List of Australian artists
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Individual artists
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- Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
- Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss-Australian ./contemporary artist
- Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator
- William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans
- Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 Archibald Prize
- Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect
- Marcus Beilby (born 1951): artist, winner of 1987 Sulman Prize
- Jason Benjamin (born 1971): painter, winner of 2005 Archibald Prize
- George Bell (1878–1966): painter who studied in London and Paris
- Richard Bell (born 1953): painter who courted controversy
- Anthony Bennett (artist) (born 1966): painter Archibald Prize Finalist 2008, 2009
- Gordon Bennett (born 1955): Aboriginal artist
- Kevin John Best (born 1932): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
- Asher Bilu (born 1936): painter and sculptor
- Vivienne Binns (born 1940): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
- Charles Blackman (born 1928): landscape 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
- Gaye Bonham (born 1942): watercolorist
- Peter Booth (born 1940): figurative and abstract painter
- Marion Borgelt (born 1954): Contemporary painter and mixed media artist
- Nancy Borlase (1914–2006): New Zealand-born landscape-based abstract painter and portraitist
- Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- David Boyd (born 1924): artist of symbolic and historical paintings, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- 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
- John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group
- Leonard Brown (born 1949): abstract artist and iconographer
- Andrew Browne (artist) (born 1960): figurative painter
- Charles David Jones Bryant (1883–1937): marine artist
- Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature
- Cec Burns: 1967 Sulman Prize winner
- Nicholas Burton (born 1958): Abstract Artist
- Charles Bush (1919–1989)
- Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia
- Samuel Byrne (1883–1978): Naive painter of mining and life in Broken Hill
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- Augustus Earle (1793–1838): London-born travel artist who spent a lot of time painting in Australia
- Esther Erlich (born 1955): figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Chioce Award
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- Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): woman sculptor, primarily of found materials
- Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994
- 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
- James Gleeson (born 1915): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator
- John Glover (1767–1849): English/colonial artist
- Bruce Goold (born 1948): Linocut and found object sculpture
- William Buelow Gould (1801–1853): English painter transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826
- Peter Benjamin Graham (1925–1987): visual artist, printer, and art theorist
- 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
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- Fiona Hall (born 1953): female, contemporary Visual Artist
- Arthur Hamblin (born 1933): Waltzing Matilda Historical Award - Winton 1996 Outback life
- 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
- Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement
- Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter
- Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the War Memorial, Archibald Prize winner
- Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born artist, painter and printmaker now living and working in Melbourne, Australia
- Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist
- Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born War Artists artist
- Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter
- Andrew Hewish (born 1973): Founder of the Centre for Recent Drawing
- Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush
- Nora Heysen (1911–2003): artist, winner of the 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
- Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia
- Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, printmaker, and writer
- Cherry Hood (born 1960): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize
- Chris Howlett (born 1974): male, Contemporary New Media Artist
- John Howley (born 1931): painter
- Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, film maker and adventurer
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- George Lacy (c. 1816 – c. 1878)
- George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist
- Helge Larsen (born 1929)
- George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style
- Alun Leach-Jones (born 1937)
- Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter
- Ian Lean
- Lindy Lee (born 1956)
- Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist
- Darani Lewers (born 1936)
- Gerald Lewers (1905–1962)
- Margo Lewers (1908–1978)
- John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history active in Australia
- Daryl Lindsay (1889–1976): sketcher, illustrator, and art critic
- Joan Lindsay: 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 Lind (1885–1919)
- 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 (Artist) (born 1970): figurative painter
- Gloria Ida Logan (1927–2005): artist and lecturer in arts and crafts
- Aleve Mei Loh (born 1980): artist and sculptor
- 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
- Monte Luke (1885–1962)
- Joseph Lycett (c. 1774 – 1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia
- Francis Lymburner (1916–1972): draughtsman and painter of dancers, actors and animals
- Elwyn Lynn (1917–1997)
- Patrick Lysaght (1808–1889)
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- Ben Quilty (born 1973): artist specializing in paintings of cars
- qwux (born 1985): poster artist and founder of the Rah Collective
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- Jenny Sages (born 1933): Chinese-born painter, freelance writer, and illustrator
- Tom Samek (born 1950): Czech born muralist
- Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999): landscape artist and stockman
- Loudon Sainthill [1] (1919–1969)
- Leon Schwengler (1923–1982)
- Udo Sellbach (born 1927): Painter, printmaker, teacher; Cologne, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra
- Martin Sharp (born 1944): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker
- Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): Award-winning 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 specializes in watercolor painting of the Outback
- Gordon Shepherdson (born 1934)
- Arnold Shore (1897–1963)
- Andrew Sibley (born 1933): born in Addisham, Kent England. Over 80 solo exhibitions throughout Australia. Prizes including Toowoomba Chronicle Art Prize, Sydney; The Winemakers’ Prize (shared), Melbourne; Caltex-Warana Prize, Brisbane; Bathurst City Purchase Prize; Andrew Fairley Art Prize, Shepparton; Georges Invitation Award (shared) Melbourne; Gold Coast City Art Prize; Launceston Art Purchase; Townsville Pacific Festival Art Prize; Dalby Art Exhibition Prize; Tattersall’s Invitation Landscape Prize, Brisbane and Stanthorpe Arts Festival Acquisitive Award; Finalist in Dobell Prize and Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Book: Andrew Sibley: Art on the Fringe of Being published by Craftsman House, Sydney
- Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography
- Jeffrey Smart (born 1921): painter, who is known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes
- Bernard Smith (born 1916): art historian, art critic and academic
- Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting
- Eric Smith (born 1919): Award-winning portraitist
- Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944
- Lance Solomon (1913–1989)
- Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter
- Ben Stack (born 1959)
- Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist
- Wakartu Cory Surprise (01/07/1929 - ) Contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from the Great Sandy Desert region. Awards: 1997: Work on Paper Prize National Aboriginal Art Award. Collections: Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria. Publications: 2009: Deutscher and Hackett - Important Aboriginal Art, 2009: Collaborations-Wakartu Cory Surprise and Ildiko Kovacs - Australian Aboriginal Art 2003: New Yorker Magazine: The Painted Desert The Fate of an Aboriginal Masterpiece 2000: Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art, Oxford University Press & ANU - Karrayili The history of Karrayili Adult Education Centre, IATSIS Canberra, Painting Up Big, The Ngurrara Canvas, Kaltja Now - National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya 1998: Video Documentary / SBS Television: Jila Painted Waters of the Great Sandy Desert.
- Ronald Hewison Steuart (born 1898)
- David Strachan (1919–1970)
- Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter
- Thomas Strutt
- William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings
- Josef L. Stejskal
- Nancy Stilianos (born 1955): Installation Art
- Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world
- Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor
- Samuel White Sweet (1825–1886)
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- Maria Tafilias (born 1982)
- Violet Teague (1872–1951)
- Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society
- Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter
- Tomasz Talaj (born 1964)
- Anatjari Tjampitjinpa
- Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa
- Maxie Tjampitjinpa (1927–1999)
- Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist
- Doctor George Tjapaltjarri born c. 1935 central & western Desert. Traditional medicine man Dr George is an important Pintupi elder responsible for the initiation of young men into the cultic life. Dr George is most renowned for his Tingari paintings. Collections: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Alice Springs and Northern Territory.
- Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
- Walala Tjapaltjarri born c. 1960 in the region Wilinkarra (Lake Mackay) in the Western Desert. In 1984, Walala and several other Pintupi people made first contact with present day Australian society. Brother to Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
- Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
- George Tjungurrayi
- Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
- Geoff Todd (born 1950)
- Aida Tomescu (born 1955)
- Dora (Dorothea Elizabeth) Toovey (1898–1986): Painter in Sydney, Paris, South America, Adelaide
- Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
- Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952): printmaker and sculptor, especially cast glass
- Albert Tucker (1914–1999): Expressionist painter
- Tony Tuckson (1921–1973): war-time pilot turned abstract expressionist painter
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- Bernd Ullrich (born 1949)
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- John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art
- Anne Wallace (born 1970)
- Christian Waller (1894–1954)
- John Waller (born 1951)
- Craig Walsh (born 1966)
- Wes Walters (born 1928): realist portrait painter and abstract artist
- Guy Warren (born 1921): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985
- Jenny Watson (born 1951)
- Wellington: Australian landscape painter
- Guan Wei (born 1957)
- Barbara Weir
- William Westall (1781–1850): English-born landscape and botanical artist
- Bryan Westwood (1930–2000): portrait artist who won the Archibald Prize twice
- Charles Wheeler (1881–1977): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1933
- Ken Whisson
- James S White (1862–1918)
- 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
- Julian Wigley (born 1943)
- Donna Williams (born 1963)
- Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker
- Jan Williamson ( – ): Award-winning portraitist
- Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, film maker, academic, teacher, and curator
- Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society
- Henry Winkles (1800–1860)
- Walter Withers : landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists
- Philip Wolfhagen (born 1963)
- Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter
- Margaret Woodward (born 1938)
- J C Wright
- Peter Wright
- Susan Wright
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- John Henry Young (1880–1946): gallery director, art dealer and collector
- John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist
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See also
Schools
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Others
- Edmund Capon (arts administrator)
- Betty Churcher (arts administrator)
- Pat Corrigan (collector and arts patron)
- Aubrey Gibson (collector and arts patron)
- Sasha Grishin (art historian)
- Ursula Hoff (art historian)
- Robert Hughes (author and critic)
- Alan McCulloch (author, critic, art historian, curator and arts administrator)
- Susan McCulloch (author and critic)
- Keith Packer (art patron and collector)
- Gabrielle Pizzi (gallerist)
- Ron Radford (arts administrator)
- Agent Samson (art patron and dealer)
- Andrew Sayers (curator and arts administrator)
- Win Schubert (gallerist and arts patron)
- Gene Sherman (gallerist and arts patron)
- Ted Snell (arts administrator and writer)
- Marjorie Tipping (author and art historian)
- Brian Tucker (collector and arts patron)
- Sydney Ure Smith (publisher and arts patron)
References
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