Who's Who in Irish Visual Art
Famous Visual Artists of Ireland: Biographies of Famous Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, Fine Art Photographers (c.1600-2008).
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See below for an alphabetical list of famous visual artists associated with the 32 counties of Ireland.
Its main focus is painting and sculpture (inc. figurative, representational, abstract works), although it also includes top individuals involved in photographic, video, installation and public art. New profiles are added on a regular basis, and we welcome submissions from both established and new artists. See How to Get Listed.

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Lamb, Charles (1893-1964)
Landscapes, Portraiture, Figurative works.
Lane, Hugh Percy SIR (1875-1915)
Art dealer, founder of The Hugh Lane Gallery.
Latham, James (c.1696-1747)
Portraitist.
Lavery, John, (1856-1941)
The only Impressionist Plein Air Artist of Ireland to have sold a painting for more than £1 million.
Le Brocquy, Louis HRHA (b.1916)
Ireland's only living painter to have sold a painting for more than £1 million. Saoi of Aosdána.
Leech, William John RHA (1881-1968)
Plein Air Landscapes.
Leonard, Patrick HRHA (1918-2005)
Realist Genre Scenes.
Luke, John (1906-75)
Fantasy Landscape and Figurative Compositions.

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MacCabe, Gladys RUA (b.1918)
Watercolourist and Art Critic.
MacDonald, Daniel (1821-53)
Portraitist, Draughtsman, Sketcher.
MacDowell, Patrick (1799-1870)
Belfast Sculptor.
MacGonigal, Maurice PPRHA (1900-79)
Representational Landscape and Portrait Artist.
Maclise, Daniel RA RHA (1806-70)
Portraiture, History Paintings.
Madden, Anne (b.1932)
Abstract Painter.
Maderson, Arthur (b.1942)
Contemporary Streetscapes, Figurative works.
Maguire, Brian ANCAD (b.1951)
Expressionist Painter.
Maguire, Cecil RHA RUA (b.1930)
Traditional Landscape and Harbour Views.
Maher, Alice (b.1956)
Expressionist Painter, Sculptor, Mixed-media.
Mahoney, James (1810-79)
Watercolourist and Illustrator.
Malton, James (c.1760-1803)
Architectural Draughtsman, Printmaker.
McDonnell, Hector (b.1947)
Painter, Etcher, Printmaker.
McGrane, Henry (b.1969)
Plein-air Landscapes, Still Lifes.
McGuinness, Nora HRHA (1901-80)
Landscape Painter, Graphic Design/Illustrator.
A pivotal figure in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art.
McGuire, Edward RHA (1932-86)
Portraitist, Still Life, Bird Painter.
McKelvey, Frank RHA RUA (1895-1974)
Landscapes and Portraits.
McSweeney, Sean (b.1935)
Landscape Scenes, esp. Bog-Pools.
McWilliam, FE (1909-92)
Surrealist/Political Sculptor.
Middleton, Colin RHA (1910-83)
Landscape, Figurative Painter and Surrealist.
Miles, T J (b.1965)
Landscapes and Surrealistic Figures.
Mooney, Martin (b.1960)
Academic Artist, Still Life, Landscape.
Morphy, Garret (1655-1715)
Portraiture.
Morris, John (b.1958)
Plein-air Waterscapes Landscapes.
Moynan, Richard Thomas (1856-1906)
One of the most noted Irish Genre Painters.
Murphy, Seamus (1907-75)
Traditional Realist Sculpture.
Mullins, George (fl.1763-75)
Classical Landscapes.
Mulready, William (1786-1863)
Subject Painter, Nudes.
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Nagle, Chára (b.1974)
Subject Painter in Acrylics.
Nicholl, Andrew RHA (1804-86)
Watercolourist and Sketcher.
Nicol, Erskine (1825-1904)
Irish-Scots Figurative Painter.
Nolan, David (b.1966)
Impressionist-style Portraiture. One of the founders of the new club Oil Painters of Ireland.

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O'Brien, Dermod (1865-1945)
Portraits, Landscape, Figures.
O'Connor, Andrew (1874-1941)
Realist Sculptor.
O'Connor, James Arthur (1792-1841)
Landscape Artist, Illustrator.
O'Conor, Roderic (1860-1940)
Plein-Air Impressionist-style, Colourist.
O'Doherty, Eamonn
Leading Public Art Sculptor from Derry.
O'Donoghue, Hughie (b.1953)
Noted for his contemporary Abstract Expressionism.
O'Kelly, Aloysius (1853-1941)
Landscapes, Figurative works, Orientalist.
O'Malley, Tony (1913-2003)
Abstract Landscape Painter.
O'Meara, Frank (1853-88)
Dreamy Plein-Air Landscapes, Female Figures.
O'Neill, Dan (1920-74)
Romantic Landscape Art.
O'Neill, Mark (b.1963)
Classical Artist, Still Lifes, Interiors, Illustrator.
Orpen, William, (1878-1931)
One of the greatest Irish Portrait Artists and the only one to have sold a work for more than £1 million.
Osborne, Walter Frederick (1859-1903)
Irish Impressionist.
O'Sullivan, Sean (1906-64)
Portraiture.
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Petrie, George (1790-1866)
Sketcher, Watercolourist, Antiquarian.
Power, Albert (1881-1945)
Academic Realist Sculptor.
Praeger, Rosamund HRHA MBE (1867-1954)
Leading Small-scale Sculptor from County Down.
Purser, Sarah (1848-1943)
Portraitist, Stained Glass Artist.
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Rakoczi, Basil Ivan (1908-79)
Landscape, Still Life, Figure Painter.
Rasher (Mark Kavanagh) (b.1977)
Contemporary Figurative works and Still Lifes.
Reid, Nano (1905-81)
Landscape, Figure and Portrait Painter.
Roberts, Thomas (1748-78)
Landscapes.
Roberts, Thomas Sautelle (1760-1826)
Romantic Landscape Artist.
Robinson, Markey (1918-99)
Naive Figure/Landscape Painter, Sculptor.
Russell, George "AE" (1867-1935)
Landscape, Portraiture, Murals.

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Sadler, William II (1782-1839)
Landscape Artist and Illustrator.
Scott, William OBE RA (1913-89)
Still Life, Landscape, Abstract Painter. One of a handful of Irish visual artists to have sold a painting for more than £1 million.
Scully, Sean (b.1945)
Irish-American Noted for Large-scale Abstract works.
Shannon, James, Jebusa, RA (1862-1923)
Academic Portraiture.
Shee, Martin Archer, (1769-1850)
Eminent Portraitist, President RA.
Sheppard, Oliver (1864-1941)
Nationalist Sculptor.
Shinnors, John (b.1950)
Abstract Landscapes.
Sleator, James Sinton (1889-1950)
Portraitist and Still Life Painter.
Sloan, Victor (b.1945)
Photographic Artist.
Smith, John Noel (b.1952)
Abstract Painting.
Souter, Camille HRHA (b.1929)
Modernist Landscapes.
Swanzy, Mary HRHA (1882-1978)
One of Ireland's earliest Abstract Artists.

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Tansey, Francis (b.1959)
Contemporary Abstract Art, Acrylics.
Teeling, Norman (b.1944)
Impressionist Plein-Air Oil Painter. One of the great exemplars of Representational Painting in Ireland.
Teskey, Donald RHA (b.1956)
Contemporary Impressionist-Style Landscapes.
Thaddeus, Henry Jones (1859-1929)
Portraits, Landscapes, Genre Works.
Tuohy, Patrick RHA (1894-1930)
Academic Portrait Painter.
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Van Kampen, Marja (b.1949)
Expressionist/colourist, painter, silkscreen prints..
Walton, Conor (b.1970)
Classical Realist. Portraiture, Still Life, Mythological works.
Webb, Kenneth RWA RUA (b.1927)
Landscapes.
Wejchert, Alexandra (b.1921)
Abstract Sculpture.
Whelan, Leo (1892-1956)
Traditional Portraits and Genre Paintings.
Wilks, Maurice Canning RUA ARHA (1910-84)
Traditional Landscape Artist.
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Yeats, Anne Butler (1919-2001)
Painter and Theatre Designer.
Yeats, Jack Butler RHA (1871-1957)
Expressionist Painter. One of only six Irishmen to have sold a painting for more than £1 million.
Yeats, John Butler RHA (1839-1922)
Portraiture.

BEST PAINTERS IN IRELAND
For a list of the top living Irish painters,
see: Best Irish Artists: Painters.

More About Painters and Sculptors of Ireland

• For classification according to date of birth, see:
- 18th Century Irish Artists (Born before 1800)
- 19th Century Irish Artists (Born 1800-1899)
- 20th Century Irish Artists (Born 1900 onwards)

• For classification according to city, see:
- Dublin Artists
- Cork Artists
- Visual Arts in Ireland (Leinster, Munster, Connacht, Ulster)

References and Notes

All information is researched from online sources and encyclopedia data in the public domain. In addition, we have consulted a number of hard-copy reference works, of which the following have been most prominent. (1) Dictionary of Irish Artists, Vols I and II, Walter Strickland (Dublin & London, 1913). (2) Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century, Theo Snoddy (Dublin, 2006). (3) Ireland's Painters: 1600-1940, Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin (Yale University 2002). We would like to take this opportunity of acknowledging the valuable data and scholarship of these outstanding works, without which no serious historical study of Irish fine art is feasible.

Even so, compiling any list of individuals involved in painting and sculpture - let alone photography, video, animation, stained glass, ceramics, and other contemporary forms such as conceptual art, installation, performance and diverse types of environmental art - is no easy task. We would like to emphasise therefore, that the above list is merely an initial sample which will be substantially augmented over the coming months.

Our overall aim is to create a Mini-Wikipedia of visual art in Ireland. If you would like to help us achieve this goal by contributing articles on famous artists or any aspect of visual art (full credit given), please contact our Editor. We would particularly like to hear from art teachers, or anyone involved in galleries or museums, as well as anyone with a view about the cultural history and heritage of the 32 counties. We also welcome submissions on all topics concerning European culture, from Greek sculpture to 21st century printmaking.

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