List of Australian artists

This is a list of Australian artists.

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A

• Anita Aarons (1912–2000): sculptor
• Harold Abbott (1906–1986): painter
• Ian Abdulla (1947–2011): Ngarrindjeri naive artist
• Abdul Abdullah (born 1986): multimedia artist
• Jack Absalom (1927–2019): artist, author and adventurer
• Louis Abraham (1852–1903): painter, etcher
• Tate Adams (1922–2017): artist
• Joyce Allan (1896–1966): scientific illustrator
• Micky Allan (born 1944): photographer
• Beverly Allen (born 1945): botanical artist
• Davida Allen (born 1951): painter, film maker and writer
• Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962): painter, writer
• Mary Morton Allport (1806–1895): lithographer, etcher and engraver, landscapes and miniatures
• Ernie Althoff (born 1950): musician, composer, instrument builder, and visual artist
• Tony Ameneiro (born 1959): artist, printmaker
• Rick Amor (born 1948): artist and figurative painter
• Roy Ananda (born 1980): sculptor
• Brook Andrew (born 1970): contemporary artist
• Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015): Aboriginal painter
• Garry Andrews (born 1957): painter, printmaker and art teacher
• George French Angas (1822–1886): painter
• James Angus (born 1970): sculptor
• Giulio Anivitti (1850–1881): artist, art teacher, portrait painter and gallery curator
• Douglas Annand (1903–1976): graphic designer and artist
• Jean Appleton (1911–2003): prize-winning painter, printmaker, art teacher
• Silvio Apponyi (born 1949): German-Australian sculptor
• Howard Arkley (1951–1999): painter of houses, architecture, and suburbia
• Hany Armanious (born 1962): artist
• Ian Armstrong (1923–2005): painter and printmaker
• Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987): botanical artist
• James Ashton (1859–1935): artist and arts educator
• Julian Ashton (1851–1942): artist and teacher
• Julian Howard Ashton (1877–1964): journalist, writer, artist and critic
• Will Ashton (1881–1963): artist and gallery director
• Olive Ashworth (1915–2000): textile designer
• Estelle Asmodelle (born 1964): abstract artist, musician, and academic
• Mireille Astore (born 1961): artist, writer and film maker
• Michael Atchison OAM (1933–2009): South Australian cartoonist
• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872): illustrator, botanist, writer
• Yvonne Audette (born 1930): painter
• J. Muir Auld (1879–1942): painter of landscapes and figure subjects
• Daryl Austin (born 1964): painter and arts education
• Narelle Autio (born 1969): photographer

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• Joseph Backler (1813–1895): English-born Australian painter
• Herbert Badham (1899–1961): realist painter
• Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
• Jeannie Baker (born 1950): English-born children's picture book author and artist
• Maringka Baker (born c. 1952): painter
• Normand Baker (1908–1955): artist, winner of 1937 Archibald Prize
• Arthur Baker-Clack (1877–1955): expatriate Impressionist painter of landscapes, resident of the Étaples art colony
• Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss–Australian contemporary artist
• George Baldessin (1912–1978): Italian–Australian artist
• Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875–1955): exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
• Percival Ball (1845–1900): English sculptor active in Australia
• Sydney Ball (1933–2017): abstract painter
• Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958): fashion designer, illustrator
• Rosalie (Ros) Edith Bandt (born 1951): composer, sound artist, academic and performer
• William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans
• Irene Barberis (born 1953): English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
• Caroline Barker (1894–1988): painter
• Elsie Barlow (1876–1948): painter, printmaker
• Gustave Barnes (1877–1921): English violinist, painter and sculptor
• Virginia Barratt (born 1959): researcher, artist, writer and performer
• Jeremy Barrett (born 1936): artist
• Ethel Barringer (1883–1925): etcher
• Gwen Barringer (1882–1960): watercolourist
• Herbert Page Barringer (1886–1946): watercolourist
• Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes
• Margaret Baskerville (1861–1930): Victorian sculptor and painter
• Tom Bass (1916–2010): sculptor
• Edward La Trobe Bateman (1861–1897): painter, book illuminator, draughtsman and garden designer
• H. M. Bateman (1887–1970): humorous artist and cartoonist
• Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman (aka Piers Bateman)(born 1947): landscape painter
• Terry Batt (born 1949): artist and sculptor
• Rex Battarbee (1893–1973): painter
• Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator
• Lionel Bawden (born 1974): artist
• Clark Beaumont (formed 2010) (Sarah Clark and Nicole Beaumont), video, performance art
• John Beard (born 1943): painter, winner of 2006 Wynne Prize and 2007 Archibald Prize
• John Watt Beattie (1859–1930): photographer
• Christopher Beaumont (born 1961): still life painter
• Clarice Beckett (1887–1935): painter
• Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect
• Bianca Beetson: Aboriginal artist
• Marcus Beilby (born 1951): artist, winner of 1987 Sulman Prize
• George Bell (1878–1966): painter who studied in London and Paris
• Richard Bell (born 1953): painter who courted controversy
• Robert Stewart Bell AM (1946–2018): artist in ceramics and textiles and arts curator
• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006): photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
• Jean Bellette (1908–1991): painter
• Allana Beltran: performance artist
• Jason Benjamin (born 1971): painter, winner of 2005 Archibald Prize
• Anthony Bennett (born 1966): painter, Archibald Prize finalist 2008, 2009
• Gordon Bennett (1955–2014): Aboriginal artist
• Jane Bennett (born 1960): painter
• Portia Mary Bennett (1898–1989): painter
• Stephen Benwell (born 1953): ceramicist
• Moira Bertram (1929–?): comic artist, illustrator
• Kevin Best (1932–2012): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
• Kate Beynon (born 1970): artist
• Charles Billich (born 1934): artist
• Asher Bilu (born 1936): painter and sculptor
• Vivienne Binns (born 1940): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
• Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987): artist, illustrator and print maker
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951): painter, printmaker
• Charles Blackman (1928–2018): landscape artist
• Freya Blackwood (born 1975): illustrator, special effects artist
• Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959): painter
• Robin Blau (born 1946): design artist, sculptor, jeweller
• Peter Michael Blayney (1920–2014): artist
• Godfrey Blow (born 1948): artist, founder of the Perth Stuckists
• Elise Blumann (1897–1990): German-born artist who achieved recognition as an Expressionist painter
• Thomas Bock (1793–1855): portraitist
• Wim Boissevain (born 1927): painter
• Peter Bonner (born 1964): artist
• Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003): painter
• David Booker (born 1954): Australian contemporary sculptor
• Peter Booth (born 1940): figurative and abstract painter
• Marion Borgelt (born 1954): contemporary painter and mixed-media artist
• Polly Borland (born 1959): photographer
• Nancy Borlase (1914–2006): New Zealand-born landscape-based abstract painter and portraitist
• Paul Boston (born 1952): artist
• Stella Bowen (1893–1947): painter
• William Leslie Bowles (1885–1954): sculptor and medallist
• Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
• David Boyd (1924–2011): artist of symbolic and historical paintings, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
• Doris Boyd (1888–1960): painter, ceramist
• Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936): painter
• Guy Boyd (1923–1988): sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
• Merric Boyd (1888–1959): ceramicist, painter, and sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
• Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923): landscape painter, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
• Robert Boynes (born 1942): contemporary painter
• John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group
• Godwin Bradbeer (born 1950): figurative drawing
• Pat Brassington (born 1942): photographer, digital artist
• Kate Breakey (born 1957): photographer
• Angela Brennan (born 1960): painter, ceramist
• Florence Broadhurst (1899–1977): designer
• Horace Brodzky (1885–1969): artist
• Gracius Broinowski (1837–1913): artist and ornithologist
• David Bromley (born 1960): artist
• Donald Brook (1927–2018): artist
• Anmanari Brown (born c. 1930): painter
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011): Wangkatjungka Indigenous Australian painter
• Andrew Browne (born 1960): figurative painter
• Richard Browne (1771–1824): artist and illustrator
• Lina Bryans (1909–2000): painter
• Charles David Jones Bryant (1883–1937): marine artist
• Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1932
• Knud Bull (1811–1889): Norwegian painter and counterfeiter transported to Australia
• Norma Bull (1906–1980): painter, printmaker and etcher
• Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature
• Ian Burn (1939–1993): conceptual artist
• Peter Burns (born 1924): architect and artist
• Jane Burton (born 1966): photographer
• William Bustard (1894–1973): stained glass artist
• Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia

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• Nicholas Caire (1837–1916): photographer
• Peter Callas (born 1952): video artist
• H. H. Calvert (1870–1923): artist
• Cressida Campbell (born 1960): printmaker
• Joan Campbell (1925–1997): ceramist
• Robert Campbell (1902–1972): painter and gallery director
• Jane Cannan (1822–1861): painter, drawer
• Jack Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963
• Ethel Carrick (1872–1952): painter
• Tom Carrington (1843–1918): journalist, political cartoonist and illustrator
• James Howe Carse (c. 1819–1900): British–Australian painter who specialized in landscapes
• Jeff Carter (1928–2010): photographer, filmmaker and author
• Maie Casey (1892–1983): aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
• Judy Cassab (1920–2015): painter, twice won the Archibald Prize
• John Cato (1926—2011): photographer and influential lecturer in photography.
• Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957): Australian-born bust sculptor now living in Canada
• Neville Henry Cayley (1854–1903): bird artist, ornithologist
• Neville William Cayley (1886–1950): bird artist, author, ornithologist
• Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953): pictorialist photographer
• Alex Cearns: photographer
• Mutlu Çerkez (1964–2005): conceptual artist
• Queenie Chan (born 1974): Hong Kong-born comic artist
• Deanne Cheuk: illustrator, designer, art director
• Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902): Russian-born artist, illustrator in lithography and water-colour
• Gunter Christmann (1936–2013): German-born Australian painter
• Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)
• Betty Churcher (1931–2015): arts administrator and painter
• Peter Churcher (born 1964): painter of portraits and figures in a realistic style
• Marc Clark (born 1923): sculptor and print maker
• Bree Kristel Clarke: photographer
• Joseph Augustine Clarke (1844–1890): artist, painter, journal illustrator and arts-teacher
• Richard Clements (1951–1999): painter
• James Clifford (1936–1987): painter
• Densey Clyne (1922–2019): Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
• George James Coates (1869–1930): portrait painter
• John Coburn (1925—2006): painter, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker
• R. Sidney Cocks (1866–1939): artist
• Margaret Coen (1909–1993): artist
• Ola Cohn (1892–1964): sculptor
• Colin Colahan (1897–1987): painter and sculptor, died in Italy
• Bindi Cole (born 1975): photographer, video artist, installation artist
• Alfred Coleman (1890—1952): painter
• George Collingridge (1847–1931): writer and illustrator
• Albert Collins (1883–1951): painter, teacher and actor
• Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974): painter
• Charles Conder (1868–1909): English-born painter of the Heidelberg School who emigrated to Australia
• Daniel Connell (born 1970): artist
• Kevin Connor (born 1932): artist, two-time winner of the Archibald Prize
• Sylvia Convey (born 1948): painter
• Michael Cook (born 1968): photographic artist
• William Delafield Cook (1936–2015): artist
• Justine Cooper (born 1968): animator, video artist, photographer
• William T. Cooper (1934–2015): scientific painter of birds, recipient of a Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art from The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University
• Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980): painter
• Edith Corbet (1846–1920): landscape painter
• Olive Cotton (1911–2003): photographer
• Noel Counihan (1913–1986): social realist painter
• Virginia Coventry (born 1940): photographer
• Theodora Cowan (1868–1949): sculptor, painter
• Steve Cox (born 1958): painter and watercolourist
• Sybil Mary Frances Craig (1901–1989): painter
• Fred Cress (1938–2009): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988
• Brenda Croft (born 1964): artist, photographer, curator
• Peggie Crombie (1901–1984): painter
• Ray Crooke (1922–2015): portrait artist, Archibald Prize winner in 1969
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979): abstract artist
• Francis R. Crozier (1883–1948): war records artist
• Adam Cullen (1965–2012): artist, winner of the Archibald Prize in 2000
• Frank Cullen (1926–2010) landscape artist
• Janet Cumbrae-Stewart (1883–1960): painter
• Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934): multi-award-winning artist and teacher
• James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839–1901): painter, illustrator, and photographic colourist

