List of Australian artists

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Joyce Allan (1896–1966), scientific illustrator

Micky Allan (born 1944), photographer

Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), painter, writer

Davida Allen (born 1951): painter, film maker and writer

Tony Ameneiro (born 1959): artist, printmaker

Rick Amor (born 1948): artist and figurative painter

Aelita Andre (born 2007): painter

Garry Andrews (born 1957): painter, printmaker and art teacher

Concetta Antico (born 1960): painter and tetrachromat artist

Howard Arkley (1951–1999): painter of houses, architecture, and suburbia

Ian Armstrong (1923-2005): painter and printmaker

Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artist

James Ashton (1859–1935): artist and arts educator

Julian Ashton (1851–1942): artist and teacher

Will Ashton (1881–1963): artist and gallery director

Mireille Astore (born 1961): artist, writer and film maker

Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writer

Yvonne Audette (born 1930), painter

J. Muir Auld (1879–1942): painter of landscapes and figure subjects

Narelle Autio (born 1969), photographer

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Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia

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 Etaples art colony

Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss–Australian contemporary artist

Alice Marion Ellen Bale (1875–1955): exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors

Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), fashion designer, illustrator

William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans

Irene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawer

Gwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolourist

Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), etcher

Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes

Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator

John Beard (born 1943): painter, winner of 2006 Wynne Prize and 2007 Archibald Prize

Christopher Beaumont (born 1961): still life painter

Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect

Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), painter

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

Lisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian

Jean Bellette (1908–1991), painter

Allana Beltran, performance artist

Jason Benjamin (born 1971): 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

Moira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustrator

Kevin John Best (1932–2012): 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)

Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmaker

Charles Blackman (born 1928): landscape artist

Freya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artist

Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painter

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

Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003), painter

David Booker (born 1954): Australian contemporary sculptor

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

Stella Bowen (1893–1947), painter

Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty

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

John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group

Godwin Bradbeer (born 1950): figurative drawing

Pat Brassington (born 1942), photographer, digital artist

Kate Breakey, photographer

Angela Brennan (born 1960), painter, ceramist

Anmanari Brown, painter

Andrew Browne (born 1960): figurative painter

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

Norma Bull (1906–1980): painter, printmaker and etcher

Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature

Jane Burton (born 1966), photographer

Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia

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Cressida Campbell (born 1960), printmaker

Joan Campbell (1925–1997), ceramist

Jane Cannan (1822–1861), painter, drawer

J Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963

James Howe Carse (c. 1819–1900): British–Australian painter who specialized in landscapes

Judy Cassab (1920-2015): painter, twice won the Archibald Prize

Gino Cavicchioli: Australian-born bust sculptor now living in Canada

Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953): pictorialist photographer

Alex Cearns, photographer

Queenie Chan (born 1974), Hong Kong-born comic artist

Deanne Cheuk, illustrator, designer, art director

Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902): Russian-born artist, illustrator in lithography and water-colour

Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)

Peter Churcher (born 1964): painter of portraits and figures in a realistic style

Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer

Densey Clyne (born 1922), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer

George James Coates (1869–1930): portrait painter

Ola Cohn (1892–1964), sculptor

Bindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artist

Charles Conder (1868–1909): English-born painter of the Heidelberg School who emigrated to Australia

Kevin Connor (born 1932): artist, two-time winner of the Archibald Prize

Justine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographer

William T. Cooper (1934-2015): scientific painter of birds, recipient of a Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art from The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University

Edith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painter

Olive Cotton (1911–2003): photographer

Noel Counihan (1913–1986): social realist painter

Virginia Coventry (born 1940), photographer

Steve Cox (born 1958): painter and watercolourist

Theodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painter

Fred Cress (1938–2009): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988

Ray Crooke (1922-2015): portrait artist, Archibald Prize winner in 1969

Grace Crowley (1890–1979): abstract artist

Adam Cullen (1965–2012): artist, winner of the Archibald Prize in 2000

Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934): multi-award-winning artist and teacher

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John Dahlsen: contemporary environmental artist

Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist artist

Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potter

Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painter

Alfred James Daplyn (1844-1926), painter

William Dargie (1912–2003): painter especially of portrait paintings who won the Archibald Prize eight times

Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter

Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustrator

Paul Davies (born 1979), artist

Lawrence Daws (born 1927): painter and printmaker of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes

Janet Dawson (born 1935), painter

Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938): painter of abstract art

Roy De Maistre (1894–1968): artist who explored the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony

Destiny Deacon (born 1957), photographer

Linda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artist

Aileen Dent (1890–1978), painter

Wolfgang Degenhardt (1924–1993): German-born artist often of religious art

Paul Delprat (born 1942): painter and illustrator, Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School

Maggie Diaz (born 1925), photographer

Robert Dickerson (born 1924): figurative painter

William Dobell (1899–1970): sculptor and painter who won the Archibald Prize three times

Ken Done (born 1940): artist, especially of design work

Annie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designer

Matt Doust (1984–2013): artist, finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize

John Dowie (1915–2008): painter, sculptor and teacher

Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886): colonial artist

Russell Drysdale (1912–1981): painter of abstract and surrealist art

Duel (born 1969): graffiti artist and break dancer

Brian Dunlop (1938–2009): still life and figurative painter

Max Dupain (1911–1992): photographer

Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer

Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer

Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930), painter

Geoffrey Dyer (born 1947): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003

Moya Dyring (1909–1967), painter

Will Dyson (1880–1938): illustrator

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Agnes Edwards (c.1873-1928): Aboriginal handicraft maker known for feather flowers.

Margery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painter

Augustus Earle (1793–1832): London-born travel artist who spent time painting in Australia

Bonita Ely (born 1946), performance artist

Esther Erlich (born 1955): figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Choice Award

Joyce Evans, photographer

Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and film maker

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Facter, aka Fletcher Andersen: street artist/painter

Ian Fairweather (1891–1974): painter who combined western and Asian influences in his work

Susan Fereday (born 1959): artist, photographer

Simon Fieldhouse (born 1956): painter of architecture with whimsical characters

Fiona Foley (born 1964): indigenous artist from Badtjala

Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer

E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915): Naturalist painter

Dale Frank (born 1959): contemporary artist

Graham Fransella (born 1950)

Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005): New Zealand-born stage and costume designer

Leonard French (born 1928): painter and stained glass artist

Thomas Friedensen (1879–1931): English-born artist in watercolour and oils, active in Australia

Donald Friend (1915–1989): artist, writer and diarist

Ben Frost: visual and performing artist

Douglas Fry (1872–1911): artist, especially of animal paintings

Ella Fry (1916–1997), painter

Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004): artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1974

Florence Fuller (1867–1946): painter

Albert Henry Fullwood (1863–1930): artist who worked in black and white, oils, and watercolour

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Kiley Gaffney, performance artist, musician

Silvana Gardner, visual artist, writer

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): sculptor, primarily of found materials

Marea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramist

Esmond George (1888–1959), SA watercolor artist, WWII war artist and art critic

Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994

Jeff Gilberthorpe (born 1939): English-born artist and art teacher

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

Shaun Gladwell (born 1972): video, performance, painting and sculpture

James Gleeson (born 1915—2008): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator

John Glover (1767–1849): English/colonial artist

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

Virginia Grayson (born 1967): visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize

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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Emma Hack (born 1972), photographer

Basil Hadley (1940–2006): born London, UK, arrived to Australia in 1965, printmaker and painter

Fiona Hall (born 1953): contemporary visual artist

Deborah Halpern (born 1967), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist

Michelle Hamer (born 1975): tapestry artist

Lyn Hancock, photographer, writer

Henry Hanke (1901–1989): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1934

Marjorie Hann (1916–2011), South Australian cartoonist, painter and art teacher

Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991): artist, printmaker and writer

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

Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930), painter

Rolf Harris (born 1930): Impressionist painter, painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 2005

Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement

Ponch Hawkes, photographer

Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter

Nada Herman-Witkamp (born 1965), painter

Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the Australian War Memorial, five times Archibald Prize winner

Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born painter and printmaker

Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist

Petr Herel (born 1943): Czechoslovakia-born printmaker, painter

Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born war artists artist

Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter

Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush

Nora Heysen (1911–2003): artist, winner of the 1938 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

Frank Hodgkinson (1919–2001): war artist

Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia

Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, video artist, writer, novelist; winner of 1990 Sulman Prize

Cherry Hood (born 1960): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize

Chris Horder (born 1976): won the Young Emerging Artist Award in the 2011 Mosman Art Prize

Marie Horseman (1911–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer

Valma Howell (1896–1979), painter, actress

John Howley (born 1931): painter

Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer

Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), British-born painter

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Kylie InGold (born 1962): painter of the fairy and fantasy genre

Robert Ingpen (born 1936): graphic designer, illustrator, and author

Mehwish Iqbal, Pakistani-born painter

Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter

Pamela Irving (born 1960): ceramicist, mosaicist and writer

Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter

Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor

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Kenneth Jack (1924–2006): watercolour painter, and printmaker, member of RWS

Robert Jacks (1943–2014): painter, sculptor and printmaker

James R. Jackson (1882–1975): artist, primarily of Sydney harbor

Ann James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designer

Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James (1937-2011): ceramicist, painter and textile artist, Aboriginal artist

Gil Jamieson (1934–1992): painter of figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits

Bob Jenyns (born 1944): humorous and figurative sculpture, painting, drawing and prints

Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artist

Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographer

Natasha Johns-Messenger, installation artist, photographer

Guo Jian (born 1962): painter, sculptor, photographer

George Johnson (born 1926): painter of modernist art, especially geometric abstraction

Anne Jolliffe (born 1933), animator

Justus Jörgensen (1893 – 1975): artist and architect

Ellen Jose (born 1951), photographer, printmaker

Anne Judell (born 1942 ): artist, winner of the 2011 Dobell Prize

Robert Juniper (1929–2012): illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker

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Louis Kahan (1905–2002): artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962

Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painter

Hanna Kay, Israeli-born painter

Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawer

Anwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painter

John Kelly (1965): artist

Rik Kemp (born 1939)

Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction

Franz Kempf (born 1926)

Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), painter

Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptor

Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptor

Toba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painter

Sir Patrick Kilvington (1922–1990): artist of musters, round-ups and horses in motion

Inge King (born 1915), German-born sculptor

Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer

Anita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmaker

Robert Klippel, sculptor

Anastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artist

Michael Kmit (1910–1981)

Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996): Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community

William Dunn Knox (1820–1945): painter, member of the Victorian Artists Society

Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painter

Derek Kreckler (born 1952): multi-media visual artist

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Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter

George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist

Pat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter

Janet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artist

George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style

Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter, winner of 2010 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize

Alun Leach-Jones (born 1937): painter, sculptor, printmaker

Bill Leak (born 1956): cartoonist and painter

Percy Leason (1889–1959): cartoonist, painter

Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist

John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history, active in Australia

Ash Lieb (born 1982): digital artist, painter and writer

Peter Lik (born 1959): fine art photographer

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

Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter

Percy Lindsay (1870–1952): landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist

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 (born 1970): figurative painter

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

Loongkoonan (born c. 1910), painter, Aboriginal elder

Keith Looby (born 1940): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984

Steve Lopes (born 1971): figurative painter

Josh Lord (born 1972): artist specializing in acrylic house paint

Fiona Lowry (born 1974), painter

Joseph Lycett (c. 1774 – 1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia

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Chips Mackinolty (born 1954): artist printmaking and journalist

Euan MacLeod (born 1956): New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999

Matthew James MacNally (1873–1943): watercolourist

Bea Maddock (born 1934): artist combining printing with encaustic painting and installation art

Guy Maestri (born 1974): painter, winner of 2009 Archibald Prize

Ma Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmaker

Gillian Mann (1939–2007), printmaker

Diane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmaker

Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist

Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia

John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk

Ursula Mayer (born 1970), multimedia artist based in London

Daphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptor

Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist

Herbert McClintock (1906–1985): social realist artist

Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diarist

Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917): painter of the Heidelberg School

