This is a list of Belgian painters. Where available, it includes the painter's place and year of birth; the place and year of death; and painting style.

For painters from this region before 1830, see List of Flemish painters.

A

  • Pierre Abattucci (1871–1942)
  • Robert Aerens (Born in Ghent) (1883–1969)
  • Edouard Agneessens (1842–1885)
  • Pierre Alechinsky (born in Brussels, 1927) Contemporary
  • Harold Ancart (born 1980)
  • Carla Arocha (born in Caracas, Venezuela)
  • Alphonse Asselbergs (born in Brussels) (1839–1916)

B

  • Albert Baertsoen (1866–1922) Impressionism
  • Émile Baes (12 November 1879, Brussels – 3 January 1953, Paris) Post-Impressionism
  • Firmin Baes (born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1874 died in Uccle, 1943)Impressionism
  • Rachel Baes (born in Ixelles, 1912 died in Bruges, 1983)Surrealism
  • Piet Bekaert (1939–2000) Impressionism
  • Anna Boch (1848–1936) Neo-Impressionism
  • Eugène Boch (1855–1941) Impressionism
  • Gaston Bogaert (1918–2008) Surrealism
  • Michaël Borremans (born in Geraardsbergen, 1963)
  • Hippolyte Boulenger (1837–1874) Realism
  • Virginie Bovie (1821–1888) eclectic painter with Flemish Baroque, Romantic, and Realist influences
  • Ignace Brice (born in Brussels, 1795died in Brussels, 1866), Neoclassicism
  • Jean Brusselmans (born in Brussels, 1884 died in Dilbeek, 1953) Fauvism
  • Louis Buisseret (born in Binche, 1888 died in Brussels, 1956)
  • André Buzin (born 1946) paints animals and flowers

C

  • Nestor Cambier (born in Couillet, 1879 died in Brussels, 1957) portraiture, landscapes, city views, still lifes, murals, drawings
  • Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born in Brussels, 1814 died in Brussels, 1891) stained-glass painter
  • Jacques Carabain (born in Amsterdam, 1834 died in Schaerbeek, 1933) Cityscape painter
  • Marcel Caron (born in Enghien, 1890 died in Liège, 1961) Expressionism
  • Évariste Carpentier (born in Kuurne, 1845 died in Liège, 1922)Naturalism, Impressionism
  • Anto Carte (born in Mons, 1886 died in Ixelles, 1954) Symbolism, Expressionism
  • François Cautaerts (born in Brussels, 1810 – died in Brussels, 1881) historical and religious themed paintings
  • Cécile Cauterman (born in Ghent, 1882 died in Ghent, 1957) drawings
  • Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born in Brussels, 1958) Hyperrealism
  • Emile Claus (born in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, 1849 died in Astene, 1924) Impressionism
  • Paul Jean Clays (born in Bruges, 1819 died in Brussels, 1900) Marine painting
  • Jan Cockx (born in Antwerp, 1891 died in Antwerp, 1976) painter and ceramicist
  • Jean Baptiste Leopold Colin (1881–1961) portraits, nudes, and still lifes
  • Omer Coppens (born in Dunkirk, 1864 died in Ixelles, 1926) Impressionist painter, ceramic artist
  • Léon Corthals (born in Temse, 1877 died in Ixelles, 1935) portraiture
  • Franz Courtens (born in Dendermonde 1854 died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 1943), Pleinairisme, landscape and marine painting
  • Jan Cox (born in The Hague, 1919 died in Antwerp, 1980) Avant-garde, Abstract art, Figurative
  • Luc-peter Crombé (born in Opwijk, 1920 died 2005)

D

  • Paul Daxhelet (born in Liège, 1905 died in Liège, 1993) Orientalism
  • Hugo Debaere (born in Ghent, 1958 died in Ghent, 1994) Avant-garde
  • Fritz de Brouckère (born in Brussels, 1879 died in Brussels, 1928) Impressionism, Symbolism
  • Jan De Cock (born in Brussels, 1976) Contemporary
  • Jos De Cock (born in Kortrijk, 1934 died in Paris, 2010)
  • Henry de Groux (born in Brussels, 1866 died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1930) Symbolism
  • Carole Dekeijser Contemporary
  • Raoul De Keyser (born in Deinze, 1930–2012) Abstract
  • Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827–1869) painter and illustrator
  • Basile De Loose (born in Zele, 1809 died in Brussels, 1885) portrait and genre painter
  • Paul Delvaux (born in Antheit (Wanze) 1897 died in Veurne, 1994) Surrealism
  • Jean Delville (1867–1953) Symbolism
  • André de Meulemeester (1894–1973) Flemish-Belgian painter 1917
  • Jos de Mey (1928–2007) Flemish-Belgian painter, primarily of impossible objects in a photo-realistic style
  • Albert Demuyser born in Laeken (1920–2003)
  • William Degouve de Nuncques (born in Monthermé, 1867 died 1935) Symbolism
  • Gustave De Smet (born in Ghent, 1877 died in Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem), 1943) Expressionism
  • Albrecht De Vriendt (Ghent, 8 December 1843 – Antwerp, 14 October 1900) Belgian painter known for his genre scenes, history paintings, interiors and figure paintings
  • The de Vriendt brothers (Juliaen Joseph (1842–1935) and Albrecht François Lieven (1843–1900))
  • Louis Dewis (born in Mons, 1872 died in Biarritz 1946) Post-Impressionism
  • August De Wilde (born in Lokeren, 1819 died in Sint-Niklaas 1886) portrait and genre painter
  • Sam Dillemans (born in Leuven 1965) Contemporary
  • Christian Dotremont (born in Tervuren, 1922 died in Buizingen, 1979) Avant-garde
  • Arpaïs Du Bois (born in Ghent 1973) Contemporary

E

  • James Ensor (born in Ostend, 1860 died in Ostend, 1949) painter and printmaker
  • Henri Evenepoel (born in Nice, 1872 died in Paris, 1899) fauvism

F

  • Émile Fabry (born in Verviers, 1865 died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 1966) Symbolism
  • Jean-Michel Folon (born in Uccle 1934 died in Monaco 2005)
  • Théodore Fourmois (1814–1871) landscape painter and printmaker
  • Pol Fraiture (1946–1981) oil paintings and monotypes
  • (born in Brussels 1857 died in Ohain 1920) landscape painter, Impressionism
  • Alice Frey (born in Antwerp, 1895 died in Ostend, 1981) Expressionism

G

  • Louis Gallait (born in Tournai, 1810 died in Schaerbeek, 1887)
  • Jane Graverol (born in Ixelles, 1905 died in Fontainebleau, 1984)Surrealism

H

  • Philip Henderickx (born 1976) Contemporary
  • Hugo Heyrman (born in Antwerp, 1942) Contemporary

J

  • Floris Jespers (1889–1965) Avant-garde

K

  • Fernand Khnopff (born in Grembergen, 1858 died in Brussels, 1921) Symbolism

L

  • Paul Lauters (1806–1875) Abstraction, Tachisme, École de Paris
  • Georges Emile Lebacq (born in Jemappes, 1876 died in Bruges, 1950) Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
  • Mercédès Legrand (1893–1945), Spanish-born Belgian painter, sculptor, poet
  • Charles Leickert (born in Brussels, 1816 died in Mainz, 1907) Winter scenes
  • Georges Lemmen (1865–1916) Neo-Impressionism
  • Auguste Levêque (born in Nivelles, 1866 died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1921) painter influenced both by Realism and Symbolism
  • Jan August Hendrik Leys (born in Antwerp, 1815 died in Antwerp, 1869) Romance

M

  • Jean Baptiste Madou (born in Brussels, 1796 died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1877) painter and lithographer
  • René Magritte (born in Lessines, 1898 died in Brussels, 1967) Surrealism
  • Auguste Mambour (born in Liège, 1896 died in Liège, 1968) Expressionism, Cubism, African art
  • Frans Masereel (born in Blankenberge, 1889 died in Avignon, France, 1972) painter and woodcutter
  • Armand Massonet (1892–1979)
  • Constantin Meunier (born Etterbeek, 1831 died in Brussels, 1905) painter and sculptor
  • Henri Michaux (1899–1984) painter, poet and writer
  • Constant Montald (born in Ghent, 1862 died in Brussels, 1944)
  • Tony Mafia (1931–1999), American-Belgian painter, sculptor, and singer-songwriter

N

  • François-Joseph Navez (born in Charleroi, 1787 died in Brussels, 1869) Neo-classicism
  • Xavier Noiret-Thomé (born in 1971) Contemporary
  • Cristina Funes-Noppen Contemporary

O

  • Jacques Ochs (born in Nice, 1883 died in Liège, 1971) Illustrator, Caricaturist
  • Christian Otte (born in Theux, 1943 died in Liège, 2005)

P

  • Pierre Paulus (born in Châtelet, 1881 died in Brussels, 1959) Expressionism
  • Constant Permeke (born in Antwerp, 1886 died in Ostend, 1952) Expressionism
  • Erik Pevernagie (born 1939) Contemporary
  • Louis Pevernagie (1904–1970) Expressionism
  • Jean-François Portaels (born in Vilvoorde, 1818 died in Schaerbeek, 1895)

