List of French artists

The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture.

Middle Ages

See also Middle Ages, Gothic architecture, Illuminated manuscript

• Villard de Honnecourt (13th century) other media
• Jean Pucelle (active 1325–28) other media
• Claus Sluter (Dutch, worked in Burgundy from 1395–1406) sculptor
• the Limbourg brothers (Pol and Hermann) (Flemish artists working in Burgundy around 1403–1416) other media

Renaissance

See also Renaissance, Francis I of France, Henry II of France, Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of France, Henry IV of France, Louvre, Fontainebleau, Châteaux of the Loire Valley

• Jacques Morel (artist) (c.1395–1459) sculptor
• Simon Marmion (c.1420–1489) Illuminations
• Jean Fouquet (1420–1481) painter, Illuminations
• Nicolas Froment (c.1450–c.1490) painter
• Pierre Antoine Le Moiturier (active in the 1460s) sculptor
• Jean Clouet (c.1485–1541) (Flemish born) painter, Miniatures
• Jean Duvet (c.1485–c.1570) engraver
• Jehan Cousin the elder (1500–1593) painter, engraver, sculptor
• Ligier Richier (1500–1567) sculptor
• Philibert Delorme (or de L'Orme) (1505/1510–1570) sculptor, Architectural plans
• Pierre Bontemps (1505/1510–after 1562) sculptor
• Jean Goujon (c.1510–1565?) sculptor
• Bernard Palissy (1510–1590) Master potter
• Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (c1510–1585) Architectural plans
• Jean Juste (active 1515–1530) sculptor
• François Clouet (c.1515–1572) (son of Jean Clouet) painter
• Pierre Lescot (c.1515–1578) sculptor, Architect
• Antoine Caron (c.1521–1599) painter
• Jehan Cousin the younger (c. 1522–1593) painter
• Germain Pilon (c.1535–1590) sculptor
• Ambroise Dubois (c.1542–1614) (Flemish born) painter
• Barthélemy Prieur (c.1536–1616) sculptor
• Toussaint Dubreuil (c.1561–1602) painter
• Martin Fréminet (1567–1619) painter
• Frans Pourbus the younger (1569–1622) (Flemish born) painter
• Jacques Bellange (1575–1616) (in Lorraine) engraver
• Jean Decourt (active 1570s) painter
• François Quesnel (active 1580s) painter
• Pierre Quesnel (c.1502-1580) painter
• Jacques Patin (active 1580s) engraver
• Claude Deruet (1588–1660) (in Lorraine) painter

Seventeenth century

See also French Baroque and Classicism, Louis XIII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, Baroque, Louis XIV of France, Palace of Versailles, Classicism

• Jean de Beaugrand (1584–1640) lineographer
• Simon Vouet (1590–1649) painter
• Jacques Callot (1592–1635) (in Lorraine) engraver
• Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) painter
• Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) painter
• Antoine Le Nain (before 1600–?) painter
• Louis Le Nain (after 1600–?) painter
• Nicolas Lagneau (fl c. 1600–c. 1650), draftsman
• Abraham Bosse (1602–1676) engraver
• Claude Gelée, called Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) painter
• Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
• Pierre-Antoine Lemoine (1605–1665) still-life painter
• Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1565) painter
• Mathieu Le Nain (1607–c.1677) painter
• Pierre Mignard (1612–1695) painter
• Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675) painter
• André Le Nôtre (1613–1700) Landscape architect
• Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655) painter
• Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671) painter
• Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) painter, other media
• Pierre Paul Puget (1620–1694) sculptor
• Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679) painter and etcher
• François Girardon (1628–1715) sculptor
• Claude Lefebvre (1633–1675) painter and engraver
• Charles de la Fosse (1636–1716) painter
• Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720) sculptor
• Charles de La Fosse (1640–1716) painter
• Étienne Allegrain (1644–1736) topographical painter
• Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717) painter
• François de Troy (1645–1730) painter
• Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746) painter
• Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), sculptor
• Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743) painter
• Antoine Coypel (1661–1722) sculptor
• François Desportes (1661–1743) painter

