Born 1929)
• Adam Buck (1759 – 1833)
• John Burke (Born 1946)
• Frederic William Burton (1816 – 1900)
• Harry Clarke (1889 – 1931)
• James Coleman (Born 1941)
• John Coll (Born 1956)
• Patrick Collins (1910–1994)
• Fred Conlon (1943 – 2005)
• Barrie Cooke (Born 1931)
• Amanda Coogan (Born 1971)
• Dorothy Cross (Born 1956)
• William Crozier (Born 1930)
• Michael Cullen (Born 1946)

D -G

• Francis Danby (1793 – 1861)
• Edward Delaney (Born 1930)
• Gerald Dillon (1916–1971)
• James Dixon (1887–1970)
• Willie Doherty (Born 1959)
• Felim Egan (Born 1952)
• Alfred Elmore (1815 – 1881)
• Chung Eun-Mo
• Jim Fitzpatrick
• David Franklin (Born 1978)
• William Percy French (1854–1920)
• John Henry Foley (1818 – 1874)
• Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857 – 1947)
• Norman Garstin (1847 – 1926)
• Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955)
• Eileen Gray (1879 – 1976)
• Nathaniel Grogan (1740 – 1807)

H -J

• Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1734 – 1808)
• James Hamilton (1819 – 1878)
• Jack Hanlon (1913–1968)
• Alice Hanratty
• William Michael Harnett (1848 – 1892)
• Edwin Hayes (1819 – 1904)
• Gabriel Hayes (1909 -1978)
• Gottfried Helnwein (Born 1948)
• Patrick Hennessy (1915–1980)
• Grace Henry (1868–1953)
• Paul Henry (1876 – 1958)
• Christopher Hewetson (1739 – 1799)
• Thomas Hickey (1741 – 1824)
• Derek Hill (Born 1916)
• Evie Hone (1894–1955)
• Nathaniel Hone (1718 – 1784)
• Thomas Hovenden (1840 – 1895)
• Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796 – 1863)
• Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty (Born 1935)
• Mainie Jellett (1897 – 1944)
• Charles Jervas (1675 – 1739)
• Roy Johnston (Born 1936)
• Rachel Joynt (Born 1966)

K – M

• Michael Kane (Born 1935)
• Paul Kane (1810 – 1871)
• Seán Keating (1889 – 1977)
• Oisín Kelly (1915–1981)
• Harry Kernoff (1900 – 1974)
• John Kindness (Born 1951)
• Brian King (Born 1942)
• Cecil King (1921–1986)
• Graham Knuttel (Born 1954)
• Charles Lamb (1893–1964)
• Gene Lambert (Born 1952)
• John Lavery (1856 – 1941)
• Louis le Brocquy (Born 1916)
• Patrick MacDowell (1799 – 1870)
• Daniel Maclise (1806 – 1870)
• Anne Madden (Born 1932)
• Sheila McClean
• Norah McGuinness (1903–1980)
• Brian Maguire (Born 1951)
• Alice Maher (Born 1956)
• Michael Mulcahy (Born 1952)
• William Mulready (1786 – 1863)

O -S

• James Arthur O'Connor (1792 – 1841)
• Roderic O'Conor (1860 – 1940)
• Tony O'Malley (1913–2003)
• William Orpen (1878 – 1931)
• Daniel O'Neill
• Sarah Purser (1848–1943)
• Patrick Pye (Born 1929)
• Nano Reid (1900–1981)
• Markey Robinson (1918–1999)
• Vivienne Roche (Born 1953)
• Nigel Rolfe (Born 1950)
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 – 1907)
• Neil Shawcross (Born 1940)
• Patrick Scott (Born 1921)
• Sean Scully (Born 1945)
• Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769 – 1850)
• John Shinnors (Born 1950)
• Camille Souter (Born 1929)
• Imogen Stuart (Born 1927)

T -Z

• Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859–1929)
• J. Laurie Wallace (1864 – 1953)
• Michael Warren (Born 1950)
• William Gorman Wills (1828 – 1891)
• Anne Yeats (1919 – 2001)
• Jack Yeats (1871 – 1957)
• John Butler Yeats (1839 – 1922)

Critics, collectors and curators

• Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968)
• Alfred Beit (1903–1994)
• William Dargan (1799–1867)
• Hugh Lane (1875–1915)
• Gordon Lambert (1919–2005)
• Denis Mahon (Born 1910)
• Lochlainn Quinn
• Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)
• George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
• Dorothy Walker (1929–2002)

See also

• Irish art