List of Austrian artists and architects

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This is a list of notable Austrian artists and architects.

A[]

• Josef Abel (1768–1818) – painter
• Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer
• Raimund Abraham (1933–2010) – architect
• Soshana Afroyim (1927-2015), painter
• Joseph Matthäus Aigner (1818–1886) – painter
• Oz Almog (born 1956) – painter and writer
• Franz Alt (1821–1914) – artist, watercolorist
• Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905) – painter
• Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887) – painter
• Christian Attersee (born 1940) – pop-art artist

B[]

• Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) – botanical illustrator
• Herbert Bayer (1900–1985) – graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, architect
• Franz von Bayros (1866–1924) – erotic artist
• Maria Bach (1896–1978), painter
• Franz Anton Beer (1688–1749) – baroque master builder
• Antonietta Brandeis(1849–1910) – painter
• Arik Brauer (1929–2021) – painter; born in Vienna
• Günter Brus (born 1938) – performance artist
• Tina Blau (1845-1916), landscape painter

C[]

• Bernhard Cella (born 1969) – conceptual artist; born in Salzbug
• Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906) – impressionist painter; born in Vienna
• Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten (born 1969), visual artist

D[]

• Günther Domenig (1934–2012) – architect
• Gerti Deutsch (1908–1979), photographer

E[]

• Joachim Eckl (born 1962)
• Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926) – painter
• Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985) – painter and illustrator
• Fanny Elssler (1810–1884) – dancer
• Ursula Endlicher, multi-media
• Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723) – architect
• Valie Export (born 1940) – media artist

F[]

• Bernd Fasching (born 1955) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
• Marina Faust (born 1950), photographer
• Thomas Feuerstein (born 1968) – media artist, bio artist, sculptor
• Josef Frank (1885–1967) – architect
• Emil Fuchs (1866–1929) – sculptor, medallist, painter
• Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
• Joseph von Führich (1800–1876) – painter; born in Kratzau, Austria-Hungary
• Hortensia Fussy (born 1954) – sculptor

G[]

• Richard Gerstl (1883–1908) – painter
• Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010) – sculptor; born in Villach
• Gareis, Fritz (1872–1925)  – artist and cartoonist for the leftwing Vienna
• Hilda Goldwag (1912–2008)  – painter
• Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975) – founder of monochrom
• Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
• Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H[]

• Ernst Haas (1921–1986) – photographer
• Jasmin Hagendorfer – installation artist, sculpturer, performance artist
• Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969), abstract painter
• Karin Hannak (born 1940), multi-media
• Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973), photographer and spy
• Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (1833–1894) – architect
• Johann Hattey (1859–1904) – architect
• Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995) – painter and graphic artist
• Xenia Hausner (born 1951) – painter
• Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948) – artist; born in Vienna
• Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960) – new media artist; born in Linz
• Louis Christian Hess (1895–1944) – painter and sculptor
• Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745) – architect
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) – painter
• Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) – architect
• Hans Hollein (1934–2014) – architect
• Wilhelm Holzbauer (1930-2019) – architect
• Carl Holzmann (1849–1914) – architect
• Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983) – architect
• Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009) – sculptor and graphic artist; born in Vienna
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) – artist; born in Vienna

I[]

• Nicky Imber (1920–1996)

K[]

• Arnold Karplus (1877-1968) – Viennese architect
• Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
• Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967) – designer and sculptor
• Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter
• Franz Klein (1779–1840) Viennese sculptor; creator of bust of Beethoven
• Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) – artist; prominent figure of the Vienna Secession
• Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) – pop-art painter
• Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) – painter; born in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria
• Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter
• Michaela Konrad (born 1972), contemporary artist
• Edith Kramer (1916–2014), painter and art therapist
• Siegfried L. Kratochwil (1916–2005) – Viennese painter
• Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) – painter (graphics)
• Max Kurzweil (1867–1916) – artist; co-founder of the Vienna Secession
• Elke Krystufek (born 1970) – painter
• Felicitas Kuhn (born 1926), illustrator

L[]

• Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (1772–1831) – lithographer
• Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) – painter; born in Vienna
• Roberta Lima (born 1974) – video and performance artist
• Adolf Loos (1870–1933) – architect

M[]

• Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator
• Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
• Hans Makart (1840–1884) – history painter, designer and decorator
• Anton Erhard Martinelli (1684–1747) – architect
• Domenico Martinelli (1650–1719) – architect
• Franz Martinelli (1651–1708) – architect
• Johann Baptist Martinelli (1701–1754) – architect
• Georg Mayer-Marton (1897–1960) – artist
• Gustav Mezey (1899-1981)  – painter of large scale posters
• Edgar Meyer (1853-1925) – painter and political activist
• Josef Mikl (1929–2008) – abstract painter
• Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907-1986), painter and illustrator
• Inge Morath (1923–2002) – photographer
• Koloman Moser (1868-1918) - artist
• Otto Muehl (1925–2013) – artist, action art
• Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist

N[]

• Moritz Nähr (1859-1945) – photographer
• Christian Heinrich Nebbien (1778–1841) – landscaping architect
• Richard Neutra (1892–1970) – architect; emigrated to the United States
• Hans Niessenberger
• Hermann Nitsch (born 1938) – painter and performance artist; born in Vienna

P[]

• Gustav Peichl (1928-2019) – architect
• Hubert Petschnigg (1913–1997) – architect
• Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian
• Boris Podrecca (born 1940)
• Alf Poier (born 1967) – artist and stand-up comedian
• Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726) – architect

R[]

• Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) – painter
• Elise Ransonnet-Villez (1843–1899), painter
• Barbara Rapp (born 1972) – painter and mixed-media artist
• Erwin Redl (born 1963) – LED installation artist and painter
• Lily Renée (born 1921), illustrator and writer
• Lili Réthi (1894–1969), artist and illustrator
• Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter
• Anton Pius Riegel (1789–18??) – architect
• Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) – textile artist
• Anton Romako (1832–1889), painter
• Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730) – Baroque painter
• Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988) – designer, architect and social critic

S[]

• Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) – graphic designer and typographer
• Karin Schäfer (born 1963) – performance artist
• Martina Schettina (born 1961) – mixed media artist
• Egon Schiele (1890–1918) – painter
• Rudolf Schindler (1877–1953) – architect; emigrated to the United States in 1914
• Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885–1971), painter
• Barbara Schurz (born 1973), performance artist and writer
• Paul Schuss (born 1948) – painter and mixed media artist; emigrated to France in 1949
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) – architect and political activist
• Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975) – architect
• Hans Schwarz (1922–2003) – artist
• Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918), painter
• Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871) – painter
• Florian Seidl (born 1979) – vehicle designer
• Harry Seidler (1923–2006) – architect; emigrated to Australia in 1948
• Deborah Sengl (born 1974), painter and sculptor
• Santino Solari (1576–1646) – architect
• Martina Steckholzer (born 1974), artist
• Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) – painter, pedagogue, poet and writer
• Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), painter, writer and musician
• Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
• Jörg Streli (1940–2019), architect

T[]

• Johann Joseph Thalherr (1730–1801) – architect
• Ottilie Tolansky (1912–1977), painter
• Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter, illustrator and poet
• Esin Turan (born 1970), sculptor and painter

U[]

• Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978) – painter, installations, experimental films, digital art

W[]

• Aloys Wach (1892–1940) – painter
• Otto Wagner (1841–1918) – Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
• Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865) – painter
• Peter Weibel (born 1944) – media artist
• Max Weiler (1910–2001) – painter
• Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), painter and sculptor
• Franz West (1947–2012) – artist
• Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926) – painter
• Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) – sculptor; born in Vienna
• Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898-1981)  – painter
• Erwin Wurm (born 1954) – sculptor

Z[]

• Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990) – commercial designer and painter; born in Olmuetz
• Liane Zimbler (1892–1987) – architect and interior designer
• Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator

See also[]

• List of painters from Austria
• List of architects
• List of Austrians
• List of Austrian women artists
• List of Austrian women photographers
• Lists of artists
• ART.Welten, an Austrian artists' association