Irish Art & Artists: past & present

Please note that this is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of Irish artists - rather, it is a work in progress, with additions and updates frequently made. A good deal of the information has come from two particularly useful reference works:

• Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century, Merlin Publishing, Dublin, 2002 (second, revised edition), and
• Walter Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists, Irish University Press, 1969 (2 volumes, facsimile reprint of the original 1913 edition).

Further information is available on many of the artists listed below, and Whyte's welcome any comments and/or corrections from readers. For a list of abbreviations used, please click here.

A

Joseph Poole Addey (1852-1922)
William Ashford PRHA (1746-1824)
George Mounsey Atkinson (c.1830-1908)

B
Robert Ballagh (b.1943)
George Barret Junior (1767-1842)
Mary Barton (1861-1949)
Rose Barton RWS (1856-1929)
Ethel G. Battersby (fl. circa 1940s)
John Behan RHA (b.1938)
Florence M. Bell (fl.1899-1923)
Gabriel Beranger (1729-1817)
Frances Biggs (fl.1940s, 1950s)
Dorothy Blackham (1896-1975)
Henry Blackmore
Stephen Bone NEAC (1904-1958)
Alicia Boyle RBA (1908-1997)
Charles Braithwaite ARHA (1876-1941)
James Brenan RHA MBIA (1837-1907)
James Butler Brenan RHA (1825-1889)
Henry Brocas (1762-1837)
Liz Brophy
Christy Brown (1932-1981)
Daniele Bucciarelli (1839-1911)
William H. Burns (b.1924)
William J. Burrows (fl. 1940s-1950s)
Lady Elizabeth Butler (1846-1933)

C
George Campbell RHA (1917-1979)
John Henry Campbell (1757-1828)
Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo RHA (1941-1989)
Joseph William Carey RUA (1859-1937)
William Carron ARHA (b.1930)
Lorraine Christie (b.1967)
David Clarke (b.1920)
Thomas Clifford (fl.1930s)
Peter Collis RHA (b.1929)
Helen Colvill (1856-1953)
Thurloe Connolly (b.1918)
William Conor RHA PRUA ROI (1881-1968)
Brigid Conroy
Jack Coughlin (b.1932)
Sam Coulter (b.1925)
Rod Coyne (b.1967)
James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1877-1944)
Martin Cregan PRHA (1788-1870)
David Crone (b.1937)
Kathleen E. A. Crozier (1895-1985)
Clare Cryan
Michael Cullen (b.1946)
Stephen Cullen (b.1959)
Peter Curling (b.1955)

D
James Francis Danby (1816-1875)
Thomas Danby RWS RHA (1818-1886)
Colin Davidson (b.1968)
Dorothy Day (fl.1940s, 1950s)
John Day (fl.1850s-1880s)
Philip James Deegan (fl.1930s)
Edward Delaney RHA (b.1930)
Edward Montgomery O'Rourke Dickey (1894-1977)
Gerard Dillon (1916-1971)
Patrick Dolan (1926-1980)
J. P. Donleavy (b.1926)
Mary Donnelly (b.1964)
Phoebe Donovan (1902-1975)
John Doyle (1797-1868)
Mary Duncan (1885-1964)
Ronald Ossory Dunlop NEAC RA RBA (1894-1973)
Joe Dunne (b.1957)

E
Leo Earley (1925-2001)
Charlie Easterfield (b.1947)
James English (b.1946)

F
John Faulkner RHA (1835-1894)
Patricia Faulkner (b.1946)
Joy Feld
Angela Fewer (b.1946)
Martin Finnin (b.1968)
Mike Fitzharris (b.1952)
James Hall Flack (b.1941)
Michael Flaherty (b.1950)
Fidelma Flanagan (b.1964)
Terence P. Flanagan RHA PRUA (b.1929)
Frank Forty (1903-1996)
Giuseppe Francavillia
Percy French (1854-1920)
Katherine Mary Freyer (b.1910)
Julian Friers (b.1956)
Paul Funge (b.1944)

G
Aidan Gaffney
Martin Gale RHA (b.1949)
Dennis Gallery
Rose Brigid Ganley HRHA (1909-2002)
Simon Garrow (b.1946)
Brian Garvey
George Gault (b.1916)
Terence Gayer
Michael Gemmell (b.1950)
Trevor Geoghegan (b.1946)
William Gillard (fl.1831-1876)
William Crampton Gore RHA (1871-1946)
Yann Renard Goulet RHA (1914-1999)
Theodore James Gracey RUA (1895-1959)
William Grattan (c.1972-1821)
Alfred Grey RHA (1845-1926)
Gregor Grey (fl.1870s-1911)
Charles Edward Gribbon (1898-1939)
Charles McIver Grierson RI (1864-1939)
Bill Griffin
Anthony Grogan (fl.1920s, 1930s)
May Guinness (1863-1955)
Paul E. Güven

H
Sir Francis Seymour Haden PRE (1818-1910)
Alice Hanratty
Eleanor Harbison ANCA
Henry Albert Hartland (1840-1893)
Joseph Patrick Haverty RHA (1794-1864)
Claude Hayes RI ROI (1852-1922)
Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904)
Ernest Columba Hayes RHA (1914-1978)
Phyllis Hayward (1903-1985)
Henry Healy RHA (1909-1982)
Patrick Hennessy RHA (1915-1980)
William John Hennessy NA ROI (1840-1917)
Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953)
Olive Henry RUA (1902-1989)
Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958)
John Levin Henry (1855-1929)
Desmond Hickey
Patrick Hickey (1927-1998)
Rowland Hill ARUA (1915-1979)
William Hincks (fl.1773-1797)
Ries Hoek
Kathleen Holohan
E. Lyn Hope (fl. 1938-1959)
Ronnie Hughes (b.1965)
David Gordon Hughes (b.1957)
Frederick William Hull (1867-1953)
John Frederick Hunter RUA (1893-1951)

I
Hans Iten (1874-1930)

J
Joan Jameson (1892-1953)
Yvonne Jammet (1900-1967)
John Jobson (b.1941)
Anne Primrose Jury RUA (1907-1995)

K
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh RHA (1856-1918)
Paul Kavanagh (b.1946)
Niamh Keenan
Frances J. Kelly ARHA (active 1929-1950s)
Paul Kelly (b.1968)
Lieut. Robert Barrett Talbot Kelly RI (1896-1971)
Alan Kenny
Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
Bernadette Kiely (b.1958)
Coralie de Burgh Kinahan
John Kirwan (b.1956)
Tony Klitz (d.2000)
Howard Knee (1889-1971)

L
Gene Lambert RHA (b.1952)
Pat Langan
Diarmuid Larkin (1918-89)
George Lawrence (fl. 1774-1802)
Edward Louis Lawrenson (1868-1940)
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (b.1916)
William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968)
Harry G. Lees (fl.1940s)
Paddy Lennon (b.1955)
Pamela Leonard
Patrick Leonard HRHA (b.1918)
Elizabeth K. Lindsay (fl. 1800-1840s)
Henry Love (fl.1915-1923)
Roy Lyndsay (b.1945)
Philip Lyons (b.1963)

M
Gladys Maccabe RUA ROI FRSA (b.1918)
Maurice MacGonigal PPRHA (1900-1979)
Daniel Maclise RA RHA (1806-1870)
Pádraig MacMíadhacháin RWA
Eugene Joseph MacSwiney (fl.1880s)
Leslie Mary MacWeeney (b.1936)
Bernadette Madden (b.1948)
Arthur K. Maderson (b.1942)
Brian Maguire ANCAD (b.1951)
Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930)
Alice Maher (b.1956)
Kathleen Marescaux RUA RWS (1868-1944)
Gerald Marjoram (b.1936)
Jesus Marrero
William Mason (b.1906)
Therése McAllister
Brian McCarthy
Tony McCarthy
Carlile Henry Hayes McCartney (1842-1924)
Samuel McCloy (1831-1904)
Arthur David McCormick AD RBA RI ROI (1860-1943)
Hector McDonnell (b.1947)
Patrick McElheron (fl.1960s-1970s)
William McEvoy RHA (fl.1858-1880)
Val McGann
Gerard McGourty (b.1954)
Norah McGuinness HRHA (1901-1980)
Edward McGuire RHA (1932-1986)
Frank McKelvey RHA RUA (1895-1974)
Eithne McNally (fl.1940s)
Tony McNally (b.1953)
Guus Melai (d.2000)
Colin Middleton RHA (1910-1983)
John FitzMaurice Mills PRDS (d.1991)
Lillias Mitchell (1915-2000)
Hugh Monahan (1914-1970)
Stuart Morle (b.1960)
Ken Moroney (b.1949)
George Morosini (d.1882)
Frank Morris (fl.1880s-1890s)
Robert Boyd Morrison (1896-1969)
Edwin A. Morrow ARCA (1877-1952)
George Francis Mulvaney RHA (1809-1869)
Martin Murphy (b.1949)
T.C. Murphy
Cóilín Murray (b.1945)
John Philip Murray (b.1952)
Adrian Murray-Hayden (1931-1975)

N
Henry Echlin Neill RUA (1888-1981)
Andrew Nicholl RHA (1804-1886)
William Nicholl (1794-1840)
Francis Nicholson OWS (1753-1844)
Paul Nietsche (1885-1950)

O
Eamonn O'Boyle (b.1976)
Geraldine O'Brien (b.1930)
Séamus Ó Colmáin (1925-1990)
Patrick O'Connor (1909-1997)
Roderic O'Connor (1908-2001)
Henry C. O'Donnell (1900-1992)
Daniel O'Neill (1920-1974)
Henry O'Neill (1798-1880)
Hugh O'Neill (b.1959)
Niall O'Neill (b.1952)
Thaddeus O'Neill (b.1945)
Dennis Osborne ARUA (b.1919)
Rev. Charles Thomas Ovenden (1846-1924)

P
George Pennefather (1905-1967)
Helen S. Pennefather (fl.1939-1946)
Moila Powell (1895-1994)
Sophia Rosamund Praeger HRHA MA MBE (1867-1954)
Victor T. Price (fl.1920s-1940s)
Liam Proud (1920-1995)
Patrick Pye RHA (b.1929)

R
Ron Ranson
Nano Reid (1900-1981)
Elizabeth Rivers (1903-1964)
Thomas Roberts (1749-1778)
Annie Robinson (b.1961)
Emilie Roche (19th Century)
William P. Rogers (fl.1846-1872)
Rolli Luke Roland (fl.1940s-1950s)
Florence A. Ross (1870-1949)
George Russell 'Æ' (1867-1935)
John Ryan (1925-1992)
Thomas Ryan PPRHA (b.1929)

S
Cecil ffrench Salkeld ARHA (1904-1969)
Margaret E. Saunders (1851-1918)
Robert Richard Scanlan (fl.1826-1864)
John Schwatschke (b.1943)
Michael Scott (1905-1989)
Patrick Scott HRHA (b.1921)
William Scott OBE RA (1913-1989)
Sir James Jebusa Shannon RA (1862-1923)
Neil Shawcross RUA ARHA (b.1940)
Noel Sheridan (b.1936)
Kevin Simms WCSI (b.1932)
Samuel Skillen (c.1819-1847)
Piet Sluis (b.1929)
Stephen Catterson Smith RHA (1849-1912)
Camille Souter HRHA (b.1929)
Samuel Spode (fl.1825-1858)
Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples RBA (1853-1943)
Desmond Stephenson ARHA (1922-1963)
Evelyn Street
Ivan Sutton (b.1944)
Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978)

T
Paul Tallon (b.1947)
Ann Taylor (1907-1976)
Norman B. Teeling (b.1944)
Hugh Thomson RI (1860-1920)
Walter Till (fl.1920s)
Astrid Tomrop-Hofmann
Liam Treacy (b.1934)
Desmond Turner RUA (b.1923)
Charles Tyrell (b.1950)

U
Arland A. Ussher (fl.1881-1898)

V
Hilda van Stockum HRHA (b.1908)
Patrick Viale (b.1952)

W
Thomas Bond Walker (1861-1933)
John Crampton Walker ARHA (1890-1942)
William Guy Wall (1792-1864)
Thomas Walmsley (1763-1806)
Manus Walsh (b.1940)
Marian A. Walsh (fl. circa 1940s-1950s)
Owen Walsh (b.1933)
Wendy F. Walsh (b.1915)
Pearse Ward
Louisa Ann, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-1891)
Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Robert Lucius West RHA (1774-1850)
Margaret J. White
Maurice Canning Wilks RUA ARHA (1910-1984)
Alexander Williams RHA (1846-1930)
Padraic Woods RUA (1893-1991)