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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A

• Phil Alain (born 1968)
• Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981)
• Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961) – illustrator
• William Armstrong (1822–1914) – landscape watercolourist
• Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) – oil painter
• Philip Aziz (1923–2009) – painter, sculptor

B

Jack Bush's, Big A, acrylic on canvas, 1968

• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – American painter, printmaker and sculptor; raised in Canada
• Robert Bateman (born 1930) – naturalist and painter
• François Beaucourt (1740-1794) – painter
• Arnold Belkin (1930–1992) – Mexican painter; known as "the Canadian Son of Mexican Muralism"
• William Berczy (1744–1813) – pioneer and painter
• David Bierk (1944–2002) – American-born Canadian painter
• Bruno Bobak (1923–2012) – Polish-born Canadian painter
• Molly Lamb Bobak (born 1922) – painter
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960) – painter; known for his abstract paintings
• Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969)
• Bertram Brooker (1888 – 1955)  – writer, painter, musician, and first Canadian abstract impressionist
• William Brymner (1855–1925) – figure and landscape painter
• Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983)
• Jack Bush (1909–1977) – abstract expressionist

C

Breton church, Emily Carr, 1906

• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) – artist; member of the Group of Seven collective
• 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
• Jack Chambers (1931–1978) – painter and filmmaker
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) – Ojibwa painter
• Victor Child (1897–1960) – newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
• Alex Colville (1920–2013) – painter
• Bruno Cote (born 1940) – landscape 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
• Claire Desjardins (born 1965) – 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

F

• George Fertig (1915–1983) – painter and photographer
• LeMoine Fitzgerald (1890–1956) – artist; member of the Group of Seven collective
• 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
• Eric Goldberg (1890–1969) – Jewish-Canadian landscape painter

H

• 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 WWI artist, dubbed "Canada's first woman artist"
• John A. Hammond (1843–1939) – adventurer, photographer, artist, printmaker and art educator
• Lawren Harris (1855–1970) – painter; member of the Group of Seven collective
• Robert Harris (1848–1919) – painter; noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group collective
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) – artist, painter and engraver; member of the Group of Seven collective

J

• A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) – painter; founding member of the Group of Seven collective
• 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 collective
• 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
• Aart Kemink (1914–2006) – Dutch-Canadian painter
• Bert Kloezeman (born 1921) – painter and art educator
• Harold Klunder (born 1943) – Dutch-born Canadian painter
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) – painter of landscapes and outdoor life
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975) – painter
• William Kurelek (1927–1977)

L

• Ozias Leduc (1864–1955) – Quebec painter of portraits, still lifes, landscapes and religious works
• Joseph Légaré (1795–1855) – painter
• Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998) – performance artist and painter
• 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 collective
• 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 collective
• Landon Mackenzie (born 1954) – painter
• Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961) – painter
• Doris McCarthy (born 1910) – artist specializing in abstracted landscapes
• Ray Mead (1921–1998) – abstract expressionist; member of the Painters Eleven collective
• 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 (born 1933) – painter
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004) – abstract painter
• James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) – landscape painter
• Kathleen Moir Morris (1893–1986) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group collective
• Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007)  – painter
• Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) – landscape painter
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) – painter

N

• Jack Nichols (born 1921) – 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 Pellan (1906–1988)  – modern art pioneer, founder of Montreal art collective Prisme d'yeux (prism of Eyes), rivals to Les Automatistes
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959) – painter
• Joseph Plaskett (born 1918) – painter of interiors, still lifes and portraits
• Christopher Pratt (born 1935) – painter and flag designer
• Mary Pratt (born 1935) – painter specializing in still life paintings
• Jon Pylypchuk (born 1972) – painter and sculptor

R

• Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) – painter and sculptor from Quebec
• Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) – painter of landscapes, unassuming still lifes and interiors
• Danièle Rochon (born 1946) – painter from Quebec
• Trisha Romance (born 1951) – painter in Ontario
• William Ronald (1926–1998) – abstract painter

S

• Anne Savage (1896–1971) – painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group collective
• Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923) – Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
• Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993) – painter
• Jack Shadbolt (born 1909) – painter, war artist and teacher
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) – painter
• Claude A. Simard (born 1943) – painter of garden scenes, landscapes, still lifes and the human figure
• Edith Smith (1867–1954) – painter and teacher
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991) – painter
• Gordon A. Smith (born 1919) – painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher
• David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) – painter
• Owen Staples (1866–1949)  – painter, etcher, political cartoonist
• Godfrey Stephens (born 1939) – painter, sculptor

T

• Daniel Taylor (born 1955) – painter of realism portraits and wildlife art
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917) – artist; mentor of the Group of Seven collective
• Gideon Tomaschoff (born 1956) – abstract artist
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001) – artist and educator; taught with Arthur Lismer
• Tristan Tondino (born 1961)
• Fernand Toupin (born 1930) – Quebec abstractionist and member of the Plasticiens movement

V

• François Vaillancourt (born 1967) – painter and art director
• Frederick Varley (1881–1969) – painter, war artist; member of the Group of Seven collective
• James Verbicky (born 1973) – mixed media, abstract artist
• Roy Henry Vickers (born 1946) – First Nations painter

W

• Horatio Walker (1858–1938) – oils and watercolors painter
• Wang Hai Sheng (1953) – oils and watercolors painter
• Emily Warren (1869–1956) – oils and watercolors painter
• Darrell Wasyk (born 1958) – painter
• Terry Watkinson (born 1940) – painter, illustrator and musician
• Homer Watson (1855–1936) – landscape painter
• York Wilson (1907–1984) – painter and muralist
• Robert E. Wood (1919–1980) – landscape and seascape painter

See also

• Beaver Hall Group
• Group of Seven
• Indian Group of Seven
• Painters Eleven
• Regina Five

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.