Francine McDougall, filmmaker, photographer

Queenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painter

W B McIness (1889–1939): portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times

Arthur McIntyre (1945–2003): artist and art critic

Alexander McKenzie (born 1971): painter, a six times finalist of the Archibald Prize

Queenie McKenzie (1930–1998): artist

Penny Meagher (1935–1995), painter

Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painter

Dora Meeson (1869–1955): painter

Annemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artist

Max Meldrum (1875–1955): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940

Vladas Meskenas (born 1916): Sydney painter, born in Lithuania

Bill Meyer (born 1942): artist who uses photography, film and music in his work

mez (Mary-Anne Breeze): Australian-based Internet artist

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Polish-born photographer

Lewis Miller (born 1959): painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works, winner of 1998 Archibald Prize

Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863–1937): watercolourist

Jan Mitchell (1940–2008), painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker

Robert Boyed Mitchell (1919–2002): abstract expressionist artist

Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971), painter

Tracey Moffat (born 1960): artist using primarily photography and video

Jon Molvig (1923–1970): expressionist artist

Reg Mombassa (born 1951): New Zealand-born artist and musician

Milton Moon (born 1926): potter, teacher and author

May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957), photographers

Mirka Mora (born 1928), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist

Harriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustrator

Sally Morgan (born 1951): Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

Christine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artist

Patricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustrator

Arthur Murch (1902–1989): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1949

Vali Myers (1930–2003): artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings

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Rosella Namok (born 1979), painter

Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): Indigenous Australian artist

Rosella Namok (born 1979): Indigenous Australian artist

Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painter

Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (born c. 1954), painter

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (born c. 1948), painter

Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painter

Wintjiya Napaltjarri, painter

Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930–2011): Indigenous Australian artist

Dorothy Napangardi (died 2013), painter

Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painter

Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painter

Girolamo Nerli (1860–1926)

Norie Neumark, American-born sound artist

Albert Ernest Newbury (1891–1941): landscape and portrait painter

Ann Newmarch (born 1945), painter, printmaker, sculptor

Helmut Newton (1920–2004): German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women

June Newton (born 1923), photographer, actress

Paul Newton (born 1961): portrait artist who has twice won the Archibald Prize

Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter

Deborah Niland (born 1950)

Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009)

Sandro Nocentini (born 1966): painter

Sidney Nolan (1917–1992): painter and printmaker

Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultist

Jill Nulty (born 1946), painter, art therapist

Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist

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Carla O'Brien, installation artist

Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist

Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968), New Zealand-born painter

Peter O'Doherty (born 1958): musician and artist specializing in still life and suburbia

Edward Officer (1871–1921): painter, Australian Art Association inaugural president

Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author

Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006): sculptor

Margaret Olley (1923–2011): painter specializing in still life

Bernard Ollis (born 1951): contemporary painter

John Olsen (born 1928): landscape painter who won the Archibald Prize in 2005

Lin Onus (1948–1996): Scottish-Koori Aboriginal artist

Rosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurse

Mandy Ord (born 1974), comic artist

Jill Orr, performance artist, photographer, installation artist

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustrator

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Mike Parr (born 1945): performance artist and printmaker

Allyson Parsons (born 1965): Australian landscape artist

Peter Parsons (1951–1993): ceramic artist

John Passmore (1904–1984): abstract expressionist painter

John Peart (born 1945)

John Perceval (1923–2000): artist of drawings, paintings, and ceramics

Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter

Gloria Petyarre (born 1946): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter

Kathleen Petyarre (born 1940), painter

Nancy Petyarre (1938–2009): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

Debra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptor

Patricia Piccinini (born 1965): mixed-media artist

William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981): painter who won the Archibald Prize three times

Julianne Pierce, new media artist, curator, art critic

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist

W. C. Piguenit (1836–1914): landscape painter

Anne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptor

Evert Ploeg (born 1963): portrait painter

Terrance Plowright (born 1949): contemporary and figurative sculptor

Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s): plant and animal watercolour artist(s) (identity unknown)

Cedar Prest (born 1940): stained glass artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963): modernist painter and printmaker

Thea Proctor (1879–1966): portrait painter and printmaker

Geoffrey Proud (born 1946): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990

John Skinner Prout (1805–1876): English-born painter of lithographs, watercolours and oils

Clifton Pugh (1924–1990): painter of landscapes and portraiture

Minnie Pwerle (1910–2006): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist

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Ben Quilty (born 1973): portrait painter and war artist, winner of 2011 Archibald Prize

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Melinda Rackham (born 1959): sculptor and Internet artist

John Radecki (1865–1955): stained glass artist working in Australia

David Rankin (born 1946): New York-based painter

Lloyd Rees (1895–1998): landscape painter

Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964): artist, printmaker and sculptor

John Rigby (1922–2012): painter of tropical and bush landscapes, genre works and portraits

Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): conservative post-impressionist painter

Ian Roberts (born 1952): bird and native vegetation painter

Tom Roberts (1856–1931): artist and a member of the Heidelberg School

William Robinson (born 1936): painter and lithographer

Andrew Rogers (born 1947): sculptor and land artist

Herbert Rose (1890–1937): painter and etcher

Ellis Rowan (1847–1922): naturalist and illustrator

Dattilo Rubbo (1870–1955): Italian-born artist and art teacher

Craig Ruddy (born 1968): painter of portraits, nudes and self studies, winner of 2004 Archibald Prize

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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

Jörg Schmeisser (1942-2012): painter, printmaker and art teacher

Joyce Scott (born 1942): drawing, oil painting and ceramics

Udo Sellbach (1927-2006): artist, printmaker and art teacher

Rebecca Shanahan: artist

Martin Sharp (1942–2013): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker

Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): 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 specialises in watercolour painting of the Outback

Heather Shimmen (born 1957): artist, printmaker

Ivy Shore (1915–1999): painter, winner of Portia Geach Memorial Award

Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography

Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013): painter, known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes

Tony Smibert (born 1949): painter who specialises in watercolour painting

Bernard Smith (1916–2011): art historian, art critic and academic

Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting

Eric Smith (born 1919): portraitist

Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944

Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter

Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist

Constance Stokes (1906–1991): figurative painter

Tim Storrier (born 1949): Australian landscape painter, winner of 2012 Archibald Prize

Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter

William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings

Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world

Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor

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Violet Teague (1872–1951)

Rover Thomas (c.1926–1998): one of two Aboriginal Australians to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 1990, alongside Trevor Nickolls

Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society

Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter

Imants Tillers (born 1950): visual art artist, curator and writer

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula

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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Tony Underhill (born 1923)

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Hossein Valamanesh

Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901): Austrian-born painter of landscapes active in Australia

Jacques (Jac) van Rees (c. 1920–1989): Dutch-born painter

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Thomas Wainewright (1794–1847): English author, serial killer, forger and painter transported to Van Dieman's Land

John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art

Wes Walters (born 1928): realist portrait painter and abstract artist

Guy Warren (born 1921): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985

Barbara Weir (born 1945)

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

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

Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society

Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker

Jan Williamson: award-winning portraitist

Marcus Wills (born 1972): painter, winner of 2006 Archibald Prize

Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, film maker, academic, teacher, and curator

Henry Winkles (1800–1860)

Walter Withers : landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists

Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter

John Christie Wright (1889–1917): sculptor

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John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist

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Anne Zahalka

Michael Zavros (born 1974)

Hongbin Zhao (born 1952): Shanghai born

Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946): Italian-born painter of literary, historical and religious sources

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Others

Edmund Capon, arts administrator

Betty Churcher, arts administrator

Aubrey Gibson, collector and arts patron

Ursula Hoff, art historian

Robert Hughes, author and critic

Alan McCulloch, author, critic, art historian, curator and arts administrator

Gabrielle Pizzi, gallerist

Ron Radford, arts administrator

Marjorie Tipping, author and art historian

Sydney Ure Smith, publisher and arts patron

John Henry Young, gallery director, art dealer and collector

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