List of Irish artists

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This list of Irish artists includes notable 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[]

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

B[]

  • Francis Bacon (1909–1992) – Irish painter
  • Robert Ballagh (born 1943) – artist
  • Robert Barker (1739–1806) – painter from Kells
  • George Barret, Sr. (1728–1784) – landscape artist, especially of portraits of the British countryside
  • James Barry (1741–1806)
  • William Gerard Barry (1864–1941) – painter
  • Rose Maynard Barton (1856–1929)
  • Mary Battersby (fl. 1801–1841)
  • Richard Brydges Beechey (1808–1895) – Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
  • John Behan (born 1938) – sculptor
  • Shane Berkery (born 1992)
  • Pauline Bewick (born 1935) – artist
  • Renée Bickerstaff (1904–1983) –founding member & treasurer of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, & honorary secretary of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
  • Francis Bindon (1690–1765)
  • Basil Blackshaw (1932–2016) – painter, especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape
  • Brian Bourke (born 1936) – artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portraiture
  • Alicia Boyle (1908–1997) –abstract landscapes
  • John Boyne (1750–1810)
  • Charles Brady (1926–1997) – New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland
  • James Brenan (1837–1907) – artist
  • Gordon Brewster (1889–1946) – cartoonist
  • Deborah Brown (born 1927) –painting and sculpture
  • Vincent Browne (born 1947) – sculptor
  • Colleen Browning (1918–2003) – realist painter
  • Adam Buck (1759–1833)
  • Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838–1891) – artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
  • John Burke (1946–2006) – sculptor
  • Thomas Burke (1749–1815) – engraver and painter
  • Frederick William Burton (1816–1900) – painter born in Corofin, County Clare
  • Mildred Anne Butler (1885–1941) – painter
  • John Butts (c. 1728 – 1764)
  • John Byrne – contemporary artist
  • Gerard Byrne (born 1958) – figurative painter and en plein air landscape painter
  • Gerard Byrne (born 1969) – installation artist

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
  • Anna Cheyne (1926–2002) –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[]

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)
  • Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969)
  • 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 (born 1980) – Irish-born street artist based in London
  • William Harrington (Artist) (born 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
  • Olive Henry (1902–1989) –painting, photography and stained glass 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
  • Mercy Hunter (1910–1989) –painter, calligrapher and teacher
  • 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[]

  • Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) – abstract painter and founder of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art
  • Charles Jervas (1675–1739) – portrait painter, translator, and art collector
  • George W. Joy (1845–1925) – painter
  • Rachel Joynt (born 1966) – sculptor

K[]

L[]

M[]

N[]

  • Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831–1903)
  • Paul Nietsche (1885–1950) -portraits and still-life

O[]

P[]

  • George Petrie (1790–1866) – painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist
  • Stanley Pettigrew (born 1927) – painter
  • Garrett Phelan (born 1965) – installation artist
  • Raymond Piper (1923 –2007) –portraiture and illustration
  • Albert Power (1881–1945) – sculptor
  • Sarah Purser (1848–1943) – artist often working in stained glass
  • Stephen Pusey (born 1952) – mural painter
  • Patrick Pye (1929–2018) – sculptor, painter and stained glass artist; resident in County Dublin

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[]

  • William Sadler II (c. 1782 – 1839) – landscape painter
  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) – Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation
  • Caroline Scally (1886–1973), Irish landscape artist
  • 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
  • Dermot Seymour (Born 1956) -painter
  • 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
  • Bob Sloan (born 1940) – sculpture
  • 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
  • Romeo Toogood (1902–1966) – landscape 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[]

  • Anne Yeats (1919–2001) – painter and stage designer
  • Jack Yeats (1871–1957) – artist
  • John Butler Yeats (1839–1922) – artist

Critics, collectors and curators[]

  • Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968)
  • Alfred Lane Beit (1903–1994)
  • Anne Crookshank (1927–2016)
  • William Dargan (1799–1867)
  • Cathal Gannon (1910–1999)
  • Bryan Guinness (1905–1992)
  • John Hewitt (1907–1987)
  • Gordon Lambert (1919–2005)
  • Hugh Lane (1875–1915)
  • Denis Mahon (1910–2011)
  • Lochlann Quinn (born 1940)
  • Æ (George William Russell) (1867–1935)
  • Tony Ryan (1936–2007)
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
  • Theo Snoddy (1922–2008)
  • Walter G. Strickland (1850–1928)
  • Dorothy Walker (1929–2002)

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.
  5. ^ Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
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