List of Canadian painters

The following is an alphabetical list of professional Canadian painters, primarily working in fine art painting and drawing. See other articles for information on Canadian art or a List of Canadian artists for other information.

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Contents

• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• See Also
• References

A

• Isabella Mary Abbott (1890–1955) – artist[1]
• Melita Aitken (1866–1945) – artist[2]
• Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981)
• Libby Altwerger (1915–1995) – painter and printmaker
• Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961) – illustrator[3]
• William Armstrong (1822–1914) – landscape watercolourist[4][5]
• William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926) – landscape painter[6]
• Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) – oil painter[7]
• Philip Aziz (1923–2009) – painter, sculptor[8]

B

• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – American painter, printmaker and sculptor; raised in Canada[9]
• J. M. Barnsley (1861–1929) – painter[10]
• Robert Bateman (born 1930) – naturalist and painter[11]
• Valentina Battler (born 1946) – artist
• John William Beatty (1869–1941) – painter
• François Beaucourt (1740–1794) – painter[12]
• Claire Beaulieu (born 1955) – painter[13]
• Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846–1923) – watercolour and oil landscape painter
• Arnold Belkin (1930–1992) – Mexican painter; known as "the Canadian Son of Mexican muralism"[14]
• William Berczy (1744–1813) – pioneer and painter[15][16]
• David Bierk (1944–2002) – American-born Canadian painter[17]
• Olive Biller (1879–1957) – artist and illustrator
• Bruno Bobak (1923–2012) – Polish-born Canadian painter[18]
• Molly Bobak (1920–2014) – painter[19]
• Louis Boekhout (1919–2012) – Dutch Canadian landscape painter
• Blanche Bolduc (1906/1907–1999) – Quebec painter
• David Bolduc (1945–2010) – abstract painter
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960) – painter; known for his abstract paintings[20]
• Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969)[21]
• Bertram Brooker (1888–1955)  – writer, painter, musician, and first Canadian abstract impressionist[22]
• William Brymner (1855–1925) – figure and landscape painter[23]
• Dennis Burton (1933–2013) – modernist painter
• Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983)[24]
• Jack Bush (1909–1977) – abstract expressionist[25]

C

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• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) – artist; member of the Group of Seven
• Emily Carr (1871–1945) – artist and writer; inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
• A. J. Casson (1898–1992) – painter of landscapes, forests and farms; member of the Group of Seven collective
• Frederick Sproston Challener (1869–1959) – painter
• Jack Chambers (1931–1978) – painter and filmmaker
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) – Ojibwa painter
• Victor Child (1897–1960) – newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
• Pierre Clerk (born 1928) – painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Alex Colville (1920–2013) – painter
• Bruno Cote (1940–2010) – landscape painter
• Graham Coughtry (1931–1999) – painter
• Holly Coulis (born 1968)  – painter
• Maurice Cullen (1866–1934) – Impressionist painter

D

• Kathleen Daly (1898–1994)  – painter
• Ken Danby (1940–2007) – painter
• Charles Daudelin (1920–2001) – sculptor and painter
• Forshaw Day (1837–1903) – painter and educator
• Louis de Niverville (1933–2019) – painter
• Mary Dignam (1860–1938) – painter; pioneer activist for women artists
• Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954) – painter

E

• Allan Edson (1846–1888) – landscape painter
• Catherine Everett (born 1957) – sculptor and painter
• Peter Maxwell Ewart (1918–2001) – landscape painter

F

• Holly Farrell (born 1961)  – painter
• Claire Fauteux (1889–1998)  – painter
• Henriette Fauteux-Massé (1924–2005) – painter
• George Fertig (1915–1983) – painter and photographer
• LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–1956) – artist; member of the Group of Seven
• Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946) – painter
• Nehemiah Ford (birth year unknown; died between 1858 and 1862) – politician and painter
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888–1970) – painter

G

• Clarence Gagnon (1881–1942) – painter from Quebec
• Robert Genn (1936–1914) – painter
• Eric Goldberg (1890–1969) – Jewish-Canadian landscape painter
• Richard Gorman (1935–2010) – painter
• Vaughan Grayson (1894–1995) – painter and print-maker from Saskatchewan

H

• John Hall (born 1943) – painter
• Joice M. Hall (born 1943) – painter
• Kazuo Hamasaki (1925–2005) – painter; Canadian Japanese watercolour painter noted for combining 16th-century Japanese techniques with Canadian styles
• Mary Riter Hamilton (1873–1954) – painter; female World War I artist, dubbed "Canada's first woman artist"
• John A. Hammond (1843–1939) – painter, photographer and printmaker
• Sylvia Hahn (1911–2001)  – artist
• Clara Isabella Harris (1887–1974)  – impressionist painter
• Lawren Harris (1855–1970) – painter; member of the Group of Seven
• Robert Harris (1848–1919) – painter; noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation
• Ted Harrison (1926–2015) – painter
• Monique Harvey (1950–2001)  – painter
• Guenter Heim (1935–2014)  – impressionistic landscapes
• Carle Hessay (1911–1978)  – painter
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) – artist, painter and engraver; member of the Group of Seven
• William Hope (1863–1931) – painter, war artist, landscapes
• Patrick Howlett (born 1971) – visual artist
• E.J. Hughes (1913–2007) – painter
• Natalka Husar (born 1951) – painter