Eighteenth century

See also Palace of Versailles, Louis XV of France, Madame de Pompadour, Rococo, Louis XVI of France, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Gobelins. For art criticism, see Denis Diderot

• Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734)
• Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752) (son of François) painter
• Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) painter
• Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745) painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755) painter
• Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686–1767) engraver
• François Lemoyne (1688–1737) painter
• Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743) painter
• Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752) painter, art commentator, and playwright
• Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) painter
• Charles Joseph Natoire (1700–1777) painter
• Louis-François Roubiliac (1702–1762) sculptor
• Jean Etienne Liotard (1702–1789) painter
• François Boucher (1703–1770) painter, engraver
• Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704–1778) painter, sculptor
• Charles-André van Loo (Carle Van Loo) (1705–1765) (brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785) sculptor
• Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (1715–1783) painter
• Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791) sculptor
• Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809) painter
• Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (1721–1786) engraver, embroidery designer
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805) painter
• François-Hubert Drouais (Drouais le fils) (1727–1775) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Defernex (1729–1783) sculptor
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) painter
• Jean-Jacques Durameau (1733–1796) painter
• Hubert Robert (1733–1808) painter, engraver
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter
• Étienne de La Vallée Poussin (1735–1802) French history painter and creator of interior decorative schemes
• Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761–1824), painter
• Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735–1784) painter
• Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre (1739–c1800) painter
• Jean Antoine Houdon (1741–1828) sculptor
• Jean Michel Moreau (Moreau the younger) (1741–1814) engraver
• Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818) - painter
• Jacques Louis David (1748–1825) painter
• Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750–1817) portrait artist
• Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (1751–1824) portrait and landscape artist
• Antoine Berjon (1754–1843) painter and designer
• Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
• Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755–1842) painter
• Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), painter

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Nineteenth century (Romanticism to Impressionism)

See also French Revolution, Napoleon I, Romanticism, Barbizon school, Naturalism, Symbolism (arts), Impressionism, Academic art, Napoleon III of France, Photography, Modernism

• Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy (1757–1841) - painter known for his landscapes
• Pierre Prudhon (1758–1823) painter
• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833) photographer
• Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825), poet and painter from Brittany
• Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855) painter
• Antoine Jean Gros (1771–1835) painter
• Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1771–1833) painter
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) painter
• Étienne Bouhot (1780–1862) painter and art teacher
• Alexandre-François Caminade (1783–1862) - portraitist and religious painter
• François Rude (1784–1855) sculptor
• Eugénie Charen (1786–1824) painter
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851) photographer
• Charles de Steuben (1788–1856) painter active during the Napoleonic Era
• Horace Vernet (1789–1863) painter
• Jules Robert Auguste (c.1789–1850) painter
• Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) painter
• Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845) painter
• Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) sculptor
• Ary Scheffer (1795–1858) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796–1875) painter
• Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) painter
• Hippolyte Bellangé (1800–1866) painter
• Achille Devéria (1800–1857) painter, engraver
• Paul Huet (1803–1869) painter
• François-Émile de Lansac (1803–1890) painter
• Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, called) (1803–1847) engraver
• Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) painter
• Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804–1860) painter
• Edouard Vienot (born 1804) painter
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887) photographer
• Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) painter, lithographer, sculptor
• Louis Boulanger (1808–1867) painter
• Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1808–1878) (Born in Spain) painter
• Auguste Préault (1809–1879) sculptor
• Ignace François Bonhomme (1809–1881) painter
• Constant Troyon (1810–1865) painter
• Eugène André Oudiné (1810-1875) sculptor, engraver
• Jules Dupré (1811–1889) painter
• Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) painter
• Boissard de Boisdenier (1813–1866) painter
• Charles Jacque (1813–1894) painter
• Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) painter
• Thomas Couture (1815–1879) painter
• Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891) painter
• Jacques-Eugene Feyen (1815–1908) painter
• Charles Marville (1816–1879) painter, engraver, photographer
• Antoine Chintreuil (1816–1873) painter
• Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817–1878) painter
• François Bonvin (1817–1887) painter
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878) painter
• Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819–1891) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856) painter
• Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) painter
• Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876) painter
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820–1910) photographer
• Charles Méryon (1821–1868) engraver
• Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) painter
• Marie Adrien Persac (1823) painter, cartographer, architect, civil engineer, photographer
• Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) painter
• Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887), sculptor and painter
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) painter
• Théodule Ribot (1824–1891) painter
• Eugène Boudin (1824–1898) painter
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) painter
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) painter
• Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) sculptor
• Elie Delaunay (1828–1891) painter
• Achille Emperaire (1829–1898) painter and a friend of Paul Cézanne
• François Salle (1839–1899)
• Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845–1902) painter