R

  • Armand Rassenfosse (born in Liège, 1862 died in Liège, 1934) Symbolism, Art nouveau
  • Reniere & Depla (born in Poperinge, 1956 and born in Ostend, 1954)
  • Roger Raveel (Machelen-aan-de-Leie, 1921–2013) painter especially of pop art
  • Gaston Relens (19092011)
  • Félicien Rops (born in Namur, 1833 died in Essonne, France, 1898) artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint

S

  • Albert Servaes (1883–1966) Expressionism
  • Victor Servranckx (born in Diegem, 1897 Elewijt, 1965) Cubism
  • Leon Spilliaert (born in Ostend, 1881 died in Ostend, 1946) Symbolism, Expressionism
  • Alfred Stevens (born in Brussels, 1828 died in Paris, France, 1906)
  • Alexander Struys (born in Berchem, 1852 died in Uccle, 1941)

T

  • Jan Theuninck (born in Zonnebeke, 1954) Contemporary painter and poet
  • Albert Thys (born in Kontich, 1894 died in 1976) portraiture, landscapes
  • Luc Tuymans (born in Mortsel, 1958) Contemporary
  • Edgard Tytgat (born in Brussels, 1879 died in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1957) Fauvism

U

  • Raoul Ubac (born in Malmedy or Cologne, 1910 died in Dieudonné, Oise, 1985)

V

  • Hilaire Vanbiervliet (born in Courtray, 1890 died 1981) Expressionism
  • Jef Van Campen (born in Antwerp, 1934) Expressionism
  • Frans Van Damme (born in Hamme, 1858 died in Brussels, 1925) – Impressionism, Realism
  • Hans Vandekerckhove (born in Kortrijk, 1957) Contemporary
  • Philippe Vandenberg (born in Ghent, 1952 died in Brussels, 2009)
  • Frits Van den Berghe (born in Ghent, 1883 died in Ghent, 1939) Expressionism
  • Louis Van den Eynde (born in Anderlecht, 1881 died in 1966) portrait and genre painter
  • Jef Van der Veken (born in Antwerp, 1872 died in Ixelles, 1964) copyist and art restorer
  • Henry van de Velde (born in Antwerp, 1863 died in Zürich, Switzerland, 1957) Art Nouveau
  • Gustave Van de Woestijne (born in Ghent, 1891 died in Brussels, 1947)
  • Albert Van Dyck (born in Turnhout, 1902 died in Antwerp, 1951) portrait and genre painter
  • Peter Van Gheluwe (born in Ghent, 1957) Contemporary
  • Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born in Antwerp, 1951) Contemporary
  • Cornelius Van Leemputten (1841–1902) painter especially of landscapes with sheep
  • Louis Van Lint (born in Brussels, 1909 died in Brussels, 1986) Abstract Expressionism
  • Koen Vanmechelen (born in Sint-Truiden, 1965) Contemporary
  • Eugeen Van Mieghem (born in Antwerp, 1875 died in Antwerp, 1930) Impressionism
  • Jan Vanriet (born in Antwerp, 1958) Contemporary
  • Théo van Rysselberghe (born in Ghent, 1862 died in Saint-Clair, Var, France, 1926) Pointillism
  • Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1790–1881) animal painter
  • Jan Verdoodt Magic realism; follower of Magritte
  • Fernand Verhaegen (born in Marchienne-au-Pont (Charleroi), 1883 died in Montigny-le-Tilleul, 1975) painter and etcher
  • Frans Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1827 died in Schaerbeek, 1897) portrait and genre painter
  • Jan Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1834 died in Schaerbeek, 1896) portrait and genre painter
  • Charles Verlat (born in Antwerp, 1824 died in Antwerp, 1890) painter and etcher

W

  • Baron Gustaf Wappers (born in Antwerp, 1803 died in Paris, France, 1874) Romanticism
  • Camille Wauters (born in Temse, 1856 died in Lokeren, 1919) Landscape painting
  • Charles Augustin Wauters (born in Boom, 1808 died in Mechelen, 1869) Religious subjects and genre scenes
  • Emile Wauters (1846–1933) history painter and portraitist
  • Ernest Welvaert (born in Lokeren, 1880 died in Uccle, 1946)
  • Antoine Joseph Wiertz (born in Dinant, 1806 died in Brussels, 1865) Romanticism
  • Florent Joseph Marie Willems (1823–1905) genre painter
  • Roger Wittevrongel (born in Blankenberge, 1933) Contemporary
  • Rik Wouters (1882–1916) Fauvism
  • Cindy Wright (born 1972)
  • Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925)
  • Rodolphe Wytsman (1860–1927)
  • Peter Weidenbaum (born in Antwerp, 1968) Contemporary

See also

  • Art of Belgium

References