I

• Jay Isaac (born 1975) – painter

J

• A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) – painter; founding member of the Group of Seven
• Richard Jacobson (born 1959) – artist and illustrator
• Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) – painter, illustrator, author and teacher; known as a historical illustrator
• Frank Johnston (1888–1949) – artist; member of the Group of Seven
• John Young Johnstone (1887–1930) – Impressionist painter
• Leonel Jules (born 1953) – painter

K

• Paul Kane (1810–1871) – Irish-Canadian painter of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and the Native Americans in the Oregon Country
• Andrew Kiss (born 1946) – oil painting, landscapes
• Adrian Kleinbergen (born 1961) – drawing and painter
• Bert Kloezeman (1921–1987) – painter and art educator
• Harold Klunder (born 1943) – Dutch-born Canadian painter
• Dorothy Knowles (born 1927) – painter
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) – painter of landscapes and outdoor life
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975) – painter
• William Kurelek (1927–1977)  – artist and writer

L

• Stephen Lack (born 1946) – actor, painter
• Ozias Leduc (1864–1955) – Quebec painter of portraits, still lifes, landscapes and religious works
• Gary Lee-Nova (born 1943) – painter and multimedia artist
• Joseph Légaré (1795–1855) – painter
• Irène Legendre (1904–1992) – painter
• Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990) – painter
• Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998) – performance artist and painter
• Rick Leong (born 1973) – painting and drawing
• Maud Lewis (1903–1970)  – painter
• Robert Henry Lindsay (1868–1938) – painter
• Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957) – painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Arthur Lismer (1881–1969) – painter; member of the Group of Seven
• Judith Lodge (born 1941) – painter, photographer
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) – impressionist painter
• John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967)

M

• J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932) – painter; member of the Group of Seven
• Landon Mackenzie (born 1954) – painter
• Clifford Maracle (1944–1996) – painter and sculptor
• Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961) – painter
• Doris McCarthy (1910–2010) – artist specializing in abstracted landscapes
• Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938) – landscape painter
• Ray Mead (1921–1998) – abstract expressionist; member of Painters Eleven
• John Meredith (1933–2000) – abstract expressionist
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) – painter
• David Milne (1882–1953) – painter, printmaker and writer
• Lisa Milroy (born 1959) – painter, especially of everyday items
• Berge Missakian (1933–2017) – painter
• Janet Mitchell (1912–1998) – painter
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004) – abstract painter
• Ron Moppett (born 1945) – painter
• James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) – landscape painter
• Kathleen Moir Morris (1893–1986) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007)  – painter
• Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) – landscape painter
• Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001) – Jewish-Canadian painter
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) – painter
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) – painter

N

• Tomori Nagamoto (born 1973) – visual artist
• Jack Nichols (1921–2009) – painter
• Guity Novin (born 1944) – Iranian-Canadian figurative painter

O

• Will Ogilvie (1901–1989) – painter, war artist
• Kim Ondaatje (born 1928) – painter, photographer and documentary filmmaker
• Toni Onley (1928–2004) – landscape painter
• Henry Orenstein (1918–2008) – artist specializing in easel paintings, murals and set design

P

• Alfred C. Patstone (1908–1999)  – romantic realist oil painter, rural
• Eric Pehap (1912–1981)  – abstract artist
• Alfred Pellan (1906–1988)  – modern art pioneer, founder of Montreal art group known as Prisme d'yeux (prism of Eyes), rivals to Les Automatistes
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959) – painter
• William Perehudoff (1918–2013)  – painter
• Christiane Pflug (1936–1972)  – German-born Canadian painter and draughtsperson
• Joseph Plaskett (1918–2014) – painter of interiors, still lifes and portraits
• Alicia Popoff (1950–2015)  – abstract painter, acrylic and mixed media
• Christopher Pratt (born 1935) – painter and flag designer
• Mary Pratt (1935–2018) – painter specializing in still life paintings
• Jon Pylypchuk (born 1972) – painter and sculptor

R

• Gordon Rayner (1935–2010) – abstract expressionist
• George Agnew Reid (1860–1947) – painter
• Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) – painter and sculptor from Quebec
• Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) – painter of landscapes, unassuming still lifes and interiors
• Albert H. Robinson (1881–1956) – painter
• Danièle Rochon (born 1946) – painter from Quebec
• Trisha Romance (born 1951) – painter in Ontario
• William Ronald (1926–1998) – abstract painter and founder of Painters Eleven
• Cheryl Ruddock – painter

S

• Anne Savage (1896–1971) – painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922)  – English-Canadian painter and illustrator
• Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923) – Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
• Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993) – painter
• Regina Seiden (1897–1991) – painter
• Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998) – painter, war artist and teacher
• Arnold Shives (born 1943) – painter, multimedia artist and printmaker
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) – painter
• Ron Shuebrook (born 1943) – artist
• Claude A. Simard (1943–2014) – painter of garden scenes, landscapes, still lifes and the human figure
• Paul Sloggett (born 1950) – painter and teacher
• Edith Smith (1867–1954) – painter and teacher
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991) – painter
• Gordon A. Smith (1919–2020) – painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher
• Daniel Solomon – abstract painter and teacher
• David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) – painter
• Paul Soulikias (born 1926) – painter
• Owen Staples (1866–1949)  – painter, etcher, political cartoonist
• Godfrey Stephens (born 1939) – painter, sculptor
• John Edmund Strandberg (1911–1996)  – Swedish Canadian landscape painter

T

• Takao Tanabe (born 1926) – landscape painter
• Daniel Taylor (born 1955) – painter of realistic portraits and wildlife art
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917) – artist; mentor of the Group of Seven
• Gideon Tomaschoff (born 1956) – abstract artist
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001) – artist and educator; taught with Arthur Lismer
• Fernand Toupin (1930–2009) – Quebec abstractionist and member of the Plasticiens movement
• Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967) – portrait painter of First Nations elders, landscape painter
• Cory Trépanier (born 1968) – landscape painter and filmmaker

V

• Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929) sculptor and painter
• François Vaillancourt (born 1967) – painter and art director
• Florence Vale (1909–2003) – influenced by Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism
• Frederick Varley (1881–1969) – painter, war artist; member of the Group of Seven
• James Verbicky (born 1973) – mixed media, abstract artist
• Roy Henry Vickers (born 1946) – First Nations painter

W

• Horatio Walker (1858–1938) – oils and watercolor painter
• Ronan Walsh (born 1958) – artist
• Emily Warren (1869–1956) – oils and watercolors painter
• Lowrie Warrener (1900–1983)  – abstract painter
• Darrell Wasyk (born 1958) – painter
• Terry Watkinson (born 1940) – painter, illustrator and musician
• Homer Watson (1855–1936) – landscape painter
• Joyce Wieland (1930–1998)  – filmmaker and painter
• York Wilson (1907–1984) – painter and muralist
• Robert E. Wood (1919–1980) – landscape and seascape painter

Y

• Walter Yarwood (1917–1996) – abstract painter
• M. A. Yewdale (1908–2000) – pioneer and heritage artist
• Jinny Yu (born 1976)

Z

• Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993) – watercolors painter and art promoter

See also

• Beaver Hall Group
• Group of Seven
• Indian Group of Seven
• List of Canadian artists
• Painters Eleven
• Regina Five

References

1. "Abbott, Isabella Mary (Plummer)". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
2. "Aitken, Melita". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
3. "Shelagh Armstrong". In.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
4. "William Armstrong". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
5. Tronrud, Thorold J. (1998). "William Armstrong, 1822–1914". Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
6. "W.E. Atkinson". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
7. "Ayotte, Léo". Galerie Beauchamp. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
8. Belluz, Julia (21 September 2009). "Artist focused on spiritual themes". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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12. "François Beaucourt". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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14. "Arnold Belkin, Mexican (1930–1992)". RoGallery. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
15. "William Berczy". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
16. Stagg, Ronald J. (2003). "Berczy, William". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
17. "David Bierk". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
18. "Bruno Bobak". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
19. "Molly Lamb Bobak". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
20. "Paul-Émile Borduas". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
21. "Fritz Brandtner". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
22. Biography of Bertram Brooker, retrieved on May 25th 2007.
23. "William Brymner". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
24. "Ralph Burton". Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
25. "Jack Bush". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

Further reading

• Burnett, David and Schiff, Marilyn. Contemporary Canadian Art Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-88830-241-X.
• Duval, Paul. Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their contemporaries – 1930–1970 Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1972. ISBN 0-7720-0553-2
• Duval, Paul. High Realism in Canada Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1974. ISBN 0-7720-0697-0.
• Fenton, Terry and Wilkin, Karen. Modern Painting In Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers, 1978. ISBN 0-88830-162-6.
• Harper, Russell. Painting in Canada: A History 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981. ISBN 0-8020-6307-1
• Lord, Barry. The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A People's Art Toronto, New Canada Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-919600-12-3.
• Morris, Jerrold. 100 Years of Canadian Drawings Toronto, Methuen, 1980. ISBN 0-458-94570-6.
• Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting 2nd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-19-540663-X.