Nineteenth century (Impressionism to Fauvism)

See also Modern art, Modernism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Les Nabis, Fauvism, Symbolism (arts), Symbolist painters, Art Nouveau, Primitivism (art)

• Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) painter
• Etienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904) photographer
• Édouard Manet (1832–1883) painter
• Gustave Doré (1832–1883) engraver
• Edgar Degas (1834–1917) painter, sculptor
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904) painter
• Jules Chéret (1836–1932) painter, other media
• Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) painter
• Odilon Redon (1840–1916) painter, draftsman, lithographer
• Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) sculptor
• Claude Monet (1840–1926) painter (was a founder of French impressionist painting)
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) painter
• Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870) painter
• Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) painter
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916) painter
• Fernand Pelez (1843–1913) painter
• Alexander Louis Leloir (1843–1884) painter
• Henri Rousseau ("Le Douanier Rousseau") (1844–1910) painter
• Jean Antonin Mercié (1845–1916) sculptor
• Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) painter
• Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848–1884) painter
• Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) painter, sculptor
• Henry Lerolle (1848–1929) painter
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857–1927) photographer
• Mathurin Janssaud (1857–1940) painter
• Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859–1891) painter
• Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929) sculptor
• Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) sculptor
• Louis Vivin (1861–1936) painter
• Antonio de la Gandara (1861–1917) painter
• Gaston Bussière (painter) (1862-1929) Symbolism movement painter and illustrator
• Paul Signac (1863–1935) painter
• Henri Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) painter
• Paul Sérusier (1864–1927) painter
• Paul Ranson (1864–1909) painter
• Seraphine Louis (1864–1942) painter
• Albert Aurier (1865–1892), poet, art critic and painter devoted to Symbolism
• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) painter
• Félix Vallotton (1865–1925) (Swiss, worked in France) painter, engraver
• Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) painter
• Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944) painter
• Hector Guimard (1867–1942) Architect and Decorator
• Edouard Jean Vuillard (1868–1940) painter
• Georges Lacombe (1868–1916) sculptor
• Emile Bernard (1868–1941) painter
• Henri Matisse (1869–1954) painter, other media
• Adolf de Meyer (1869–1949) photographer

Twentieth century (Pre World War II)

See also Post-Impressionism, Modern art, Modernism, Cubism, Puteaux Group, Dada, Surrealism

• Henri Jourdain (1864–1931) painter, prints or lithographs of landscapes usually by the water
• Georges Rouault (1871–1958) painter
• Frantisek Kupka (1871–1957) (Czech, worked in France) painter
• Henri-Charles Manguin (1874–1943) painter
• Albert Marquet (1875–1947) painter
• Jacques Villon (1875–1963) painter
• Constantin Brâncuşi (1876–1957) (French, born in Romania) sculptor
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958) (Flemish, worked in France) painter
• Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876–1918) sculptor
• Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) painter
• Jean Crotti (1878–1958) (Swiss) painter
• Louis Marcoussis (Louis Markus)(1878–1941) or (1883–1941) (Polish, worked in France) painter
• Francis Picabia (1879–1953) painter
• André Derain (1880–1954) painter
• Joseph Hémard (1880–1961) illustrator
• Albert Gleizes (1881–1952) painter
• Henri Le Fauconnier (1881–1946) painter
• Fernand Léger (1881–1955) painter
• Georges Braque (1882–1963) painter
• Auguste Herbin (1882–1960) painter
• Jean Metzinger (1883–1956) painter, engraver
• Marie Laurencin (1883–1956) painter
• Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) painter
• Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884–1974) painter
• Jacques Maroger (1884–1962) painter
• Robert Delaunay (1885–1941) painter
• André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974) painter
• Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964) painter
• Roger de la Fresnaye (1885–1925) painter
• Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1956) painter
• Jean (Hans) Arp (1886–1966) painter, sculptor
• Marc Chagall (1887–1985) (Born in Belarus) painter
• Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) painter, sculptor, other media
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963) painter
• Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967) (Russian born) sculptor
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973) (Born in Poland) sculptor
• Max Ernst (1891–1976) (German born) painter, sculptor
• Bram van Velde (1892–1981) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Chaïm Soutine (1894–1943) (Born in Lithuania) painter
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) photographer
• Prosper Rotgé (1895–1969) painter, engraver
• Jean Maurice Rothschild(1902–1998) furniture artist, interior designer, muralist
• Gen Paul (1895–1975) painter, engraver
• Albert Gilles (1895–1979) metal embosser, working with copper
• André Masson (1896–1987) painter
• René Iché (1897–1954) sculptor, painter
• Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) painter
• Georges Gimel (1898–1962) painter,engraver,sculptor
• Henri Michaux (1899–1984) (Belgian) painter
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899–1984) (born in Hungary) photographer

