List of Austrian artists and architects

A

Josef Abel (1768–1818) – painter

Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer

Raimund Abraham (1933–2010) – architect

Soshana Afroyim (born 1927), painter

Joseph Matthäus Aigner (1818–1886) – painter

Oz Almog (born 1956) – painter and writer

Franz Alt (1821–1914) – artist, watercolorist

Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905) – painter

Friedrich von Amerling(1803–1887) – painter

Christian Attersee (born 1940) – pop-art artist

B

Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) – botanical illustrator

Herbert Bayer (1900–1985) – graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, architect

Franz von Bayros (1866–1924) – erotic artist

Maria Bach (1896–1978), painter

Antonietta Brandeis(1849–1910) – painter

Arik Brauer (born 1929) – painter; born in Vienna

Günter Brus (born 1938) – performance artist

Tina Blau (1845-1916), landscape painter

C

Bernhard Cella (born 1969) – conceptual artist; born in Salzbug

Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906) – impressionist painter; born in Vienna

Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten (born 1969), visual artist

D

Günther Domenig (1934–2012) – architect

Gerti Deutsch (1908–1979), photographer

E

Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926) – painter

Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985) – painter and illustrator

Fanny Elssler (1810–1884) – dancer

Ursula Endlicher, multi-media

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–17203) – architect

Valie Export (born 1940) – media artist

F

Bernd Fasching (born 1955) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna

Marina Faust, photographer

Josef Frank (1885–1967) – architect

Emil Fuchs (1866–1929) – sculptor, medallist, painter

Ernst Fuchs (born 1930) – painter and sculptor; born in Vienna

Joseph von Führich (1800–1876) – painter; born in Kratzau, Austria-Hungary

G

Richard Gerstl (1883–1908) – painter

Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010) – sculptor; born in Villach

Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975) – member of Monochrom

Eva Grubinger, installation artist

Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H

Ernst Haas (1921–1986) – photographer

Karin Hannak (born 1940), multi-media

Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973), photographer and spy

Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (1833–1894) – architect

Johann Hattey (1859–1904) – architect

Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995) – painter and graphic artist

Xenia Hausner (born 1951) – painter

Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948) – artist; born in Vienna

Louis Christian Hess (1895–1944) – painter and sculptor

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745) – architect

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) – Austrian-born German politician, leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945

Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) – architect

Hans Hollein (1934–2014) – architect

Wilhelm Holzbauer (born 1930) – architect

Carl Holzmann (1849–1914) – architect

Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983) – architect

Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009) – sculptor and graphic artist; born in Vienna

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) – artist; born in Vienna

I

Nicky Imber (1920–1996)

J

Ruediger John (born 1971)

K

Arnold Karplus (1877-1968) – Viennese architect

Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer

Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter

Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) – artist; prominent figure of the Vienna Secession

Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) – pop-art painter

Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) – painter; born in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria

Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter

Edith Kramer (1916–2014), painter and art therapist

Siegfried L. Kratochwil (1916–2005) – Viennese painter

Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) – painter (graphics)

Max Kurzweil (1867–1916) – artist; co-founder of the Vienna Secession

Elke Krystufek (born 1970) – painter

Richard Kirk (born 1967) – Prominent Australian architect

Felicitas Kuhn (born 1926), illustrator

L

Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) – painter; born in Vienna

Roberta Lima (born 1974), video and performance artist

Adolf Loos (1870–1933) – architect

M

Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator

Hans Makart (1840–1884) – history painter, designer and decorator

Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor

Anton Erhard Martinelli (1684–1747) – architect

Domenico Martinelli (1650–1719) – architect

Franz Martinelli (1651–1708) – architect

Johann Baptist Martinelli (1701–1754) – architect

Georg Mayer-Marton (1897–1960) – artist

Gerry Mayer (born 1960) – sculptor

Edgar Meyer (1853-1925) – painter and political activist

Inge Morath (1923–2002) – photographer

Otto Muehl (1925–2013) – artist, action art

Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist

N

Christian Heinrich Nebbien (1778–1841) – landscaping architect

Richard Neutra (1892–1970) – architect; emigrated to the United States

Hans Niessenberger

Hermann Nitsch (born 1938) – painter and performance artist; born in Vienna

P

Gustav Peichl (born 1928) – architect

Hubert Petschnigg (1913–1997) – architect

Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian

Boris Podrecca (born 1940)

Alf Poier (born 1967) – artist and stand-up comedian

Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726) – architect

R

Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) – painter

Elise Ransonnet-Villez (1843–1899), painter

Barbara Rapp (born 1972) – painter and mixed-media artist

Erwin Redl (born 1963) – LED installation artist and painter

Lily Renée (born 1925), illustrator and writer

Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter

Anton Pius Riegel (1789–?) – architect

Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) – textile artist

Anton Romako (1832–1889)

Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730) – Baroque painter

Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988) – designer, architect and social critic

S

Karin Schäfer (born 1963), performance artist

Martina Schettina (born 1961), mixed media artist

Egon Schiele (1890–1918) – painter

Rudolf Schindler (1877–1953) – architect; emigrated to the United States in 1914

Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885–1971), painter

Barbara Schurz (born 1973), performance artist and writer

Paul Schuss (born 1948) – painter and mixed media artist; emigrated to France in 1949

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) – architect and political activist

Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975) – architect

Hans Schwarz (1922–2003) – artist

Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918), painter

Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871) – painter

Florian Seidl (born 1979) – vehicle designer

Harry Seidler (1923–2006) – architect; emigrated to Australia in 1948

Deborah Sengl (born 1974), painter and sculptor

Santino Solari (1576–1646) – architect

Martina Steckholzer (born 1974), artist

Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) – painter, pedagogue, poet and writer

Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), painter, writer and musician

Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter

T

Johann Joseph Thalherr (1730–1801) – architect

Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter, illustrator and poet

Esin Turan (born 1970), sculptor and painter

U

Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978) – painter, installations, experimental films, digital art

W

Aloys Wach (1892–1940) – painter

Otto Wagner (1841–1918) – Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865) – painter

Peter Weibel (born 1944) – media artist

Max Weiler (1910–2001) – painter

Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), painter and sculptor

Franz West (1947–2012) – artist

Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926) – painter

Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) – sculptor; born in Vienna

Erwin Wurm (born 1954) – sculptor

Z

Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990) – commercial designer and painter; born in Olmuetz

Liane Zimbler (1892–1987) – architect and interior designer

Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator