List of Canadian painters facts for kids

The following is a brief alphabetical list of professional Canadian artists primarily working in watercolour or oil paint. See other articles for information on Canadian art or a List of Canadian artists for other information.

A

• Phil Alain (b. 1968)
• Amelia Alcock-White (b. 1973)
• Terry Ananny (b. 1956) artist, painter
• Shelagh Armstrong (b. 1961) illustrator
• William Armstrong (1822–1914) landscape watercolourist
• Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) oil painter
• Philip Aziz (1923–2009) artist in a variety of media, painter, sculptor, and designer of buildings

B

• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) - American painter, printmaker and sculptor, raised in Canada
• Robert Bateman (1930-) - naturalist and 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
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–60) - painter known for his abstract paintings
• Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969)
• William Brymner (1855–1925) - figure and landscape painter
• Jack Bush (1909–1977) - Abstract expressionist

C

• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) - artist and member of the Group of Seven
• Emily Carr (1871–1945) - Canadian artist and writer inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
• A. J. Casson (1898–1992) - painter of landscapes, forests and farms and member of the Group of Seven
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) - Ojibwa painter
• Victor Child (1897–1960) - newspaper illustrator, painter, etcher
• Alex Colville (1920– ) - painter
• Bruno Cote (1940- ) - landscape painter

D

• Ken Danby (1940–2007) - painter
• Charles Daudelin (1920–2001) - sculptor and painter
• Forshaw Day (1837–1903) - painter, educator
• Mary Dignam (1860–1938) - painter and pioneer activist for women artists
• Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954) - painter

F

• George Fertig (1915–1983) - painter and photographer
• LeMoine Fitzgerald (1890–1956) - artist and member of the Group of Seven
• Nehemiah Ford (unknown-1858/1862) - politician and painter

G

• Eric Goldberg (artist) (1890–1969) - Jewish-Canadian landscape painter

H

• John A. Hammond (1843–1939) - adventurer, photographer artist, printmaker and art educator
• Lawren Harris (1855–1970) - painter and member of the Group of Seven
• Robert Harris (1848–1919) - painter most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation
• Ron Hawkins ( - ) - rock singer, songwriter and painter
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947) - painter and member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) - artist, painter, engraver, and member of the Group of Seven

J

• A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) - painter and founding member of the Group of Seven
• Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) - painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator
• Frank Johnston (1888–1949) - artist associated with the Group of Seven
• Jack Nichols (born 1921) 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
• Aart Kemink (1914–2006) - Dutch-Canadian painter
• Bert Kloezeman - painter and art educator
• Harold Klunder (1943- ) - Dutch-born Canadian painter
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) - painter of landscapes and outdoor life

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
• Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957) - painter, graphic artist, illustrator
• Arthur Lismer (1881–1969) - painter and member of the Group of Seven
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) - impressionist painter
• John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967)

M

• J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932) - painter and member of the Group of Seven
• Jean Marois ( - ) - French-Canadian painter and writer
• Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961) - painter
• Doris McCarthy (1910– ) - artist specializing in abstracted landscapes
• Ray Mead (1921–1998) - member of Painters Eleven
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) - painter
• David Milne (1882–1953) - painter, printmaker, and writer
• Lisa Milroy (1959- ), painter especially of everyday items
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004) - abstract painter
• James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) - landscape painter
• Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) - landscape painter
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) - painter

N

• Guity Novin (1944– ) - Iranian-Canadian figurative painter

O

• Kim Ondaatje (1928– ) - painter, photographer, and documentary filmmaker
• Toni Onley (1928–2004) - landscape painter
• Henry Orenstein ( - ), artist specializing in easel paintings, murals and set design

P

• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959) - painter
• Joseph Plaskett (1918– ) - painter of interiors, still lifes, and portraits
• Christopher Pratt (1935– ) - painter and flag designer
• Mary Pratt (1935– ) - painter specializing in still life paintings
• Jon Pylypchuk (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 (1946- ), painter from Quebec
• Trisha Romance (1951- ), painter in Ontario
• William Ronald (1926–1998), abstract painter

S

• Anne Savage (1896–1971) - painter, art teacher, and member of the Beaver Hall Group
• Jacques Schyrgens (1923- ), Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
• Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993), painter
• Jack Shadbolt (1909– ) - painter, war artist, and teacher
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) - painter
• Claude A. Simard (1943- ), painter of garden scenes, landscapes, still lives and the human figure
• Edith Smith (1867–1954) - painter and teacher
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991), painter
• Gordon A. Smith (Gordon Smith) (1919– ) - painter, printmaker, sculptor, and teacher
• Lewis Smith (1871–1926)
• David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) painter

T

• Daniel Taylor (1955– ) - painter of realism portraits and wildlife art
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917) - artist and mentor of the Group of Seven
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001) artist and educator taught with Arthur Lismer
• Tristan tondino (1961-)
• Fernand Toupin (1930- ) - Quebec abstractionist and member of Les Plasticiens

V

• François Vaillancourt (1967- ), painter and art director
• Frederick Varley (1881–1969) - painter, war artist, and member of the Group of Seven
• Jessy Veilleux ( - ) - digital matte artist, digital matte painter and concept artist
• James Verbicky (1973 - ) - Mixed media / abstract artist.

W

• Horatio Walker (1858–1938) - oils and watercolors painter
• Emily Warren (1869–1956) -oils and watercolors painter
• Darrell Wasyk (1958- ) - painter
• Terry Watkinson (1940– ) - artist, 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

Images for kids

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  Trilliums (c. 1910), by Lily Osman Adams

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  A. J. Casson

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  Mary Dignam

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  Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald