List of Australian artists

This is a list of Australian artists.

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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 Abrahams (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, filmmaker 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 Gordon Andrews (1914–2001): industrial and graphic designer; designed Australia's first decimal banknotes 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 Len Annois (1906–1966): watercolors 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 Elizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930): artist and art teacher Ian Armstrong (1923–2005): painter and printmaker Raymond Arnold (born 1950) 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 (1964–2026): abstract artist, musician, and academic Cristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960) 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 (18751955): 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)(1947–2015): 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 (1971–2021): 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 (1940–2026): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987): artist, illustrator and printmaker 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 Yvonne Boag (born 1954) Thomas Bock (1793–1855): portraitist Wim Boissevain (1927–2023): painter Peter Bonner (born 1964): artist Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003): painter David Booker (born 1954): contemporary sculptor Jeremy Boot (born 1948): wildlife painter 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 Walter Armiger Bowring (1874–1931): painter and illustrator Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty Daniel Boyd (born 1982): painter, sculptor and installation artist 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 Barbara Brash (1925–1998) Pat Brassington (born 1942): photographer, digital artist Dorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013): painter and printmaker 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 Paul Brown (born 1947): digital artist 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 Elliott Ronald Bull (1942–1979): landscape painter and muralist 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 (1924–2020): architect and artist Mirranda Burton (born 1973) Jane Burton (born 1966): photographer Charles Bush (1919–1989): painter William Bustard (1894–1973): stained glass artist Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia Sam Byrne (1883–1978): folk painter from Broken Hill

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Nicholas Caire (1837–1916): photographer Peter Callas (born 1952): video artist Charles Callins (1887–1982): painter in the naïve manner 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 James Cant (1911–1982): surrealist painter and teacher David Caon (born 1977): designer 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 Milyika Carroll (born 1958) 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. Angela Cavalieri (born 1962): printmaker 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 1980): Hong Kong-born comic artist 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 (1923–2021): sculptor and printmaker 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 Robert Clinch (born 1957): painter and lithographer Romola Clifton (born 1935), Perth painter