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• Ante Dabro (born 1938): Croatian-born artist/sculptor and art teacher
• Johnnie Dady (born 1961): installation artist
• Lindsay Daen (1923–2001): New Zealand-born sculptor and artist
• John Dahlsen (born 1963): contemporary environmental artist
• Richard Daintree (1832–1878): photographer
• Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist artist
• Anne Dangar (1885–1951): painter, potter
• Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004:, painter
• Aleks Danko (born 1950): performance artist and sculptor
• Alfred James Daplyn (1844–1926): painter
• William Dargie (1912–2003): painter especially of portrait paintings who won the Archibald Prize eight times
• Vicki Darken (1923–2014): landscape painter
• Bessie Davidson (1879–1965): painter
• David Davies (1864–1939): painter
• Edward Davies (1852–1927): architect and arts administrator
• Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7): botanical illustrator
• Paul Davies (born 1979): artist
• John Davis (1936–1999): sculptor
• John (Francis) Davis (born 1958): artist
• Lawrence Daws (born 1927): painter and printmaker of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes
• Janet Dawson (born 1935): painter
• Charles Hubert de Castella (1825–1907): Swiss-Australian writer, artist and winemaker
• Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938): painter of abstract art
• Roy De Maistre (1894–1968): artist who explored the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony
• Destiny Deacon (born 1957): photographer
• Andrew Dearman: photographer
• Wolfgang Degenhardt (1924–1993): German-born artist often of religious art
• Dennis Del Favero (born 1953): artist and academic
• Paul Delprat (born 1942): painter and illustrator, Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School
• Linda Dement (born 1960): photographer, digital artist
• Aileen Dent (1890–1978): painter
• Stuart Devlin (1931–2018): artist and metalworker
• William Dexter (1818–1860): English-Australian painter
• Maggie Diaz (1925–2016): photographer
• Robert Dickerson (1924–2015): figurative painter
• Desmond Digby (1933–2015): New Zealand-born stage designer, painter and illustrator of children's books
• Silvester Diggles (1817–1880): artist and musician
• William Dobell (1899–1970): sculptor and painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
• James Dodd (born 1977): painter, sculptor and street artist
• Ken Done (born 1940): artist, especially of design work
• Annie Dorrington (1866–1926): painter, flag designer
• Matt Doust (1984–2013): artist, finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize
• John Dowie (1915–2008): painter, sculptor and teacher
• Julie Dowling (born 1969): Badimaya Australian artist
• Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886): colonial artist
• Russell Drysdale (1912–1981): painter of abstract and surrealist art
• William Duke (1814–1853): Irish-born Australian artist
• Slawa Duldig (1901–1975): inventor, artist, interior designer and teacher
• Brian Dunlop (1938–2009): still life and figurative painter
• Frank Dunne (1898–1937): cartoonist
• Max Dupain (1911–1992): photographer
• Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer
• Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer
• Benjamin Duterrau (1768–1851): English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania
• Władysław Dutkiewicz (1918–1999): Polish-born naturalized Australian artist
• Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): painter
• Geoffrey Dyer (born 1947): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003
• Moya Dyring (1909–1967): painter
• Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913): illustrator and political cartoonist
• Will Dyson (1880–1938): illustrator

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• Augustus Earle (1793–1832): London-born travel artist who spent time painting in Australia
• Stephen Eastaugh (born 1960): artist
• Lindsay Edward (1919–2007): abstract artist, mosaicist and teacher
• Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928): Aboriginal handicraft maker known for feather flowers.
• Margery Edwards (1933–1989): mixed media artist, painter
• Sandy Edwards (born 1948): photographer
• Bonita Ely (born 1946): performance artist
• Esther Erlich: figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Choice Award
• Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
• Joyce Evans (1929–2019): photographer
• Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and film maker
• Miles Evergood (1871–1939): artist
• Raymond Boultwood "Ray" Ewers (1917–1998): sculptor
• Gladstone Eyre (1862–1933): portrait artist and landscape painter
• John Eyre (1771–?): painter and engraver

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• Facter, aka Fletcher Andersen: street artist/painter
• David Fairbairn (born 1949): painter and printmaker
• Ian Fairweather (1891–1974): painter who combined western and Asian influences in his work
• Adrian Feint (1894–1971): artist, noted for his bookplate designs
• Susan Fereday (born 1959): artist, photographer
• Anne Ferran (born 1949): photographer
• Simon Fieldhouse (born 1956): painter of architecture with whimsical characters
• George Edmond Finey (1895–1987): New Zealand born artist
• Gerald Fitzgerald (1873–1935): artist
• Paul Desmond Fitzgerald (1922–2017): portrait painter
• Maude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965): painter
• Herbert 'Bert' Flugelman (1923–2013): sculptor
• Paul Foelsche (1931–1914): photographer
• Ellis D Fogg aka Roger Foley (born 1942): Lumino Kinetic, Light Artist
• Fiona Foley (born 1964): indigenous artist from Badtjala
• George Frederick Folingsby (1828–1891): Irish born Australian painter and art educator
• Nicholas Folland (born 1967): sculptor and arts educator
• Sue Ford (1943–2009): photographer
• Haughton Forrest (1826–1925): artist
• E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915): Naturalist painter
• Ivor Pengelly Francis (1906–1993): artist, art critic and teacher
• Dale Frank (born 1959): contemporary artist
• Graham Fransella (born 1950): figurative and abstract painter
• Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005): New Zealand-born stage and costume designer
• Harold Freedman (1915–1999): artist, renowned for his work in public murals
• Leonard French (1928–2017): painter and stained glass artist
• Zoe Freney: painter, arts writer and arts educator
• Thomas Friedensen (1879–1931): English-born artist in watercolour and oils, active in Australia
• Donald Friend (1915–1989): artist, writer and diarist
• Frederick Frith (1819–1871): English-born painter and photographer
• Douglas Fry (1872–1911): artist, especially of animal paintings
• Ella Fry (1916–1997): painter
• Merrick Fry (born 1950): artist
• Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004): artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1974
• Florence Fuller (1867–1946): painter
• Albert Henry Fullwood (1863–1930): artist who worked in black and white, oils, and watercolour

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• Kiley Gaffney (born 1970): performance artist, musician
• Ian Gardiner (1943–2008): artist
• Silvana Gardner: visual artist, writer
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): sculptor, primarily of found materials
• Marea Gazzard (1928–2013): sculptor, ceramist
• Esmond George (1888–1959): SA watercolor artist, World War II war artist and art critic
• Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994
• Geoff Gibbons (born 1947): printmaker and arts educator
• May Gibbs (1877–1969): English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist
• Charles Web Gilbert (1867–1925): sculptor
• Jeff Gilberthorpe (born 1939): English-born artist and art teacher
• Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles (1944–2010): Manyjilyjarra painter
• Harry Pelling Gill (1855–1916): English-born artist and art teacher
• S T Gill (1818–1880): English-born draughtsman, watercolour painter, and photographer
• George Gittoes (born 1949): war artist using painting, drawing, photographs and video
• Shaun Gladwell (born 1972): video, performance, painting and sculpture
• James Gleeson (1915–2008): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator
• Henry Heath "Harry" Glover (c. 1810–1858): English-born artist
• Henry Heath Glover Jr. (ca.1827–1904): artist and lithographer
• John Glover (1767–1849): English/colonial artist
• Duncan Goldfinch (1888–1960): painter
• John Charles Goodchild (1898–1980): painter and art educator
• Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939): portrait painter
• Richard Goodwin (born 1953): artist, architect and professor of fine arts and design
• Julie Gough (born 1965): artist, writer and curator
• William Buelow Gould (1801–1853): English painter transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826
• Peter Gouldthorpe (born 1954): artist, children's picture book author and illustrator
• James William Govett (1910–11 July 1998), impressionist painter
• Peter Benjamin Graham (1925–1987): visual artist, printer, and art theorist
• Peter Sebastian Graham (born 1970): artist, painter, printmaker and sculptor
• Virginia Grayson (born 1967): visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
• Sasha Grbich: installation artist
• Denise Green (born 1946): painter
• Jillian Green (born 1975); artist
• Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): artist
• Rona Green (born 1972): artist
• Tom Green (1913–1981): painter, printmaker and art teacher
• Victor Greenhalgh (1900–1983): sculptor and teacher
• Francis Greenway (1777–1837): English-born architect
• Guy Grey-Smith (1916–1981): painter, printmaker and ceramicist
• Vaughan Murray Griffin (1903–1992): print maker and painter
• Mabel "May" Grigg (1885–1969): painter
• Henry Gritten (c. 1818–1873): English painter
• Ann Grocott (born 1938): writer and painter
• Elioth Gruner (1882–1939): New Zealand-born painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times
• Rob Gutteridge (born 1954): English-born painter and arts educator
• Harold Frederick Neville Gye (1888–1967): cartoonist

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• Emma Hack (born 1972): photographer
• Basil Hadley (1940–2006): born London, UK, arrived to Australia in 1965, printmaker and painter
• Robert Hague (born 1967): New Zealand-born artist
• Fiona Hall (born 1953): contemporary visual artist
• Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859–1935): English-born Australian artist and art gallery director
• Deborah Halpern (born 1957): sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
• Stanislav "Stacha" Halpern (1919–1969): Polish Australian painter and sculptor
• Michelle Hamer (born 1975): tapestry artist
• Lyn Hancock: photographer, writer
• Henry Hanke (1901–1989): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1934
• Marjorie Hann (1916–2011): South Australian cartoonist, painter and art teacher
• Robert Hannaford (born 1944): realist artist
• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991): artist, printmaker and writer
• Albert J. Hanson (1866–1914): landscape painter in both oil and water-colour
• Nicholas Harding (born 1956): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001
• Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930): painter
• Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement
• Cecil Hartt (1884–1930): cartoonist
• Edmund Arthur Harvey (1907–1994): British-born Australian artist
• Ponch Hawkes (born 1946): photographer
• Elaine Haxton (1909–1999): painter, printmaker, designer and commercial artist
• Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter
• Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the Australian War Memorial, five times Archibald Prize winner
• Catherine Jenna Hendry (CJ Hendry) (born 1988): hyper-realistic, large-scale renderings using a scribbling technique
• Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born painter and printmaker
• Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist
• Petr Herel (born 1943): Czechoslovakia-born printmaker, painter
• Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born war artists artist
• Bernard Hesling (1905–1987): British-born muralist and painter
• Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter
• Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush
• Nora Heysen (1911–2003): artist, winner of the 1938 Archibald Prize for portraiture and the first women appointed as an official war artist
• Dale Hickey (born 1937): painter and teacher
• J J Hilder (1881–1916): watercolourist from the Heidelberg School
• Charles Hill (1824–1915): engraver, painter and arts educator
• Robin Hill (born 1932): artist and writer
• Frank Hinder (1906–1992): painter, sculptor and art teacher
• Margel Hinder (1906–1995): Australian-American modernist sculptor
• Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (1893–1965): German/Australian artist
• Noela Hjorth (1940–2016): artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures
• Robert Hoddle (1794–1881): surveyor and artist
• Christopher Hodges: artist and art gallery director
• Frank Hodgkinson (1919–2001): war artist
• Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia
• Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, video artist, writer, novelist; winner of 1990 Sulman Prize
• Cherry Hood (born 1959): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize
• Gordon Hookey (born 1961): painter, sculptor
• Laurence Hope (born 1927): artist
• Livingston York Yourtee "Hop" Hopkins (1846–1927): American-born cartoonist
• Chris Horder (born 1976): won the Young Emerging Artist Award in the 2011 Mosman Art Prize
• Marie Horseman (1911–1974): cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
• Henry Leonardus van den Houten (1801–1879): Dutch-Australian painter, lithographer and art teacher
• Valma Howell (1896–1979): painter, actress
• Laurence Hotham Howie (1876–1963): South Australian sculptor, painter, and art teacher
• John Howley (born 1931): painter
• Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
• Polly Hurry (1883–1963): painter
• Margot Hutcheson (born 1952): British-born painter

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• Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926): English-born sculptor
• Kylie InGold (born 1962): painter of the fairy and fantasy genre
• Robert Ingpen (born 1936): graphic designer, illustrator, and author
• Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867): painter
• Pamela Irving (born 1960): ceramicist, mosaicist and writer
• Jean Isherwood (1911–2006): painter
• Linde Ivimey (born 1965): sculptor

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• Kenneth Jack (1924–2006): watercolour painter, and printmaker, member of RWS
• Robert Jacks (1943–2014): painter, sculptor and printmaker
• James R. Jackson (1882–1975): artist, primarily of Sydney harbor
• Roy Jackson (1944–2013): artist
• Lionel Jago (1882–1953): artist
• Ann James (born 1952): children's book illustrator, graphic designer
• Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James (1937–2011): ceramicist, painter and textile artist, Aboriginal artist
• Gil Jamieson (1934–1992): painter of figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits
• Bob Jenyns (born 1944): humorous and figurative sculpture, painting, drawing and prints
• Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966): installation artist
• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980): photographer
• Clytie Jessop (1929–2017): artist, actress, screenwriter and director
• Guo Jian (born 1962): painter, sculptor, photographer
• Natasha Johns-Messenger: installation artist, photographer
• George Johnson (born 1926): painter of modernist art, especially geometric abstraction
• Roger Kirk Hayes Johnson (1922–1991): architect, planner, potter, painter, sculptor, writer and educator
• Anne Jolliffe (1933–2021): animator
• Eric Jolliffe (1907–2001): cartoonist and illustrator on outback themes
• Henry Jones (1826–1911): photographer
• Joe Jonsson (1890–1963): Swedish-born cartoonist
• Justus Jorgensen (1893–1975): artist and architect
• Ellen Jose (1951–2017): photographer, printmaker
• Loui Jover (born 1967): painter, artist
• Anne Judell (born 1942): artist, winner of the 2011 Dobell Prize
• Robert Juniper (1929–2012): illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker

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• Louis Kahan (1905–2002): artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962
• Kitty Kantilla (1928–2003): painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970): Iranian-born painter
• Barry Kay (1932–1985): stage and costume designer
• Hanna Kay: Israeli-born painter
• Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961): painter, drawer
• Anwen Keeling (born 1976): portrait painter
• David Keeling (born 1951): artist
• John Kelly (born 1965): artist
• Rik Kemp (born 1939)
• Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction
• Franz Kempf (born 1926)
• Tjungkara Ken (born 1969): painter
• Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967): musician, painter, sculptor
• Rachel Khedoori (born 1964): painter, sculptor
• Toba Khedoori (born 1964): mixed media painter
• Patrick Kilvington (1922–1990): artist of musters, round-ups and horses in motion
• Grahame King (1915–2008): master printmaker
• Inge King (1915–2016): German-born sculptor
• Leah King-Smith (born 1956): photographer
• Anita Klein (born 1960): painter, printmaker
• Robert Klippel (1920–2001): sculptor
• Anastasia Klose (born 1978): performance artist, installation artist
• Michael Kmit (1910–1981): Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five years in Australia and died in Sydney
• Sue Kneebone: artist and arts educator
• Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996): Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community
• William Dunn Knox (1820–1945): painter, member of the Victorian Artists Society
• Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969): painter
• Theo Koning (born 1950): Dutch-born Western Australian painter, sculptor, printmaker and art teacher
• Derek Kreckler (born 1952): multi-media visual artist

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• Vida Lahey (1882–1968): painter
• Rosemary Laing (born 1959): photographer
• George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist
• Pat Larter (1936–1996): mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
• Richard Larter (1929–2014): painter, often identified as one of Australia's few highly recognisable pop artists
• David Larwill (1956–2011): artist
• Janet Laurence (born 1947): mixed media artist, installation artist
• Peter Laverty (1926–2013): painter, print maker, art educator and gallery director
• George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style
• Donald Laycock (born 1931): painter
• Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter, winner of 2010 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize
• Alun Leach-Jones (1937–2017): painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Bill Leak (1956–2017): cartoonist and painter
• Percy Leason (1889–1959): cartoonist, painter

• Lindy Lee (born 1954): sculptor, painter
• Derwent Lees (1884–1931): landscape painter
• Laurence Le Guay (1916–1990): photographer
• Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist
• Kerrie Lester (1953–2016): artist
• Michael Leunig (born 1945): cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator
• Margo Lewers (1908–1978): interdisciplinary abstract artist
• John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history, active in Australia
• Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet (1799–1878): hotelier, water-colour artist and historian
• Colonel William Light (1786–1839): British naval and army officer and a painter, the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia
• Peter Lik (born 1959): fine art photographer
• Kevin Lincoln (born 1941): artist
• Daryl Lindsay (1889–1976): sketcher, illustrator, and art critic
• Joan Lindsay (1896–1984): author
• Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961): artist specializing in etching and engraving
• Norman Lindsay (1879–1969): sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler
• Percy Lindsay (1870–1952): landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist
• Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919): illustrator, painter
• Anthony Lister (born 1980): artist specializing in street art, expressionism, and pop art
• W. Lister Lister (1859–1943): painter, won the Wynne Prize seven times
• Norman Lloyd (1895–1983): landscape painter
• Tony Lloyd (born 1970): figurative painter
• Leonard Long (1911–2013): painter
• Sydney Long (1871–1955): painter, etcher, and teacher
• John Longstaff (1861–1941): painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize
• Will Longstaff (1879–1953): painter and war artist
• Keith Looby (born 1940): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984
• Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018): painter, Aboriginal elder
• Steve Lopes (born 1971): figurative painter
• Josh Lord (born 1972): artist specializing in acrylic house paint
• Gretta Louw (born 1981): interdisciplinary artist working across digital media, installation, drawing, and textiles
• Fiona Lowry (born 1974): painter
• Joseph Lycett (c. 1774–1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia
• Elwyn (Jack) Lynn (1917–1997): artist, author, art critic and curator

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• Andrew MacCormac (1826–1918): portrait painter
• Stewart Angus MacFarlane (born 1953): figurative painter
• Norman Macgeorge (1872–1952): artist and art critic
• William Priestly MacIntosh (1857–1930): sculptor
• Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931): sculptor and medallist
• Chips Mackinolty (born 1954): artist printmaking and journalist
• Euan MacLeod (born 1956): New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999
• William Macleod (1850–1929): artist and a partner in The Bulletin
• Matthew James MacNally (1873–1943): watercolourist
• Mary Macqueen (1912–1994): printmaker, mixed media artist
• Bea Maddock (1934–2016): artist combining printing with encaustic painting and installation art
• Guy Maestri (born 1974): painter, winner of 2009 Archibald Prize
• Ma Mahood (1901–1989): painter, ceramist, printmaker
• Jeffrey Makin (born 1943): artist, art critic, and Director of Port Jackson Press Australia
• David Malangi (1927–1999): bark painter, printmaker, carver, designer
• Henri Mallard (1884–1967): photographer
• Gillian Mann (1939–2007): printmaker
• Diane Mantzaris (born 1962): digital artist, printmaker
• Paul Margocsy (born 1945): watercolourist
• Banduk Marika (1954–2021): indigenous Australian artist and printmaker
• Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist
• Stella Marks (1887–1985): best known as a portrait miniaturist
• Claude Marquet (1869–1920): political cartoonist
• Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia
• Monte Masi (born 1983): performance-based video artist
• John Mather (1848–1916): Scottish-Australian plein-air painter and etcher
• John Baxter Mather (1853–1940): Scottish-Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, landscape painter and art critic
• John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk
• William James Maxwell (ca.1843–1903): Scottish-born sculptor
• Ursula Mayer (born 1970): multimedia artist based in London
• Daphne Mayo (1895–1982): sculptor
• Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001): botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
• Herbert McClintock (1906–1985): social realist artist
• Francis McComas (1875–1938): Australian-born artist who spent most of his adult life in California
• Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890): painter, diarist
• Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917): painter of the Heidelberg School
• Alan McLeod McCulloch (1907–1992): art historian and gallery director, cartoonist, and painter
• Francine McDougall: filmmaker, photographer
• Malcolm McGookin (born 1956): cartoonist, writer, painter, musician
• Raymond McGrath (1903–1977): architect, illustrator, printmaker and interior designer
• William Beckwith McInnes (1889–1939): portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times
• Arthur McIntyre (1945–2003): artist and art critic
• Alexander McKenzie (born 1971): painter, a six times finalist of the Archibald Prize
• Queenie McKenzie (1930–1998): painter
• Tommy McRae (1835–1901): artist
• Clement Meadmore (1929–2005): Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel sculptures
• Penny Meagher (1935–1995): painter
• Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955): illustrator, painter
• Charles Meere (1890–1961): English-Australian artist
• Dora Meeson (1869–1955): painter
• Annemieke Mein (born 1944): Dutch-born textile artist
• Max Meldrum (1875–1955): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940
• Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855–1938): Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
• Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963): painter
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895): Anglo/Australian writer and illustrator, also known as Louisa Anne Twamley
• Bertha Merfield (1869–1921): painter and muralist
• Vladas Meskenas (1916–2020): Sydney painter, born in Lithuania
• Bill Meyer (born 1942): artist who uses photography, film and music in his work
• mez (Mary-Anne Breeze): Australian-based Internet artist
• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985): Polish-born photographer
• Rodney Armour "Rod" Milgate (1934–2014): painter and playwright
• Lewis Miller (born 1959): painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works, winner of 1998 Archibald Prize
• Peter Milne (born 1960): photographer and visual artist, known for documenting the Melbourne punk and comedy scenes in the 1970s and 80s
• Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863–1937): watercolourist
• Harold "Hal" Missingham (1906–1994): Australian artist, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1945 to 1971, and president of the Australian Watercolour Institute from 1952 to 1955
• Jan Mitchell (1940–2008): painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
• Robert Boyed Mitchell (1919–2002): abstract expressionist artist
• Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971): painter
• Tracey Moffat (born 1960): artist using primarily photography and video
• Ernest Edward Moffitt (1871–1899): artist
• George Molnar (1910–1998): Hungarian-Australian cartoonist
• Jon Molvig (1923–1970): expressionist artist
• Reg Mombassa (born 1951): New Zealand-born artist and musician
• Milton Moon (1926–2019): potter, teacher and author
• Alan Moore (1914–2015): war artist
• David Moore (1927–2003): photographer and photojournalist.
• May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957): photographers
• Mirka Mora (1928–2018): French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
• Harriet Morgan (1830–1907): natural history illustrator
• Sally Morgan (born 1951): Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
• George Pitt Morison (1861–1946): painter and engraver
• Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1985): illustrator
• Christine Morrow (born 1971): British-born visual artist
• Grant Mudford (born 1944): photographer
• Sally M. Nangala Mulda (born 1957): artist
• Patricia Mullins (born 1952): children's book illustrator
• Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c.1936–2002): contemporary artist
• Arthur Murch (1902–1989): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1949
• Les Murdoch (born 1957), pioneer of Aboriginal Op art Surrealism
• Wendy Murray (artist) (born 1974): print maker, painter, arts educator
• Vali Myers (1930–2003): artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings
• Patricia Moran (1944–2017): painter
• Bruce Munro (born 1959): dual nationality (Australian/Great Britain), primary medium light
• Tanya Myshkin (born 1961): printmaker

• Thomas (Tom) McAuly (born 1946): painter, depiction of bush characters, bird life, and the outback. Commissioned by Bob Hawke in 1990 to paint a series on Australian sport..

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• Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek (1926–2009): painter
• Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926–1998): painter
• Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): Indigenous Australian artist
• Rosella Namok (born 1979): Indigenous Australian artist
• Eubena Nampitjin (1921–2013): painter, teacher
• Narputta Nangala (1933–2010)
• Frank Arthur Nankivell (1869–1959): artist and political cartoonist
• Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008): painter
• Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011): painter
• Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (born c. 1948): painter
• Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009): painter
• Wintjiya Napaltjarri (born ca 1923 to 1934): painter
• Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930–2011): indigenous Australian artist
• Dorothy Napangardi (early 1950s–2013): painter
• Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948): painter
• Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970): painter
• Simeon Nelson (born 1964): sculptor and transdisciplinary artist
• Girolamo Nerli (1860–1926)
• Norie Neumark: American-born sound artist
• Albert Ernest Newbury (1891–1941): landscape and portrait painter
• Ann Newmarch (born 1945): painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Helmut Newton (1920–2004): German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women
• June Newton (1923–2021): photographer, actress
• Paul Newton (born 1961): portrait artist who has twice won the Archibald Prize
• Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019)
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): painter
• Peter Nicholson (born 1946): political cartoonist, caricaturist and sculptor
• Deborah Niland (born 1950)
• Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009)
• Sandro Nocentini (born 1966): painter
• Sidney Nolan (1917–1992): painter and printmaker
• Elizabeth May Norriss, later Bess Norriss Tait (1878–1939): artist
• James Northfield (1887–1973): graphic artist
• Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979): painter, occultist
• Naata Nungurrayi (born 1932): artist
• Charles Nuttall (1872–1934): artist noted for his illustrations
• Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936): painter, installation artist

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• Carla O'Brien: installation artist
• Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991): comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
• Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968): New Zealand-born painter
• Gabby O'Connor: New Zealand-based installation artist (born 1974)
• Peter O'Doherty (born 1958): musician and artist specializing in still life and suburbia
• Edward Officer (1871–1921): painter, Australian Art Association inaugural president
• John Armstrong Ogburn (1925–2010): painter.
• Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991): Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
• Dorothea "Dora" Adela Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948): pianist, painter, sculptor, spy and particularly a medallist
• Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006): sculptor
• Margaret Olley (1923–2011): painter specializing in still life
• Bernard Ollis (born 1951): contemporary painter
• John Olsen (born 1928): landscape painter who won the Archibald Prize in 2005
• Lin Onus (1948–1996): Scottish–Koori Aboriginal artist
• Rosemary Opala (1923–2008): illustrator, writer, nurse
• Desiderius Orban (1884–1986): Hungarian-Australian painter, printmaker and teacher
• Christopher Orchard (born 1950): artist and arts educator
• Mandy Ord (born 1974): comic artist
• George Cross Thomas Orr (1882–1933): watercolourist
• Jill Orr (born 1952): performance artist, photographer, installation artist
• Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski (1922–1994): Polish-Australian artist best known for his ground-breaking work in chromasonics, laser kinetics and 'sound and image' productions
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960): children's book illustrator
• Robert Owen (born 1937): artist and curator

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• Josonia Palaitis: artist
• Wendy Paramor (1938–1975): artist
• Trent Parke (born 1971): photographer
• Roy Parkinson (1901–1945): watercolour artist
• Lenton Parr (1924–2003): sculptor and teacher
• Mike Parr (born 1945): performance artist and printmaker
• Allyson Parsons (born 1965): Australian landscape artist
• Peter Parsons (ceramic artist) (1951–1993): ceramic artist
• John Passmore (1904–1984): abstract expressionist painter
• Klytie Pate (1912–2010): studio potter
• John Ford Paterson (1851–1912): Scottish-born Australian artist
• Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877–1966): painter and printmaker
• Frances Wildt Pavlu (died 2016): art jeweller
• John Peart (1945–2013)
• Tom Peerless (1858–1896): artist
• John Perceval (1923–2000): artist of drawings, paintings, and ceramics
• Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter
• Bruce Petty (born 1929): political satirist and cartoonist
• Gloria Petyarre (born 1946): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
• Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950): painter
• Kathleen Petyarre (1940–2018): painter
• Nancy Petyarre (1938–2009): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
• Debra Phillips (born 1958): photographer, sculptor
• Patricia Piccinini (born 1965): mixed-media artist
• Shane Pickett (1957–2010): Nyoongar artist
• William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981): painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
• Julianne Pierce: new media artist, curator, art critic
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
• W. C. Piguenit (1836–1914): landscape painter
• Anne Pincus (born 1961): painter, sculptor
• Carl Plate (1909–1977): painter, collage artist, sculptor, printmaker
• Evert Ploeg (born 1963): portrait painter
• Terrance Plowright (born 1949): contemporary and figurative sculptor
• Axel Poignant (1906–1986): photographer
• Leon Pole (1871–1951): artist associated with the Heidelberg School
• Rodney Pople (born 1952): artist
• Pietro Porcelli (1872–1943): Italian-born sculptor
• Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s): plant and animal watercolour artist(s) (identity unknown)
• Arthur Ted Powell (born 1947): landscape painter and printmaker
• Harold Septimus Power (1877–1951): artist
• Dr John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943): Modernist artist
• Cedar Prest (born 1940): stained glass artist
• Margaret Preston (1875–1963): modernist painter and printmaker
• Reg Preston (1917–2000): potter
• Thea Proctor (1879–1966): portrait painter and printmaker
• Geoffrey Proud (born 1946): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990
• John Skinner Prout (1805–1876): English-born painter of lithographs, watercolours and oils
• Oswald Pryor (1881–1971): cartoonist
• Clifton Pugh (1924–1990): painter of landscapes and portraiture
• Shirley Purdie (born 1948): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
• Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949): painter
• Minnie Pwerle (1910–2006): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

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• Ben Quilty (born 1973): portrait painter and war artist, winner of 2011 Archibald Prize
• James Peter Quinn (1869–1951): portrait painter

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• Melinda Rackham (born 1959): sculptor and Internet artist
• John Radecki (1865–1955): stained glass artist working in Australia
• Isobel "Iso" Rae (1860–1940): impressionist painter
• John Rae (1813–1900): administrator, painter and author
• Hugh Ramsay (1877–1906): artist
• Richard John Randall (1869–1906): artist
• David Rankin (born 1946): New York-based painter
• Stanislav Rapotec AM (1913–1997): artist
• Henry Rayner (1902–1957): Australian artist known for his drypoint etchings
• Norma Redpath OBE (1928–2013): painter and sculptor
• Richard Read Sr. (ca. 1765 – ca. 1829): was a British-born artist who was sent to Australia as a convict.
• Lloyd Rees (1895–1998): landscape painter
• Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1974): painter
• Virgil Reilly (1892–1974): cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator
• Susan Respinger (born 1982): Perth based artist
• Gladys Reynell (1881–1956): one of South Australia's earliest potters
• Jon Rhodes (born 1947): photographer
• Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964): artist, printmaker and sculptor
• Charles Douglas Richardson (1853–1932): Victorian sculptor and painter
• William Ricketts (1898–1993): potter and sculptor of the arts and crafts movement
• John Rigby (1922–2012): painter of tropical and bush landscapes, genre works and portraits
• Paul Crispin Rigby AM (1924–2006): cartoonist
• Michael Riley (1960–2004): photographer, documentary filmmaker
• Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1936–2002): painter
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): conservative post-impressionist painter
• Douglas Roberts (1919–1976): painter and art critic
• Ian Roberts (born 1952): bird and native vegetation painter
• Tom Roberts (1856–1931): artist and a member of the Heidelberg School
• Lynne Roberts-Goodwin (born 1954): photographer, video and installation artist
• Freda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997): artist
• Ronald Charles Robertson-Swann OAM (born 1941): sculptor
• Donna Marie Robinson: digital artist
• Julia Robinson (born 1981): sculptor
• William Robinson (born 1936): painter and lithographer
• Charles Rodius (1802–1860): German-born artist, printmaker and architect
• Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971): artist best known for her portraits
• Lisa Roet (born 1967): artist
• Andrew Rogers (born 1947): sculptor and land artist
• Robert Rooney (1937–2017): artist and art critic
• Herbert Rose (1890–1937): painter and etcher
• Daisy Mary Rossi (1879–1974): artist, interior designer and writer
• Dick Roughsey (1920–1985): painter
• Ellis Rowan (1847–1922): naturalist and illustrator
• Julie Rrap (born 1950): contemporary artist
• Dattilo Rubbo (1870–1955): Italian-born artist and art teacher
• Craig Ruddy (born 1968): painter of portraits, nudes and self studies, winner of 2004 Archibald Prize
• James Newton Russell AM MBE (1909–2001): cartoonist
• John Peter Russell (1858–1930): impressionist painter
• Robert Russell (1808–1900): architect and surveyor

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• Jenny Sages (born 1933): Chinese-born painter, freelance writer, and illustrator
• Loudon Sainthill (1918–1969): artist and stage and costume designer
• William Arthur Salmon (1928–2018): painter
• Tom Samek (1950–2021): Czech-born muralist
• Gareth Sansom (born 1939): artist, painter, printmaker and collagist
• Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999): landscape artist and stockman
• Jan Hendrik Scheltema (1861–1941): Dutch-born landscape and livestock painter.
• Jörg Schmeisser (1942–2012): painter, printmaker and art teacher
• Joyce Scott (born 1942): drawing, oil painting and ceramics
• Montague Scott (1835–1909): artist
• Ken Searle (born 1951): artist
• Udo Sellbach (1927–2006): artist, printmaker and art teacher
• Gert Sellheim (1901–1970): German-Australian artist who won the Sulman Prize in 1939
• Jan Senbergs (born as Jānis Šēnbergs in Latvia, 1939): artist and printmaker
• Dora Serle (1875–1968): painter
• Peter Serwan (born 1962): artist and teacher
• Rebecca Shanahan: artist
• Martin Sharp (1942–2013): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker
• Peter Sharp (born 1964): specialises in drawing
• Raelene Sharp (born 1957): portrait painter Archibald Prize Packing Room Winner 2012
• Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): portraitist and war artist
• Gary Shead (born 1942): artist and filmmaker who won the Archibald Prize in 1992–1993
• Ben Shearer (born 1941): artist who specialises in watercolour painting of the Outback
• Shen Jiawei (born 1948): Chinese Australian painter and winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize
• Kathleen Shillam AM (1916–2002): English-born sculptor
• Leonard George Shillam AM (1915–2005): sculptor
• Heather Shimmen (born 1957): artist, printmaker
• John Shirlow (1869–1936): artist
• Athol Shmith (1914–1990): studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator
• Ivy Shore (1915–1999): painter, winner of Portia Geach Memorial Award
• Andrew Sibley (1933–2015): English-born artist
• Allan F. Sierp (1905–1982): artist and author
• Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography
• Achille Simonetti (1838–1900): Italian-born sculptor
• Norah Simpson (1895–1974): modernist painter
• Darren Siwes (born 1968): photographer, painter
• Rein Slagmolen (1916–1999): Dutch-Australian artist and sculptor
• Matthew Sleeth (born 1972:) visual artist and filmmaker
• Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013): painter, known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes
• Sally Smart (born 1960): known for her large-scale assemblage installations that address gender and identity politics
• Tony Smibert (born 1949): painter who specialises in watercolour painting
• Bernard Smith (1916–2011): art historian, art critic and academic
• Eric Smith (1919–2017): portraitist
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting
• Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944
• Mervyn Ashmore Smith OAM (1904–1994): artist
• Lance Solomon (1913–1989): painter, noted for his landscapes
• David Henry Souter (1862–1935): artist and journalist
• Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter
• Percy Spence (1868–1933): artist
• John Spooner (born 1946): journalist and illustrator
• Ethel Spowers (1890–1947): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art
• William Stanford (1839–1880): sculptor
• Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist
• Ronald Steuart (1898–1988): watercolourist
• Paddy Japaljarri Stewart (1935–2013): indigenous artist from Mungapunju
• Constance Stokes (1906–1991): figurative painter
• Margaret Stones AM MBE (1920–2018): botanical illustrator
• Tim Storrier (born 1949): Australian landscape painter, winner of 2012 Archibald Prize
• David Edgar Strachan (1919–1970): painter, printmaker and teacher
• George Strafford (c.1820–1896): artist and engraver
• Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter
• Mark Strizic (1928–2012): Croatian-Australian photographer and artist
• William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings
• Douglas Stubbs (1927–2008): artist
• Reginald Sturgess (1892–1932): artist
• Charles Summers (1825–1878): English-born sculptor, creator of the memorial to the explorers Burke and Wills
• Jane Sutherland (1853–1928): landscape painter
• Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948): Australian painter and art critic
• Chern’ee Sutton (born 1996): Australian painter, known for her colourful 3D painting style.
• Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world
• Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor
• Estelle Mary (Jo) Sweatman (1872–1956): painter
• Eveline Syme (1888–1961): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art

