This is a list of notable Austrian artists and architects.

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A

  • Josef Abel (1768–1818), painter
  • Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer
  • Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), architect
  • Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), 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
  • Roswitha Bitterlich (1920–2015), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, and writer
  • Arik Brauer (1929–2021), painter; born in Vienna
  • Günter Brus (1938-2024), performance artist
  • Tina Blau (1845–1916), landscape painter

C

  • Bernhard Cella (born 1969), conceptual artist; born in Salzburg
  • 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
  • Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor

E

  • Joachim Eckl (born 1962), artist
  • 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 (1656–1723), architect
  • Valie Export (born 1940), media artist

F

  • Bernd Fasching (1955–2021), painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
  • Marina Faust (born 1950), photographer
  • Thomas Feuerstein (born 1968), media artist, bio artist, sculptor
  • Josef Frank (1885–1967), architect
  • Emil Fuchs (1866–1929), sculptor, medallist, painter
  • Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
  • Joseph von Führich (1800–1876), painter; born in Kratzau, Austria-Hungary
  • Hortensia Fussy (born 1954), sculptor

G

  • Richard Gerstl (1883–1908), painter
  • Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010), sculptor; born in Villach
  • Gareis, Fritz (1872–1925), artist and cartoonist for the leftwing Vienna
  • Hilda Goldwag (1912–2008), painter
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975), founder of monochrom
  • Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
  • Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H

  • Ernst Haas (1921–1986), photographer
  • Jasmin Hagendorfer, installation artist, sculpturer, performance artist
  • Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969), abstract painter
  • 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
  • Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960), new media artist; born in Linz
  • Louis Christian Hess (1895–1944), painter and sculptor
  • Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745), architect
  • Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), painter
  • Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), architect
  • Hans Hollein (1934–2014), architect
  • Wilhelm Holzbauer (1930–2019), 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), sculptor

K

  • Arnold Karplus (1877–1968), Viennese architect
  • Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
  • Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967), designer and sculptor
  • Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter
  • Franz Klein (1779–1840), sculptor; creator of bust of Beethoven
  • Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), artist; prominent figure of the Vienna Secession
  • Hubert Klumpner (born 1965), architect; born in Salzburg
  • Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997), pop-art painter
  • Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), painter; born in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria
  • Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter
  • Kevin Kopacka (born 1987), painter and film director
  • Michaela Konrad (born 1972), contemporary artist
  • 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
  • Felicitas Kuhn (1926–2022), illustrator

L

  • Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (1772–1831), lithographer
  • Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter; born in Vienna
  • Roberta Lima (born 1974), video and performance artist
  • Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect
  • Josef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptor

M

  • Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator
  • Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
  • Hans Makart (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decorator
  • 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
  • Gustav Mezey (1899–1981), painter of large scale posters
  • Edgar Meyer (1853–1925), painter and political activist
  • Josef Mikl (1929–2008), abstract painter
  • Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907–1986), painter and illustrator
  • Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer
  • Koloman Moser (1868–1918), artist
  • Otto Muehl (1925–2013), artist, action art
  • Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist

N

  • Moritz Nähr (1859–1945), photographer
  • Christian Heinrich Nebbien (1778–1841), landscaping architect
  • Richard Neutra (1892–1970), architect; emigrated to the United States
  • Hans Niessenberger
  • Hermann Nitsch (1938–2022), painter and performance artist; born in Vienna

P

  • Gustav Peichl (1928–2019), architect
  • Hubert Petschnigg (1913–1997), architect
  • Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian
  • Boris Podrecca (born 1940), architect
  • Alf Poier (born 1967), artist and stand-up comedian
  • Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726), architect
  • Wolf Prix (born 1942), architect
  • Thomas Pucher (born 1969), architect

R

  • Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025), 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 (1921–2022), illustrator and writer
  • Lili Réthi (1894–1969), artist and illustrator
  • Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter
  • Anton Pius Riegel (1789–18??), architect
  • Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967), textile artist
  • Anton Romako (1832–1889), painter
  • Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730), Baroque painter
  • Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988), designer, architect and social critic

S

  • Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962), graphic designer and typographer
  • 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
  • Günther Selichar (born 1960), media artist / photographer
  • 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
  • Jörg Streli (1940–2019), architect
  • Helmut Swiczinsky (1944–2025), architect

T

  • Johann Joseph Thalherr (1730–1801), architect
  • Ottilie Tolansky (1912–1977), painter
  • 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 (1944–2023), 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
  • Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981), painter
  • Erwin Wurm (born 1954), sculptor

Z

  • Stefan Zsaitsits (born 1981), artist
  • Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990), commercial designer and painter; born in Olmuetz
  • Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), architect and interior designer
  • Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator

See also

  • List of painters from Austria
  • List of architects
  • List of Austrians
  • List of Austrian women artists
  • List of Austrian women photographers
  • Lists of artists
  • ART.Welten, an Austrian artists' association