Twentieth century (Post World War II)

See also Modern art

• Marcelle Bergerol (1900–1989) painter
• Constantine Andreou (1917–2007) (Greek, Brazilian born) painter, sculptor
• Arman (Armand Fernandez) (1928–2005) sculptor
• Serge Arto (1959–) painter,sculptor, photographer,media artist
• Georges Badin (1927–) painter
• César Baldaccini (called "César") (1921–1998) sculptor
• Gilles Balmet (1979–) Video artist, painter, photographer and other media
• Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, called "Balthus") (1908–2001) (Polish born) painter
• René-Louis Baron (1944–) conceptualist, algorithmic music composer
• Vanilla Beer (1953) painter, daughter of Anthony Stafford Beer
• Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) (French, Born in Germany) sculptor, photographer, engraver
• Gabrielle Bellocq (1920–1999) painter
• Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen) (1957–) media artist
• Thierry Bisch (1953–) painter
• Maurice Boitel (1919–2007) painter
• Christian Boltanski (1944–) painter, photographer, other media, sculptor
• Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–) painter
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) (Lived and died in America) sculptor, other media
• Victor Brauner (1903–1966) (Romanian) painter
• Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) painter
• Daniel Buren (1938–) sculptor, painter
• Jean-Marc Bustamante (1952–) painter, sculptor, photographer
• Henri Cadiou (1906–1989) painter
• Amelie Chabannes (1974–) painter, sculptor
• Robert Combas (1957–) painter
• Jean-Yves Couliou (1916–1995) painter
• Michel De Caso (1956–) painter, sculptor
• Jacques de la Villeglé (1926–) other media (ripped posters)
• Thibaut de Reimpré (1949-) abstract painter
• Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930–2002) sculptor
• Michel de Sereville (1922–2006)- painter, illustrator
• Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955) (French, Russian origin) painter
• Daniel Dezeuze (1942–)other media
• Hervé Di Rosa (1959–) painter
• Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) painter
• Joel Ducorroy (1955- ) licence plate artist
• Bracha L. Ettinger (1948–) (Born in Tel Aviv) painter, photographer, new media, artist's books
• Ivan Fayard (1969–) painter
• Manu Farrarons (1967–) tattoo artist, graphic designer, illustrator, other media
• Robert Filliou (1926–1987) other media
• Bernard Frize (1954–) painter
• Gérard Fromanger (1939–) painter, other media
• Gérard Garouste (1946–) sculptor, painter, other media
• Gérard Gasiorowski (1930–1986) painter, other media
• Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) (Swiss, worked in Paris) sculptor, painter
• Pierre Gilou (1938-) Painter (Trompe-l’oeil – Réalité] (Son of painter Henri Cadiou), works in Paris
• Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010) (Uruguay/French, died in Santa Fe New Mexico) abstract Realism
• Raymond Hains (1926–2005) other media
• Simon Hantaï (1922–) (Born in Hungary) painter
• Hans Hartung (1904–1992) (Born in Germany) painter
• Jean Hélion (1904–1987) painter
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910–2007) photographer (Born in Hungary)
• Pierre Huyghe (1962–) media, film, video
• Jean Jacques Surian (1942–) (painter and ceramist, lives in Marseille)
• Yves Klein (1928–1962) painter
• Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (1972–) (Lives in Paris) other media
• Pierre Laffillé (1938–) painter
• François Lanzi (1916–1988) painter
• Andrey Lekarski (1940–) painter,sculptor, media artist (Bulgarian born)
• Claude-Max Lochu (1951–) painter
• Etienne Martin (1913–1995) sculptor
• Ervin Marton (1912–1968) photographer and artist
• Georges Mathieu (1921–) painter
• Ksenia Milicevic (1942-) painter
• Jules Michel (1931–) painter, sculptor
• François Morellet (1926–) painter
• Marcel Mouly (1918-2008) painter, print maker
• Patrick Moya (1955–) painter, sculptor, media artist (see fr:Patrick Moya )
• Orlan (1947–) performance artist, body artist
• François Ozenda (1923–1976) painter
• Zaven Paré (1961–) New media artist
• Jacques Pellegrin (painter) (1944–) painter
• Anne Poirier (1942–) painter, other media
• Patrick Poirier (1942–) painter, other media
• Martial Raysse (1936–) painter
• Paul Rebeyrolle (1926–2005) painter
• Alfred-Georges Regner (1901–1987) painter, engraver
• Claude Rutault (1941–) conceptualist, painter
• Dominique Sanson (1949–) (French, lives and works in Ibiza, Spain) painter
• Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934–) sculptor, painter
• Denis Schneider (1946–)-painter
• Pierre Soulages (1919–) painter
• Pierre Tal-Coat (1905–1985) painter
• Yves Tanguy (1900–1955) (Naturalized American) painter
• Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) (Swiss) sculptor
• Jacques Toutain-Dorbec (1923–) (French, lives and work in Spain) painter
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–) painter, sculptor, photographer, writer
• Damien Valero (1965-) mixed media artist
• Victor Vasarely (1908–1997) (Born in Hungary) painter
• Ben Vautier (called "Ben") (dates?) painter, other media
• Bernar Venet (1941–) (Lives in America) sculptor
• Jean Vignes (1915–1958) monk/ artist
• Pierre Wemaëre (1913–2010) artist
• Raymond Wintz (1884–1956) painter
• Wols (1913–1951) (Born in Germany) painter
• Jean-Pierre Yvaral (1934–2002) (son of Victor Vasarely ) painter
• Patrick Mimran (1956–) multimedia artist
• Y Liver (1977-) (Lives and works in Paris) video-maker and performance artists
• Corinne Tounsi (1956 - ) (Lives and works in Vence) painter, visual artist
• Victor Orly (1962 - ) (Lives and works in Marseille) painter, ceramist

French photographers

See also: List of photographers and Category:French photographers

• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833) — Inventor of Photography
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851)
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887)
• Adolphe Braun (1812-1877)
• Charles Marville (1816–1879)
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820–1910)
• Etienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857–1927)
• Constant Puyo (1857-1933)
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986)
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899–1984) (born in Hungary)
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910–) photographer (Born in Hungary)
• Willy Ronis (1910–2009) photographer
• Robert Doisneau (1912–1994)
• Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (1913–1951) (German, worked in France) photographer
• Marc Riboud (1923–) photographer
• Pierre Boulat (1924–1998) photographer
• Georges Rousse (1947–) photographer
• Pierre et Gilles (Pierre: 1949, Gilles: 1953) photographers (active since 1976)
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–)
• Pierre Dubreuil (1872–1944), photographer
• Bettina Rheims (1952–) photographer
• Ange Leccia (1952–) photographer, filmmaker
• Sophie Calle (1953–) other media, photographer
• Jean-François Lepage (1960-) photographer
• Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007) photographer
• Xavier Veilhan (1963–) photographer, other media
• Michel Poivert (1965–) photography historian, president Société française de photographie
• Jean-Christophe Destailleur (1966-) photographer

See also

• Art history
• European art history
• History of painting
• List of Bulgarian artists
• List of French painters
• List of Spanish artists