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• Laurens Tan (born 1950): multidisciplinary artist
• Ronald Peter Tandberg (1943–2018): illustrator and political cartoonist
• Les Tanner (1927–2001): cartoonist and journalist
• Howard Taylor AM (1918–2001): painter, potter, graphic artist and teacher of art
• Violet Teague (1872–1951): artist, noted for her painting and printmaking
• Henri Tebbitt (1854–1927): English-Australian painter
• Kathy Temin (born 1968): artist who uses synthetic fur to create sculptural objects and installations
• Arlene Textaqueen (born 1975): works on paper with felt-tip marker pens
• Eric Thake (1904–1982): surrealist artist
• Harold Thomas (born 1947): artist and activist
• Margaret Thomas (1842–1929): English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist
• Rover Thomas (c.1926–1998): one of two Aboriginal Australians to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 1990, alongside Trevor Nickolls
• Christian Thompson (born 1978): artist
• Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society
• Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009); printmaker
• Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter
• Imants Tillers (born 1950): visual art artist, curator and writer
• Freddie Timms (1946–2017): painter
• Richard Kelly Tipping (born 1949): poet and artist working between image and language
• Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa (1925–1989): painter
• Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist
• Whiskey Tjukangku (born c. 1939): artist
• Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1938/1942–2001)
• Aida Tomescu (born 1955): contemporary artist
• Mary Tonkin (born 1973): artist, winner of the 2002 Dobell Prize
• Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (1881–1967): print maker
• Percy Trezise AM (1923–2005): pilot, painter, explorer and writer
• J. W. Tristram (1870–1938): artist
• Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952): printmaker and sculptor, especially cast glass
• Marie Tuck (1866–1947): artist and art educator
• Ruth Tuck OAM (1914–2008): modernist painter
• Albert Tucker (1914–1999): Expressionist painter
• Tudor St George Tucker (1862–1906): painter
• Tony Tuckson (1921–1973): war-time pilot turned abstract expressionist painter
• Peter Tully (1947–1992): jeweller, designer and artistic director
• James Alfred Turner (1850–1908): painter
• Isabel May Tweddle (1875–1945): painter

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U

• Tony Underhill (1923–1977)

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V

• Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949: Iranian-born contemporary artist
• May Vale (1862–1945): painter
• Henri Benedictus van Raalte (1881–1929): known as H. van Raalte, English-born artist and printmaker
• Danila Vassilieff (1897–1958): Russian-born painter and sculptor
• John Vickery (1906–1983): artist
• Julie Elizabeth Agnes Vieusseux (1820–1878): painter and educator
• Alfred James Vincent (1874–1915): cartoonist
• Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901): Austrian-born painter of landscapes active in Australia
• Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971): Laotian-born Australian painter

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W

• Robert Wade (born 1930): watercolour artist
• David Wadelton (born 1955): artist
• Thomas Wainewright (1794–1847): English author, serial killer, forger and painter transported to Van Dieman's Land
• Roland Wakelin (1887–1971): New Zealand-born painter and teacher
• Megan Walch (born 1967): painter
• Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913) watercolorist, botanical illustrator
• John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art
• Rose A. Walker (1879–1942): painter and miniaturist
• Stephen Walker (1927–2014): sculptor
• Robin Wallace-Crabbe (born 1938): curator, literary reviewer, cartoonist, illustrator, book designer, publisher and a commenter on art
• Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (1893–1972): muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media
• Wes Walters (1928–2014): realist portrait painter and abstract artist
• Ania Walwicz (1951–2020): poet, prose writer, and visual artist
• Guy Warren (born 1921): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985
• Sera Waters (born 1979): textile artist, arts writer and arts educator
• Thomas Watling (1762–1814): painter and illustrator
• Jennifer Watson (born 1951): artist known for her paintings that combine text and images
• Judy Watson (born 1959): artist
• Judy Napangardi Watson (1921–2004): painter
• Tommy Watson (c.1935–2017): painter
• James Laurence Watts (1849–1925): sculptor
• Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992): scientific illustrator
• Peter Wegner (born 1953): New Zealand born figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman
• Barbara Weir (born 1945): painter
• William Westall (1781–1850): English-born landscape and botanical artist
• Bradd Westmoreland (born 1975): painter
• Bryan Westwood (1930–2000): portrait artist who won the Archibald Prize twice
• Charles Wheeler (1881–1977): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1933
• George Whinnen (1891–1950): painter
• Kaylene Whiskey: artist
• Anthony White (born 1976): painter
• Cecil John White (1900–1986): New Zealand born cartoonist, known under the pen name Unk White
• James White (1861–1918): sculptor, winner of the Wynne Prize in 1902
• Susan Dorothea White (born 1941): painter, sculptor, printmaker, author
• Brett Whiteley (1939–1992): prolific, multi-award-winning painter
• James V Wigley (1918–1999): painter of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes
• Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society
• Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker
• Jan Williamson: award-winning portraitist
• Marcus Wills (born 1972): painter, winner of 2006 Archibald Prize
• Dora Wilson (1883–1946): British-born artist, best known for etchings and street scenes
• Eric Wilson (1911–1946): painter
• Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, film maker, academic, teacher, and curator
• William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955): architect, artist and author
• Henry Winkles (1800–1860)
• Walter Withers (1854–1914): landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists
• Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter
• Rex Wood (1906–1970): artist who lived for many years in Portugal
• Robert Raymond (Bob) Woodward AM (1923–2010): architect and fountain designer
• John Christie Wright (1889–1917): sculptor

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X

• Ah Xian (born 1960): Chinese born artist

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Y

• Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c.1912–2004): painter
• Yirawala (c.1897–1976): painter
• John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist
• Blamire Young (1862–1935): artist
• William Young (1875–1944): artist
• Gulumbu Yunupingu (c.1943–2012): Australian Aboriginal artist and women's leader from the Yolngu people

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Z

• Anne Zahalka (born 1957): photographer
• Michael Zavros (born 1974): artist
• Victor Zelman (1877–1960): painter and etcher
• Hongbin Zhao (born 1952): Shanghai born artist
• Teisutis 'Joe' Zikaras (1922–1991): Lithuanian-born sculptor
• Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946): Italian-born painter of literary, historical and religious sources
• Reinis Zusters (1919–1999) artist and architect

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See also

• Art of Australia
• Australian painter stubs

Schools

• Antipodeans Group
• Heide Circle
• Heidelberg School
• Hermannsburg School
• Merioola Group

External links

• Design & Art Australia Online